Division 3 LGFA Final

 Bray Emmett’s 4-8

St Pats 5-9

LGFA Division 3 final

Eiré Óg

Eoin Horkan

St Pats managed to keep themselves ahead of Bray even after a very spirited

comeback from the Emmett’s in this high scoring final on Saturday evening.

Bray flew out of the blocks quicker than Pats with two early white flags , the

first coming from centre forward Ailbhe Whittle before corner forward Lauren

Rowe opened her account finishing after a good team move . Bray stayed on

top for the next few phases of play, but they couldn’t trouble the scoreboard.

The Wicklow town side opened there scoring with dead ball fired over by

Sophie Porter. Pats then took the lead against the run of play when captain

Justine Cronin fired into the back of the net . Aoife Caffrey used her left boot to

split the posts and extend the lead . With the game heading towards the water

break and Pats starting to control the game they added a second goal of the

quatre with Porter finding the back if the net .

After the break the Wicklow town side kept adding scores getting 1-4 without

reply before the half time whistle . Corner forward Erynn O’ Brien and Caffrey

added white flags . Porter was controlling the middle and causing trouble any

time she got hands on the ball this resulted in her getting her second goal of

the game after a great run through the defence . O’ Brien was causing havoc in

the corner as she added two more white flags before the half time whistle .

The second half of this contest was a much more exciting affair . Bray copied

what they did slotting the first two scores of the half . Rowe added another to

her tally for the game before Grace Redmond narrowed the gap with another

minor score . Pats responded with a minor Marie Gilligan . The next ten

minutes of the game turned into a goal frenzy . Bray midfielder Shauna Ryan

slotted a cultured point from play before substitute Emma Nesbitt narrowed

the gap even further with a second major . Not to be deterred Pats went down

the opposite end with the ball ending in the hands of O’Brien who finished

neatly into the corner . Nesbitt managed to get her hand to a dropping ball to

direct it past the keeper as she grabbed her second major in a matter of

minutes. Just before the second water break Cronin did what any captain

would do as she fired over to stem the tide on the scoreboard .

After the goal frenzy the crowd started to get behinds both teams . This was

evident as Bray pushed forward in the final quarter . Rowe added a free before

Saoirse Canavan finished into the net for her side . Wing forward Arrianna

Zeller pushed forward from wing back to split the posts from long range . Bray

kept pushing forward Amy Butler burst through the defence to add another

white flag .

With only a score between the sides Pats broke forward and the ever

dangerous O’ Brien managed to add what was an insurance score as she hit

the net with a great strike The Emmett’s added one final green flag as Canavan

finished to the net again . Pats finished the game with the final goal from

Naoise O’ Reilly .

Bray Emmett’s: Ella Cummins; Clodagh O’ Keefe, Laura Doyle, Aoife O’ Grady;

Robyn Lynch, Martha Lackey, Arrianna Zeller(0-1); Shauna Ryan(0-1 ), Saoirse

Canavan(2-0); Grace Redmond (0-1), Ailbhe Whittle(0-1), Amy Butler(0-1);

Lauren Rowe(0-3 1f), Orlagh Downey, Aoibhe Traynor.

Subs Used : Emma Nesbitt (2-0) for Aoibhe Traynor, Emily Ryan for Orlagh

Downey, Erica Brierton for Clodagh O’ Keefe, Cara Mahoney for Robyn Lynch,

Eileen Neenan- Henley for Grace Redmond

St Pats: Amy Kavanagh; Lucy Mooney, Emma Watters, Hope Downey; Leanne

O’ Neill, Luciana Hobbs, Eadaoin O’ Keane, Sophie Porter(2-1 1f), Brooke

Griffin; Aoife Caffrey(0-2), Naoise O’Reilly(1-0), Justine Cronin(1-1); Erynn O’

Brien(1-4), Holly McSorley ,Marie Gilligan (0-1)

Subs Used : Kirsty Dunne for Luciana Hobbs, Eva Deehan for Lucy Mooney

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