LGFA SFC Final

St. Ergnat’s 3-16 St. Brigid’s 1-7

The Moneyglass juggernaut rolls on with little sign of abating and on Sunday in Glenavy it was the turn of St. Brigid’s to feel the full force of this excellent St. Ergnat’s machine as they recorded their fourth Senior Championship success in a row.

St. Brigid’s are no slouches themselves and have established themselves as number 2 in the county following their semi-final win over former kingpins St. Paul’s and the Musgrave Park side made a bright start to Sunday’s decider.

Aoife Montague pointed them ahead in the opening minute but Orlaith Prenter replied from two frees to put the Marian Hill side ahead for the first time by the 5^th minute.

That lead didn’t last long as Erin Boyle restored Naomh Brid’s lead with a goal from the penalty spot, much to the delight of the Musgrave Park support who had travelled to Chapel Hill.

That scored seemed to bring the reigning champions to life as the imperious Prenter hit three in as many minutes to edge her side ahead once more but Ellie Murphy replied with a point for St. Brigids to leave it all square with 13 minutes gone.

That would be as good as it got for the Musgrave Park girls as Prenter kicked her sixth and then seventh point of the evening with Maria O’Neill following with her side’s opening goal and Aoife Kelly adding a point to move St. Ergnat’s six ahead by the 21st minute.

Moneyglass full forward Prenter was on fire and she would add two further points before the break with Aoife Montague replying from two converted frees for St. Brigid’s who trailed by six as the teams headed to the dressing room.

After the interval Charlie O’Kane’s side stepped it up another gear with Cathy Carey firing to the net in the opening minute and Orlaith Prenter adding a point before Aoife Montague replied for Naomh Brid with a point in the 6^th minute.

It would be a further 21 minutes before the Musgrave girls would raise another flag as Moneyglass hit six points on the bounce through Prenter 0-3, Maria O’Neill, Rebecca Bradley and Cathy Carey and when Bronagh Devlin followed with a goal in the 26^th minute it was all over.

To their credit St. Brigid’s continued to battle to the end and their best player, Aoife Montague pointed and another from Theresa Mellon sandwiched Moneyglass’ final point from Alica Boyd as the reigning champions ran out convincing winners.

It’s been another dominant season for the Marian Hill side as they have won with something to spare against all they have encountered but they face a step up in class when they entertain Bredagh of Down in two weeks-time.

Manager Charlie O’Kane and his assistants, Maxi Curran and Annemarie McCormick will have their side well prepared for the visit of the Down champions as they make another assault on Ulster and will be hoping that this could be their year.

Moneyglass: 1 Aine Devlin, 2 Danielle Duffin, 3 Niamh McIntosh, 4 Niamh Neeson, 5 Aoife Leahy, 6 Sarah O’Nrill, 7 Rebecca Bradley, 8 Aoife Kelly, 9 Laura McCann, 10 Annie Griffin, 11 Cathy Carey, 12 Cliona Griffin, 13 Maria O’Neill, 14 Orlaith Prenter, 15 Jo Jo Darragh

Naomh Brid: 1 Erin Boyle, 2 Enya Boyce, 3 Maeve Blaney, 4 Cora Leonard5 Caoimhe Hefferon, 6 Rebecca Barker, 7 Madeline Little, 8 Theresa Mellon, 9 Bronagh King, 10 Emma Farren, 11 Aileen McDonnell, 12 Ciara Austin, 13 Ellie Murphy, 14 Aoife Montague, 15 Hanna Donaghy,

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LGFA Ladies SFC Semi-Final

St. Ergnat’s 5-14 Glenavy 0-6

St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass advanced into another Antrim Senior Championship final as they recorded a runaway victory over St. Joseph’s Glenavy in a one sided semi-final on Sunday.

The Chapel Hill girls have enjoyed a good season themselves and the former Ulster Junior finalists gave it everything against their more accomplished opponents but the gap between the Marian Hill side and the rest of the pack shows little sign of closing.

