Ulster LGFA Club Championshp
Clann Eireann (Armagh) 0-8 Moneyglass (Antrim) 2-5
Moneyglass qualified for the Ulster Senior Club final by dethroning reigning champions Clann Eireann in the semi-final in Lugan to set up a final meeting with Errigal Ciaran of Tyrone in two weeks’ time.
Having lost to the Armagh champions last year Moneyglass knew the task that was ahead of them and when they fell four points behind it looked like they were in deep trouble. However the Moneyglass players never lost heart, or focus, and a goal from Leah Stewart at the end of the opening quarter breathed new life into the Antrim champions. Clann Eireann retook the lead but Moneyglass knew they were right there and with full-forward Maria O’Neill pulling the strings they gave as good as they got.
The big breakthrough came just on the cusp of half time when corner forward Bronagh Devlin got in for her team’s second goal to send her team in at the break with a two point lead. (2-03 to 0-07)
The second half turned into a real dog fight as the Moneyglass defence held the Ulster champions to just a single point, an incredible achievement for any team. With team captain Niamh McIntosh commanding the edge of the ‘square’ the girls in blue gave it everything they had to keep the Lurgan side at bay. The scoring wasn’t prolific at the other end either, such was the intensity of the game but club legend Cathy Carey found the target twice, once from play and the other from a free, to send her team through to their second final in four years.
MONEYGLASS
Aine Devlin, Caitlin Graffin, Niamh McIntosh (captain), Leah Stewart, Aoife Leahy, Sarah O’Neill, Rebbeca Bradley, Aoife Kelly, Emma Louise McAreavey, Annie Griffin, Cathy Carey, Cliona Griffin, Bronagh Devlin, Maria O’Neill, Eleanor Mallon, Niamh Neeson.
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