U14 Valleymount vs Clan Na Gael

 

Clan Na Gael 0-3

Valleymount 4-13

Eoin Horkan

Laragh

The U14 shield is resting comfortably in west Wicklow this year as Valleymount U14 girls were victorious against Clan Na Gael at lunchtime on Sunday in Laragh.

The Valleymount forward unit produced a performance worthy of  winning any county final with four of the six starters putting their name on the scoreboard in this tie. It was full forward Emily Broe who began the scoring with a point before her teammates Sophie Mooney and Emma Maguire gave there side an early three point lead. Within minutes Maguire had doubled this lead with the first goal of the game after a fine team move. The opposition responded with two points from Emma Wylie and Keiten Barreto to narrow the gap between the sides. This was just a slight reprieve as Valleymount pushed on till half time with inside forwards Mooney and Broe to the fore. It was Broe who goaled next before Mooney repeated the dose minutes later. In the final minutes of the half two more white flags were raised as Broe fired over a dead ball before Mooney finished her sides scoring.

It was more of the same in the second half as Mooney and Maguire added more scores to their tally in the opening minutes of the half. Clan Na Gael were finding it difficult to get the ball inside the danger zone and any time they did it was full back Erika Mooney who stood strong any time a ball came near her goal. As the half went on the west Wicklow side were scoring at ease next to open her tally was wing forward Maggie Sue Morris who slotted four points in between another goal from the aforementioned Mooney. With ten minutes to go in this final Wylie narrowed the gap every so slightly with a consolation score for her side. The final two scores of the game were minors from that girl Mooney who ensured her side were going to be victorious in this final.

 

Valleymount: Anna Clarke; Maeve Harkin, Erika Mooney, Sarah Coyne; Grace Cullen, Caoimhe Mooney, Aibhin Reid; Ella McGrath, Gwen McDermott; Maggie Sue Morris (0-4), Emma Maguire (1-3), Ellie Durcan; Sophie Mooney (2-4 1f), Emily Broe (1-2), Niamh Harkin.

Subs Used: Grace Kelly for G McDermott, Anna May Fitzpatrick for G Cullen, Anna Clarke for N Harkin, Lily Reid for G Kelly, Millie Pearce for A Reid.

Clan Na Gael: Farha Hussain; Saoirse Di Biasi, Beibhinn Lavery, Sarah Hussain; Dearbhla Kinsella, Hazel Prendergast, Daisy O’ Reilly; Emma Wylie, (0-2) Regan King; Anna Boucher- Hayes, Isabelle Draper, Millie Free; Maria Doyle, Keiten Barreto (0-1), Aisling Kelly.

Subs Used: Katie Moore for R King, Lauren Cleary for M Doyle, Leah Devlin for M Free, Ruby Wheeler for A Boucher- Hayes, Robin Boucher Hayes for A Kelly.

Referee Ian Culbert (Rathnew)

U14 Final Kicoole vs St Nicks

 

Kilcoole 5-2

St Nicholas 3-2

Eoin Horkan

Laragh

 

A fantastic defensive display from St Nicks wasn’t enough as Kilcoole had two goals to spare in the end to win the U14 LGFA cup in Laragh on Sunday morning.

This final was a great advertisement for ladies’ football in Wicklow as both sides produced some final football from start to finish with special mention going to both goalkeepers who stood firm on numerous occasions. Kilcoole were first to score in this tie with a goal from a free from Lilly Murphy. St Nicks response was instant as within minutes they had taking the lead with a goal from Naoise Drouhin before full forward Charley Wheatley raised the first white flag of the game. This didn’t phase the north Wicklow side who pushed forward resulting in Charlotte Dowds levelling the tie after twelve minutes. The rest of the half was all Kilcoole who netted two more goals the first from Dowds before Millie Hamilton added a second within minutes. Kilcoole were goal hungry but four saves in the final ten minutes of the half from Saoirse Hennigan in the Nicks goal kept her side in this tie.

It was Kilcoole who started empty their bench at the break and it was substitute Grace Finnegan who opened the scoring in the half with a well taken point. With both defences on top in this tie the next few minutes produced some fine blocking  and defending from both sides. Nick’s goal was breached again as Murphy broke through to extend her sides lead. The west Wicklow side were finding hard to make any impact on the scoreboard. This all changed when substitute Sue O’ Hara netted twice in the space of five minutes while midfielder Kathryn Flynn drove forward to spilt the posts to leave a goal between the sides heading into the final five minutes.

It was Goosebank girls who managed to make sure of the tie with a final goal of the game as Hamilton finished to the net for her side on the counterattack.

 Kilcoole: Katie Hannon; Lucy Daly, Melissa Kirwan, Lucie Gavin; Holly Timmons, Mairéad Kruger, Sarah Ward; Abbey Brennan, Charlotte Dowds (1-1); Lena Gleeson, Eve Carey, Saoirse Briggs; Millie Hamilton (2-0), Lilly Murphy (2-0 1f), Clara Kruger.

Subs Used; Grace Finnegan (0-1) for S Briggs, Issy Parker for L Gleeson, Robyn Mitchell for S Ward, Lillian Kavanagh for M Kruger, Ava Murphy for C Kruger.

St Nicks: Saoirse Hennigan; Holly Flynn, Ruth Kearney, Gemma Doyle; Faye Miley, Ciara Sheridan, Isabelle Birchall; Kathryn Flynn (0-1), Ava Muldoon; Eve Wright, Lily Doyle, Naoise Drouhin (1-0); Iona Maguire Krogsrud, Charley Wheatley (0-1), Lucy Sheridan.

