Category / Ladies Football

by thesaffrongael

Three in-a-row for Moneyglass

LGFA U16A Football Final. 

Moneyglass 2-11 St. John’s 2-2

On Tuesday night past, the St Ergnat’s Moneyglass girls made history as they claimed the club’s third U-16 championship in a row. Moneyglass right half forward Ruby McErlain got her side off to a flying start with a brace of well struck points from the left hand side.

This was quickly followed up by her team mate Aoife Madden smashing the ball to the net after a long testing ball was kicked into the square. Further points by JoJo Darragh, Leah Stewart and Mia McLarnon were preceded by a fine team goal finished to the net by Aoife Griffin.

As it approached halftime and the Johnnies yet to score it was looking increasingly likely that the St.Ergnat’s girls would romp home without getting out of third gear.

Half-time score Moneyglass 2-6 St John’s 0-0.

The notion that St. John’s had already folded was soon put to bed as they started the second half at a blistering pace. Live wire full-forward Anna Adams got them off the mark with a point from a tight angle. She quickly followed this up with a goal that was countered by scores at the other end by Ruby McErlain and Leah Stewart.

Just when that big gap looked to be reappearing again, the Johnnies got a second goal, again from the boot of Anna Adams and it looked very much like game on. But these Moneyglass girls are no strangers to dealing with pressure as they stepped up their defensive game to another gear thwarting their opponents time and time again with strong defensive play.

 Amidst the St John’s pressure the coolest head on the pitch was the Moneyglass goalkeeper Olivia Marron as she found a team mate time and time again from her kick-outs. As the clock ran down, the final score of the game was a fine long range effort from the boot of Aoibheann McKeefrey.

In the end this was a superb team performance from the Moneyglass girls. In the full back line the O’Boyles, Cerys, Aibhle and Katie gave little away. At half back, Aoife McGrogan, Caitlin Graffin and Mia McLarnon were always driving their side forward and defending like demons.

At midfield the relentless Leah Stewart and Aoife Leahy were the engine room with boundless bundles of energy going both ways. The half forward line of Ruby McErlain, JoJo Darragh and Aoife Madden were always an outlet which provided a constant scoring threat. Up top Molly McGinty, Aoife Griffin and Aoibheann McKeefrey were always a menace also playing a big part in their team’s victory. 

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Fitzsimmons inspires lamh Dhearg to victory

LGFA Ladies U16 B Final

Lamh Dhearg 7-10 Glenavy 1-9

An Aoife Fitzsimmons inspired, Lamh Dhearg proved too strong for a battling St. Joseph’s Glenavy in this LGFA U16B final with the Hannastown number 11 proving unmarkable as she led her side to a decisive victory.

The Chapel Hill side got off to a good start through points from Lydia Grant and a long range beauty from Anna Rice but it would be the only time they would lead in the contest.

Lamh Dhearg responded decisively with two quick fire goals from Aoibh O’Hare and Aoife Fitzsimmons with her first of the afternoon in the 9th minute before Katie Grant in the St. Joseph’s defence pulled of a great block to deny the Hannastown girls a third major.

It only postponed the inevitable as the superb Fitzsimmons fired home a great individual effort in the 11th minute and followed quickly with a point before Lila McCann got through for her side’s fourth major at the end of the opening quarter.

Aoibheann Monaghan replied with Glenavy’s third point, their first score for 16 minutes and Catriona Doran and Anna Rice exchanged further points and two late points from Fitzsimmons and another from Sophie Morris left Lamh Dhearg 4-5 to 0-5 ahead at the break.

 Glenavy’s final point coming from Anna Rice in injury time.

                                            HT 4-5 TO 0-5

Any hopes of a St. Joseph’s comeback were quickly extinguished when the excellent Aoife Fitzsimmons set up Aoiobh O’Hare for an early Lamh Dhearg goal and Lila McCann, Fitzsimmons, O’Hare and Sophie Morris followed with points to put the game out5 of reach at the end of the third quarter.

Glenavy were still giving it everything but were fighting against impossible odds as Aoibheann Monaghan opened their second half account with a point from a converted free.

Aoife Fitzsimmons replied with a point before Tara Boyd scored her side’s 7th goal but Glenavy were still fighting hard and Monaghan fired to the net for her side’s opening goal, much to the delight of the Glenavy faithful who had continued to encourage their side all the way.

It was well and truly over at this stage with Tara Boyd kicking Lamh Dhearg’s final point and the excellent Aoibheann Monaghan replied with a consolation point for the Chapel Hill girls.

An excellent win for Lamh Dhearg who dictated matters from early in the game and in Aoife Fitzsimmons had the outstanding player on view. The Hannastown number 11 was at the heart of everything her side produced.

She had strong allies in Lila McCann, Sophie Morris, Aoibh O’Hare and Tara Boyd in a very good all round Lamh Dhearg side.

St. Joseph’s fought hard throughout but on the day were unable to contain the threat caused by Fitzsimmons and Co. but had good performers in Katie Grant, Caoimhe McCartan, Aoibheann Monaghan and Anna Rice.

Lamh Dhearg: 1 Sarah O’Neill, 2 Aimee McGreevey, 3 Laoise Stone, 4 Riona McKenna, 5 Cara Lynch, 6 Katie Flynn, 7 Holly Black, 8 Amelie Annett, 9 Lila McCann, 10 Sophie Morris, 11 Aoife Fitzsimmons, 12 Catriona Doran, 13 Aoibh O’Hare, 14 Charlotte Coleman, 16 Grace Brankin, 18 Orlagh Scannell, 19 Tara Boyd, 20 Grace Kearney, 21 Sarah Bellew

Glenavy: 1 Olivia Mulholland, 2 Aoife McCrory, 3 Maebh Culliton, Katie Grant, 5 Jessica Hotchkiss, 6 Caoimhe McCartan, 7 Katie Cassidy, 8 Anna Rice, 9 Tiama Paton, 10 Aoibh Sloan, 11 Aoibheann Monaghan, 12 Sian McNama, 13 Emma Rice, 14 Lydia Grant, 15 Caimhe McCaffrey, 17 Aoife Mooney, 18 Orla Nelson, 19 Ella Suffern, 20 Maeve Murphy, 21 Martha Denny, 22 Erin McManus

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Prenter leads Moneyglass to victory

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 22nd 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.

Thomas & Majella Hamill pictured here with their granddaughter Mia one of the Moneyglass underage and senior players. 

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St. Joseph’s back on track with win over Con Magee’s

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 10th 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 28th 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 6th 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 22nd 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

HT 0-7 TO 0-4

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 11th 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 62nd 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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Glenavy off to a flying start

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 17th 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 19th 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 13th 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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