Waterford 2-9 Armagh 2-8
Waterford’s senior team booked
themselves a space in the Division two national league final after a great win
over Armagh last Sunday. The Déise girls made the long trip to Armagh
determined to travel home with the three points and that’s exactly what they
done. Waterford had the dream start as they went 2-2 up before Armagh got a
score on the board. Eimear Fennell who is having a great year started off the
scoring with a point from a free in the first minute. Armagh’s Kelly Mallon got
sin binned after just four minutes of play which left Armagh with just fourteen players for the next ten minutes. The Waterford
girls took advantage of this as Lauren McGregor found the back of the net and
not long after Michelle Ryan also got a goal for the Déise side. Maria
Delahunty got a point from a placed ball to leave the sides 2-2 to no score
after ten minutes. Fionnuala McKenna got Armagh’s first score as she pointed a
free. Eimear Fennell got another point on the board for Waterford as did
Geraldine Power. The score now stood at 2-4 to 0-1 in favour of Waterford.
Armagh then began to come to life and got five unanswered scores, two of which
were goals to leave the sides level on 2-4 apiece. Aimee Mackin got 1-2 while
Kelly Mallon got a point and Aoife McCoy got the second goal. Geraldine Power
got the last score of the first point which gave the Waterford Ladies a one point
advantage going in at half time, leading 2-5 to 2-4.
Armagh started the better in the
second half and got three unanswered points from Fionnuala McKenna, Aimee
Mackin and Kelly Mallon. Sinéad Ryan scored a point for the Déise to bridge the
gap to a single point. Aimee Mackin got another point on the board for Armagh
before Sinéad Ryan who made a huge impact when introduced scored two more
points for Waterford, one from a free, to make the score level once again.
Armagh had another player sin binned with five minutes remaining. The final
score of the game was to come from the boot of Eimear Fennell to give the Déise
girls a one point victory and to head back to Waterford with the three points
and a spot in the league semi final. Waterford have one more match this weekend
before the semi finals. They will play Tipperary away, Tipperary are unbeaten
in the league at present so this should be an interesting contest.
Waterford Team: Gráinne Kenneally,
Rebecca Casey, Megan Dunford, Kate McGrath, Michelle McGrath, Emma Murray,
Mairead Wall, Karen McGrath, Katie Murray, Aoife Murray, Geraldine Power, Maria
Delahunty, Lauren McGregor, Eimear Fennell, Michelle Ryan
Subs: Aileen Wall for Michelle Ryan,
Sinéad Ryan for Geraldine Power, Liz Devine for Maria Delahunty
Waterford scorers: Eimear Fennell 0-3,
Sinéad Ryan 0-3 (0-1 free), Lauren McGregor and Michelle Ryan 1-0, Geraldine
Power 0-2, Maria Delahunty 0-1 (free)
Minors
win first round of Munster Championship
Our Minors had a great start to their
Munster Championship defeating Limerick last Wednesday on a score line of 6-13
to 0-6. They played Clare in University College Limerick on Monday (no result
at time of publishing).
Under
14’s lose out to Cork in Munster A semi final
Our Under 14’s played Cork in the
Munster A semi final last Saturday in Ballinameela. They had a fantastic game
but unfortunately lost out in the end on a score line of Cork 2-8, Waterford
2-4. Well done to all the girls involved and their management team of Sean
Foley, Nicky Sheehan and Shirley Sheridan.
Waterford Panel: Neasa Keevers, Rachel
Horsom, Shauna Parker, Molly Kate Hearne, Keera Curran, Gretta Nugent, Ailis O
Meara, Eve Power, Ellen Boylan, Maeve Sheridan, Eimear Quirke, Claire Walsh,
Emma Hickey, Alannah O’Sullivan, Emma Power, Lauren Brennan, Alana McGrath,
Alannah McNulty, Anna Hickey, Aoibhe Kirwan, Aoibhin O’Grady, Aoife Hartley,
Caoimhe Reynolds, Cliodhna Roche, Katie O’Callaghan, Lily Gough, Megan O’Grady,
Niamh Kennedy, Sarah O’Brien, Shima LAnigan, Ailbhe McCann, Alex Millea, Brid
McMagh, Lia Cunningham.
Golf
Classic
Waterford Ladies Football Training
fund golf classic will take place this Friday 6th and Saturday 7th
April in Dungarvan Golf Club. All support is greatly appreciated.
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