Moneyglass raced into a 2-7 to 0-3 half time lead with goals from Katie McCloskey and Jo Jo Darragh and even at this stage it was hard to see St. Joseph’s staging a comeback.

The reigning Antrim champions would push on to add a further three majors in the second half with Katie McCloskey, Jo Jo Darragh and Leah Cassidy rattling the Glenavy net as they pushed on to win convincingly.

It was Glenavy who were first off the mark when Eva Ramsey pointed them ahead in the 4^th minute but two converted frees from Cathy Carey had St. Ergnat’s ahead by the 7^th minute.

St. Joseph’s were giving it everything and Anna Rice and Megan McGarry had them back on terms by the 10^th minute but it would prove to be their final score of the half.

Katie McCloskey’s goal in the 15^th minute saw the Marian Hill side find another gear as Sarah O’Neill, Annie Griffin, Jo Jo Darragh and Cathy Carey added points and by half time the game looked out of reach of the Chapel Hill side.

By that stage they had moved seven ahead thanks to a second goal from Jo Jo Darragh and things would not get any better for St. Joseph’s after the break.

They did manage another three points from frees with Ellen Morgan leading the way with two and the other coming from Anna McStravick but there would be no let up from the Marian Hill side with places in the final up for grabs.

Jo Jo Darragh kicked three early points before Katie McCloskey got through for her second goal and her sides third and Cathy Carey 0-2 and Maria O’Neill added further points with Cassidy and Darragh adding late goals to seal a comprehensive victory for the reigning champions.

They will meet St. Brigid’s in the final after they defeated St. Paul’s in the other semi-final at Musgrave Park in a real cracker that was in the balance until late in the game with St. Brigid’s emerging 1-11 to 1-10 winners in a great game of football.

Moneyglass: 1 Aine Devlin, 2 Niamh Neeson, 3 Niamh McIntosh, 4 Aoife Leahy, 5 Danielle Duffin, 6 Rebecca Bradley, 7 Danielle Connolly, 8 Sarah O’Neill, 9 Aoife Kelly, 10 Annie Griffin, 11 Maria O’Neill, 12 Cliona Griffin, 13 Cathy Carey, 14 KatieMcCloskey 15 Jo Jo Darragh, 21 Leah Cassidy

Glenavy: 1 Orlagh Mullin, 2 Aideen McCambridge, 3 Meabh Bradley, 4 Geraldine McCann, 5 Bronagh Forester, 6 Cathy Scannell, 7 Natasha O’Neill, 8 Eva Ramsey, 9 Anna Rice, 10 Anna McStravick, 11 Ellen Morgan, 12 Aoibhin Gormley, 13 Megan McGarry, 14 Aoibheann Monaghan, 15 Mary McStravick

Referee: Stephen Higgins (Tir na nOg)

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LGFA SFC

Moneyglass 2-14 St. Brigid’s 0-9

Orla Prenter hit 1-10 as St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass continued their quest to retain their Northern Property Senior Football Championship title with an 11 point win over a battling St. Brigid’s on Sunday.

Prenter struck with her side’s opening goal with only four minutes gone and another from Maire O’Neill in the 22^nd minute saw the Marian Hill side lead 2-5 to 0-5 at the break.

The Musgrave Park side never gave up and played some excellent football at timjes bu t were never able to match the scoring fire of their opponents who would push on to win comfortably in the end.

Orla Prenter kicked all five of St. Ergnat’s first half points with Cliodhna Logan, Aoife Montague 0-2, Emma Ferran and Theresa Mellon the St. Brigid’s scorers.

After the break the home side continued to score at will with Orlaith Prenter in sparkling form and she would add a further 0-5 to her first half total with Cathy Carey, Leah Cassidy and Niamh Neeson weighing in with points.

