Waterford Senior ladies made it six
wins in a row as they overcame Tipperary in the final round of the division two
league last Sunday in W.I.T. sports campus. Initially the game was to be played
in Tipperary town but due to an unplayable pitch it was changed to the
Waterford venue Sunday morning. The game was played on the astro turf pitch and
as a result it was a very fast moving game. Waterford won the throw in and
worked the ball immediately up the field and got their first point on the board
by Maria Delahunty. Caoimhe Condon pulled one back for Tipperary not long
afterwards. The Déise girls moved the ball well and continuously hassled the
Tipperary girls not giving them an inch. Eimear Fennell found her way through
the Tipperary defence and put the ball over the bar to give the Déise girls the
lead once again. Katie Murray with her pace carried the ball up the field, weaving
in and out through tackles and got a great point. Maria Delahunty got another
point for the Déise to leave the score on Waterford 0-4 Tipperary 0-1. Aisling
Moloney who was threatening for Tipperary all game got her first point of the
match. Niamh Lonergan got another point for Tipperary to make it a one point
game. It was after this score that the Déise girls took control of the game
getting the next four points, the first from Geraldine Power, two from Eimear
Fennell (one free) and the fourth by Lauren McGregor. This gave the Déise girls
a 0-8 to 0-3 advantage. Tipperary got a free in front of the goal which was
converted by Aisling Moloney but Maria Delahunty cancelled this out at the
opposite end of the field with another well taken free. Katie Murray got
another point on the board for herself as did Eimear Fennell. The Déise girls
continued to put great pressure on Tipperary, they worked the ball up the
field, finally getting into the hands of Maria Delahunty who put the ball
through the goalies legs to get the first goal of the match. This left the
score Waterford 1-11 to Tipperary 0-4. Tipperary weren’t going to give up and
moved the ball to the other end of the pitch, Orla O Dwyer was left alone on
the edge of the box and found the back of the net just before the half time
whistle blew. The half time score was Waterford 1-11 Tipperary 1-4.
Waterford continued their great form
from the first half getting four unanswered scores, two frees from Maria
Delahunty, another point by Katie Murray and Lauren McGregor. Aisling Moloney
put over a free for Tipperary to leave the score Waterford 1-15 Tipperary 1-5.
Maria Delahunty got another point for Waterford as did substitute Kelly Ann
Hogan. Mairead Morrissey found the back of the Déise goal after the ball hit
the post and found her hands in the Waterford square. Aisling Moloney got
Tipperary’s last score of the match with another point. The Ryan sister Sinéad
and Michelle got the last two points of the match to leave the score Waterford
1-19 Tipperary 2-6. This was Tipperary’s first defeat since 2016. Waterford
will play Cavan in the league semi final on the 22nd April.
Waterford Team: Gráinne Kenneally,
Aisling Mullaney, Megan Dunford, Kate McGrath, Michelle McGrath, Emma Murray,
Mairead Wall, Karen McGrath, Katie Murray, Aoife Murray, Geraldine Power,
Aileen Wall, Lauren McGregor, Eimear Fennell, Maria Delahunty.
Subs: Keeley Corbett Barry for Aisling
Mullaney, Michelle Ryan for Geraldine Power, Sinéad Ryan for Eimear Fennell,
Kelly Ann Hogan for Aileen Wall, Laura Cusack for Mairead Wall, Liz Devine for
Lauren McGregor, Kate Hahessey for Aoife Murray
Scores: Maria Delahunty 1-6 (0-3
frees), Eimear Fennell 0-4 (0-1 free), Katie Murray 0-3, Lauren McGregor 0-2,
Geraldine Power, Kelly Ann Hogan, Sinéad Ryan and Michelle Ryan 0-1 each
The Waterford Ladies football Golf
Classic which was due to take place Friday 6th and Saturday 7th
April has been rescheduled for this weekend the 13th and 14th.
Thank you to all those who have bought tickets for our raffle and who have
sponsored team boxes.
Cúl
Camps Coaches
Reminder that the deadline to apply
for Cúl Camps Coaching positions is this Friday 13th April. Download
the application form on waterfordgaa.ie if interested.
Minors
Congratulations to our Minor team who
defeated Clare 3-15 to 0-8 on Easter Monday. The Minors have now won their two
championship matches.
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