Ulster Schools Senior Camogie Championship
Cross & Passion Ballycastle 4-05 St Louis Ballymena 3-04
Cross and Passion College Ballycastle held on to edge out St. Louis Ballymena in a tough second half in the quarter final of the Senior Schools Camogie Championship in Ballycastle on Wednesday morning.
With the strong breeze at their backs in the opening half, Cross & Passion were totally dominant and, holding thier opponents scoreless they went in at half time leading by 4-03 to no score. St Louis started the second half strongly and they had to gap down to manageable proportions within ten minutes but the Ballycastle school finally settled into a rhythm and held on to win by four in the end.
In a game played in poor conditions Ballycastle made good use of the cold wind and after missing a couple of pointed chances they got going with a goal on four minutes from Tegan Conway from out on the wing. Eobha McAllister sent over a point from a free on seven minutes, Adria McAllister added another six minutes later before Eobha McAllister won the poc-out from that score and sent it back between the posts. Cassidy added another goal and after Eimhear McCaughan and Mary McArthur added points, Eimhear McCaughan got her team’s fourth goal just on half time.
It took St Louis a while to get going at the start of the second half but when Cliodhna McKeever got their first goal on thirty six minutes things began to change. Centre forward Maeve O’Donnell added a point from a free and when Erin McMullan grabbed goal number two the game suddenly had a different look about it.
Eobha McAllister settled the CPC nerves with a point from a free but two quick points from St Louis O’Donnell and McMullan got the Ballymena school going again. They were still piling on the pressure but three missed frees in a five minute spell knocked their confidence a bit. A pointed free from Anna Smyth kept St Louis in contention but Marie Laverty got one back for CPC to ease the pressure once again.
St Louis kept battling and were rewarded when Erin McMullan got a late goal but CPC held on to win in the end by four and set up a semi-final meeting with St Mary’s Magherafelt
CROSS & PASSION
1. Molly McToal 2. Sarah Flavin 3. Sarah-Louise Kearns 4. Micha Cunning 5. Cara Delaney 6. Aoibheann Gillan 7. Fiadh Sands 8. Eobha McAllister 9. Rose McMullan 10. Eva McGarry 11. Tegan Cassidy 12. Louise McBride 13. Eimear McCaughan 14. Mary McArthur 15. Adria McAllister Subs used 22. Hannah O’Neill 23. Marie Laverty
ST LOUIS
Annie Convery, Bronagh Doherty, Eva Lee, Rhea Dickson, Carragh Boyle, Cara Burns, Erin Mae Mitchell, Aoife Neeson, Anna Smyth, Maeve O’Donnell, Eimhear McCloskey, Molly McBride, Erin McMullan, Lola Storrie, Cliodhna McKeever
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