St. Brigid’s kept battling right to the end and Ellie Murphy, Theresa Mellon, Cliodhna Logan and Emma Ferran all found the target for the Belfast girls but they never looked like overturning their opponents lead.

St. Eggnat’s: 1 Aine Devlin, 2 Danielle Duffin, 3 Niamh McIntosh, 4 Niamh Neeson, 5 Enya Carey, 6 Sarah O’Neill, 7 Rebecca Bradley, 8 Maria O’Neill, 9 Laura McCann, 10 Annie Griffin, 11 Cathy Carey, 12 Aoife Kelly, 13 Orlaith Prenter, 14 Cliona Griffin, 15 Katie McCloskey. 20 Leah Cassidy

Naomh Brid: 1 Erin Boyle, 2 Enya Boyce, 3 Maeve Blaney, 4 Cora Leonard, 5 Caoimhe Hefferon, 6 Rebeca Barker, 7 Prla T McKernan, 8 Theresa Mellon, 9 Emma Ferran, 10 Cliodhna Logan, 11 Aileen McDonnell, 12 Ciara Austin, 13 Ellie Murphy, 14 Aoife Montague, 15 Laura Agnew.

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Northern Property LGFA SFC

St. Joseph’s 2-13 Glenravel 0-5

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St. Joseph’s Glenavy got their Northern Property SFC campaign back on track with a good win over Con Magee’s, Glenravel at St. Paul’s on Sunday to move into second place in the Group.

The Chapel Hill side put Last week’s heavy defeat to Group leaders and reigning champions, St. Ergnat’s Moneyglass behind them with a strong performance against the girls from the 10^th Glen to climb into second place.

They certainly didn’t get it all their own way during a competitive opening half where the Con Magee’s gave as good as they got and it still looked all to play for when they turned around with only three points separating the sides.

After the break it was a different story as Glenavy stepped it up a gear to take control and Glenravel would add only one further point as St. Joseph’s took control.

Glenravel offered stubborn resistance with Caitlin McKeown pulling off a couple of excellent saves but she was finally beaten when Aoibheann Monaghan found the net in the 28^th minute and the same player added a second in injury time.

Ellen Morgan, Natasha O’Neill and Keela McAllister fired St. Joseph’s into a three point lead by the 6^th minute but Glenravel came back strongly with points from Leona Gillan and Niamh McKay to close the gap to the minimum at the end of the opening quarter.

Keela McAllister, Aoibheann Monaghan and Natasha O’Neill moved the Chapel Hill girls four in front by the 22^nd minute and Aimee Traynor for Glenravel and Lydia Grant for St. Joseph’s exchanged further points before (12) replied with the final point of the half for the Con Magee’s to leave it 0-7 to 0-4 at the break

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After the break St. Joseph’s assumed control as they introduced Anna Mulholland and Anna Rice and the impressive Aoibheann Monaghan hit two early points to extend their lead to five before Aimee Traynor replied with a point for the Con Magee’s in the 11^th minute.

Mulholland announced her arrival with two well taken points before Monaghan put the game to bed when she finally found a way past the impressive Con Magees netminder Caitlin McKeown with two minutes of normal time remaining.

St. Joseph’s finished strongly and Keela McAllister had her goal bound shot superbly pushed over by McKewon at the expense of a point with Anna Rice adding another before Aoibheann Monaghan put the icing on a fine individual performance with her second goal in the 62^nd minute

Glenavy: 16 Orla Mullin, 2 Aideen McCambridge, 3 Meabh Bradley, 4 Geraldine McCann, 5 Bronagh Forester, 6 Cathy Scannell, 7 Aoibhin  Gormley, 8 Natasha O’Neill, 9 Anna McStravick, 10 Lydia Grant, 11 Ellen Morgan, 12 Megan McGarry, 13 Keela McAllister, 14 Aoibheann Monaghan, 15 Mary McStravick.

