An Tóchar vs Barndarrig Junior C Ladies Final

 

Junior C Ladies Football Final.

 

An Tochar 3-15

Barndarrig 5-3

Ashford

Eoin Horkan

 

An Tochar second half performance saw them come out on top in what was an enthralling ladies final in Ashford early Sunday morning. From the first whistle one could see this would be a high scoring gain as both sides piled forward at every opportunity.

Barndarrig hit the ground running two goals and a point from there first three attacks as they managed to gain an early advantage. The first score of the game was a white flag coming from the boot of Leonie Buckley before Eabha Siun Furlong and Roisin Stone managed to raise green flags in quick succession. An Tochar opened their account for the day with minor scores from Orla Fee and Marcella Price as the gap was narrowed before the water break.

The second quarter of this final was a much tighter affair with defences holding out for the most part. The only score was another green flag from Furlong again who was causing problems if she got her hands on the ball. An Tochar didn’t manage to trouble the scoreboard

An Tochar made changes at the break and this changed the game in their favour. Niamh Gorman raised a white flag from a dead ball before the game swung completely. Substitute Abby McGee managed to score a goal with her first touch before slotting over two long range frees to narrow the gap. Buckley responded with a point for Barndarrig. An Tochar kept piling on the pressure with Gorman pointing again before McGee notched her second goal. Eva Doyle managed to get her name on the score sheet with a point just before the second water break.

With only a kick of the ball in it going into the final quarter both teams started to make serious dents in the opposition defences as both backlines tired. Doyle added a second point to her tally. The game took another turn with Barndarrig full forward Rachel Murphy firing into the back of the net twice in the space of two attacks against the run of play.  This momentum change didn’t phase the opposition as they then started to pressure the Barndarrig goal. This pressure resulted in a goal and four points with no response from the opposition. Doyle and Gorman added more minors to their tally with McGee adding another long range free and calmly finishing a great team move into the back of the net to swing the tie back in her team’s favour. Gorman added one final score for her side.  With the game nearing its conclusion Murphy added a third goal to her and her sides tally.

Barndarrig did everything they could to level the tie  but the opposition held out for a well-earned victory.

 Barndarrig: Una Murray; Celine Murray, Karina Costello; Hannah Grant: Roisin Scales, Sophie Fogarty, Jessica Traynor: Roisin Stone (0-1): Leonie Buckley (0-2), Eilis Murray, Hannah Grant: Rachel Murphy (3-0), Amanda Hollingsworth, Emma Siun Furlong (2-0)

Subs Used: Nicole Fogarty for Eilis Murray, Laura Murphy for Emma Siun Furlong, Hannah O Shea for Roisin Scales

 

An Tochar: Laoise Cullen; Mia Power, Rosie McAuley, Jackie Nolan; Nina Wolohan, Emma Kavanagh, Alison O’ Toole; Rachel Leacy, Roisin Belton, Eva Doyle (0-3), Niamh Gorman (0-4 1f), Orla Fee (0-1); Shauna Healy, Marcella Price (0-1), Shauna Murtagh

 

Subs Used: Kerrie Langrell for Rachel Leacy, Abby McGee (3-3 2f) for Shauna Murtagh, Ami Louise Price for Orla Fee, Sally O’ Toole for Emma Kavanagh

 

Referee ( Iain Culbert)