Senior Camogie County Semi Final

Lismore 4-11 De La Salle 0-8

Lismore laid down a strong marker as to their intent of reclaiming the Senior championship title when they had a convincing semi-final win over a youthful De La Salle side on Saturday evening last at Kill GAA grounds.

Playing under blustery conditions in the first half De La Salle made a lively start with two well taken points by their sharp shooter Beth Carton.  Lismore won the toss at the beginning of the game and opted to play with the gale force breeze in the first half.   After withstanding some initial pressure Lismore then opened their account with some fine scores from their captain Nicola Morrrisey.  It was on the sixth minute the speedy Caitriona McGlone ran through the De la Salle defence and landed the sliotar to the back of the net.   Five minutes later Beth Carton found herself one on one with the Lismore keeper Tanya Morrissey and a certain goal was deflected over the bar. At this point only one point separated the sides.  Lismore pushed on from there on in  and  scored 2-06 without a reply with well taken goals by the ever threatening Catriona McGlone and their free taker Aoife Hannon before Shona Curran tacked on a point just before half time.   At half time the score was 3-07 to 0-02.

Heavy rain persisted throughout the second half making the conditions very difficult for both sides. The De La Salle girls now wind assisted worked hard with Carton adding four more points for her side.  Niamh Murphy also added a great score from play.  There were some great passages of play from both sides. The fourth goal for Lismore was a free which hit the cross bar and found its way to the back of the goal.  Lismore showed their experience in the second half and the more evenly balanced Lismore side held strong with Mc Glone and Hannon in fine scoring form to assure them of a place in the final against Gailltir in a fortnight’s  time.  Best for Lismore were Shauna Kiernan, Marie Russell, Shona Curran, Grainne Kennelly, Catriona Mc Glone, Nicola Morrissey and Aoife Hannon whilst for De Salle Beth Carton, Lucy Hogan and Colette Hogan most impressed.

De la Salle:  Brianna O’Regan, Lucy Hogan, Taylor Healy, Hayley Cox, Rachel Butler, Ciara Twomey, Collette Hogan, Niamh Murphy, Chloe Dempsey, Courtney Healy, Roisin Heylin, Beth Carton, Majella Tebay, Shannon Denton, Megan O’Connor.

Subs:  Siobhan Heylin for Shannon Denton 45min,  Ciara Flynn for Hayley Cox 46min,  Katie O ‘Keeffe for Rachel Butler   50min

Scores:  Beth Carton 0-07 Niamh Murphy 0-01

Lismore: Tanya Morrissey , Sarah Coughlan, Shauna Prendergast, Ellen Curran, Marie Russell, Shauna Kiernan, Grainne Kennelly, Shona Curran, Sharon Williams, Caitriona McGlone, Ruth Geoghegan, Nicola Morrissey (Captain) Sinead Bennett, Aoife Hannon, Joanna Houlihan.

Subs:  Clodagh Walsh for Sharon Williams 40min, Robyn Roche for injured Ruth Geoghegan 50min, Izabella Markiewicz for Ellen Curran 52min Becky McGlone for Joanna Houlihan 55min

Scores for Lismore:  Caithriona McGlone  2-03  Aoife Hannon 1-06  Nicola Morrissey 0-01 Shona Curran 0-01.

Fixtures for next week

 Saturday 30^th of September

Under 16A County final-  1pm

Gailltir vs  De la Salle/Clonea

Intermediate County Final-  3pm

Ferrybank vs An Rinn

Venue: WIT Carrignore

This is a double header. Please come out and support the girls.

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