Subs: Anna Mulholland, Anna Rice

Con Magees, Glenravel

1 – Caitlin McKeown

2 – Anita McKeown

3 – Emer McCann

4 – Clodagh McCann

5 – Sarah Fyfe

6 – Maeve Mulholland

7 – Aisling Donnelly

8 – Caitlin Law

9 – Orlaith Gould

10 – Rosa McCrudden

11 – Leona Gillan

12 – Niamh McKay

13 – Aimee Traynor

14 – Jaime Woulahan

15 – Aisling Mulholland

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LGFA SFC

St. Paul’s 2-7 Glenavy 3-8

St. Joseph’s Glenavy got their Antrim LGFA Senior Championship campaign up and running with an excellent away win over St. Paul’s at Shaw’s Road. A blistering start to both halves proved to be the catalyst for victory for the Chapel Hill side as they raced into a five point lead by the 17^th minute

Facing the breeze for the second half, the question was, would their four point half time lead be enough but again the visitors were quickest out of the start traps with Keela McAlister goaling from the throw in and Megan McGarry adding a second with three minutes gone.

St. Paul’s battled to the end and a goal from the penalty spot from Emile Rodgers put them into contention but the St. Joseph’s defence, superbly marshalled by Cathy Scannell held on for a deserved victory.

Ellen Morgan led the early Glenavy charge with two pointed frees and another from play and further points from Aiobheann Monaghan and Anna Rice had the visitors 0-5 to 0-0 ahead with 17 minutes gone.

St. Paul’s had struggled to find their rhythm but an excellent move from deep in their own half saw Aine Tubrity finish to the net in the 19^th minute and suddenly there was only two between the sides.

Aisling Hyndman followed with a point to close the gap to the minimum with 8 minutes remaining to the break but Ellen Morgan replied from a pointed free before the Chapel Hill side struck with a somewhat fortunate goal When Keela McAlister’s shot took a bad bounce to deceive Shauna Murphy in the home goals.

Ormorla Dahunsi replied with the final point of the half for St. Paul’s to leave her side trailing by four at the break but with the wind on their backs for the second half.

Playing into the breeze in the second half, Glenavy got off to the best possible start with goals from McAlister and Megan McGarry within three minutes to stretch their lead to nine with St. Paul’s response coming from a Niamh Ritchie free.

Aiobheann Monagh stretched that lead to ten and it looked a long way back for the home side but they showed tremendous fighting spirit to slowly close the gap on their visitors.

Emile Rodgers led the way with a point from play, a converted free and when she fired home from the penalty spot in the 13^th minute there was only five between the sides.

Aiobheann Monaghan for St. Joseph’s and Aoife Mervyn for the ‘Hoops’ exchanged further point but despite a concerted effort from the home side, the Glenavy defence closed shop and a late pointed free from Niamh Ritchie was all the home side could manage.

St. Paul’s: 1 Shauna Murphy, 2 Hannah Murray, 3 Gemma McGroarty, 4 Caoimhe Stewart, 5 Saoirse Tennyson, 6 Enya Daye, 7 Aoife Mervyn, 8 Maeve Devlin, 9 Aine Tubridy, 10 Niamh Ritchie, 11 Ormorla Dahunsi, 12 Emile Rogers Duffy, 13 Aisling Hyndman, 14 Emma Kelly, 15 Cara Mervyn.

Subs: Mairead Murray for Saoirse Tennyson

Glenavy: 1 Orlagh Mullin, 2 Aideen McCambridge, 3 Meabh Bradley, 4 Geraldine McCann, 5 Bronagh Forester, 6 Natasha O’Neill, 7 Cathy Scannell, 8 Ana Mulholland, 9 Anna Rice, 10 Anna McStravick, 11 Ellen Morgan, 12 Megan McGarry, 13 Keela McAlister, 14 Aiobheann Monaghan, Mary McStravick

Referee: Ray Matthews (Rossa)

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