Ulster Junior LGFA Championship
Antrim Senior Ladies 1-19
Derry Senior Ladies 2-8
Antrim senior ladies got their Ulster championship campaign up and running on Saturday when they made the journey to Ballymaguigan and overcame the hosts Derry by an 8 point margin….
In the first 30 minutes Antrim struggled to get out of the blocks and it was Derry who were playing with all the intensity and energy…
The Derry girls raced into a 4 point lead after ten minutes but a goal from Cliodhna Logan brought Antrim back in touch…
But again it was Derry who seized the initiative and they scored a second goal after some poor defensive play from the Antrim girls…
Indeed it could have been worse for Antrim at this stage only for a timely intervention from Emily Kearns who prevented a certain goal…
But to the Antrim girls credit they played some excellent football in the last ten minutes of the first half with Maria Oneill .. Aiobheann Monaghan.. Theresa Mellon all chipping in with points and just before the short whistle Laura Agnew scored a wonderful point to send the Antrim girls in one up…
The second half belonged to Antrim…
The girls completely stepped it up and took control of the game and started to play the free flowing football that they are capable of…
Some great scores then came their way with Captain Bronagh Devlin leading by example with 4 excellent points and setting up Caitlin Taggart and Aine Lynch who both raised white flags…
Hanna Donaghy then hit both posts before eventually slotting the ball over the black spot to get her name on the score sheet…
Joint manager Micky said after the game ….
“We took a while to get going out there today …
It was very warm and humid and it took quite a lot out of the girls…
There was a few things in the first half that myself and Chris probably wernt best pleased with but the girls as they always do responded well .. worked hard and stood up to the challenge….
Myself and Chris worked hard this week on coaching our forward play which we feel payed dividends as we hit 20 scores and also our turnover rate was high as we focused on that part of our game also ….
But ultimately it’s all about the players and not us …
These girls work hard and all the credit goes to them here today as they all put a massive shift in out there and our bench again proved they can make a difference when entering the game ….
The girls all have club games over the weekend which are very important so we will get together again on Tuesday night and prepare for our game at home to London next Saturday..”
Antrim scorers …
Cliodhna Logan 1-1
Maria O Neill 0-4
Bronagh Devlin 0-4
Aiobheann Monaghan 0-3
Laura Agnew 0-2
Theresa Mellon 0-2
Aine Lynch 0-1
Hanna Donaghy 0-1
Caitlin Taggart 0-1