Subs Used: Ella Lawless for G Doyle, Mia Cunningham for E Wright, Sue O’ Hara (2-0) for I Maguire Krogsrud, Mary Corrigan for I Birchall, Lilymay Wheatley for  N Drouhin.  

Referee Pat Dunne ( Hollywood)

U11 AGB vs Blessington County Final

 AGB 4-6

Blessington 0-17

 Eoin Horkan

Ballinakill

 

A clinical Blessington side scored at will to overcome AGB in the U11 group 3 final at lunchtime in Balinakill on Saturday.

 

It was AGB who burst out of the blocks early in this tie with a quick fire point from Evan Murphy before Evan Fox fisted an effort into the net. After this fine early start it was Blesssington who started to take control of this final with two points from the boot of Liam Richardson to open his account. A second AGB goal from Murphy and a Fox point was keeping this tie alive fifteen minutes into the half. The second quarter was when the west Wicklow side hit a purple patch as Liam Ellis, Brogin O’ Driscoll and Richardson added five points in a row. The final minutes of the half was the Liam Ellis show as he slotted two more long range efforts in between points from AGB’s Charlie Kavanagh and Murphy again.

The second half was much the same from Blesso as Ellis and Richardson were firing over points at ease with as they both added two more each in between another goal from Murphy down the other end of the pitch. As both managements started to empty there benches it was AGB’s who had the bigger impact with Senan Byrne and Conor Roche pointing for the south Wicklow side. Blessington who were well ahead at this stage were powering forward at every opportunity with Richardson pulling the strings with two more points along with efforts from Mason Foy and Conor Magee. The final goal of the game came from Roche for the Gers as the game was minutes away from the final whistle. The final two minors of the game were from Ellis and Richardson who made sure there side would be going home victorious from Ballinakill.

Blessington: Conor Magee (0-1); Shane Buggy, Stephen Caldwell, Kyle Kinnane; Mason Foy (0-1), Liam Ellis (0-6); Dylan Murray, Dennis Barla; Liam Richardson (0-8 1f), Brogin O’ Driscoll (0-1), Sean Phibbs

Subs used: Max Power, Aaron Keogh.

 AGB: Ethan Duffy; Donagh McKerr,Jay Hughes, Rory McDonald; Tyler Klopper Evan Fox (1-1);Charlie Kavanagh(0-1); James Byrne, Fionn Farrell, Luke Meehan, Evan Murphy (2-2 1f).

Subs used: Conor Roche (1-1), Tommy Dillon, Ruarí Cullen, Ronan O Connor, Éanna Nolan, Senan Byrne (0-1), Harry White, Callum Walker, Tyler Kavanagh

 Referee James Phelan (St Pats)

U11 County Final Barndarrig vs Kilmacanogue

 

Barndarrig 4-16

Kilmacanogue 0-6

Eoin Horkan

Ballinakill

There were no flies on Barndarrig’s U11 team on Saturday morning as they produced a great team performance to overcome Kilmacanogue to win the  U11 group 6 county final.

The opening few minutes of this final was a great advertisement for score taking. Within the opening minutes Barndarrig had hit a goal and point both coming from the boot of Oisin Doyle. Kilmac’s  response was immediate with three points in a row the first a free from Bryn Kelly along with an effort from play, before Cian Murphy Quinn added a third point for his side. This was the end of the north Wicklow sides scoring as Barndarrig pushed forward with the aid of a strong breeze. They scored a goal and five points unanswered with Fionnan O Snodaigh taking control for his side as he fired over three well taken scores, along with a Doyle effort before Diarmuid Stone added a final minor. The goal was a well taken effort from Jasper Kitson after a fine team move. Kelly stemmed the tide with his side’s final effort of the half. The final scores of the half were all white flags from Barndarrig as Doyle, O Snodaigh and Kitson added to there sides tally before the final whistle.

As the wind died down in the second half it was Barndarrig who opened the scoring again through the aforementioned Doyle. The opposition responded with what was there final points of the game from Sean Bevins and Darcy Duff. It was all Barndarrig till the final whistle as Doyle, Kitson and O Snodaigh added to there sides tally. Kitson hit over three more from play before Doyle slotted his last effort judging the now swirling breeze to perfection. As the half drew to a close it was the boot of O Snodaigh a recent transfer from Bray  who finished the game out with the final three points of this final.

Barndarrig: Jake Nolan; James Fogarty, Odhran Doyle, Tommy Murray; Finn Kearney, Greg Rourke; Diarmuid Stone (0-1), Oisin Doyle (1-4); Emma Byrne, Fionnan Ó Snodaigh (2-7), Jasper Kitson 1-4).

Subs Used: Aoibhin Doyle, Aaron Lynn, Brian Jones, Odhran Doyle, Thomas O’ Donnell Adam Ryan.

Kilmacanogue: Logan Burke Farrell; Nathan Mulligan, Woody Duff, Fionn Kynes; Francis Darren Redmond, Cian Murray Quinn (0-1); Felice Farrelly, Bryn Kelly (0-3 1f); Con Dillon, Oisin Kynes, Cathal Moore.

Subs Used- Bobby Arencibia Dunne, Sean Bevins (0-1), Darcy Duff (0-1), Allanah Quigley, Aron Redden.

 Referee Jimmy Lawlor (Clonmore)

Junior D Semi final

 

Eire Óg Greystones 2-9

Valleymount 1-6

Eoin Horkan

Ballinakill

Eire Óg had two goals to spare on Friday night against Valleymount in the Junior D championship semi-final. This means the north Wicklow side will face Tinahely in the Junior D championship final.

With a stiff breeze in Ballinakill on Friday night Eire Óg opted to play against it in the first half. This didn’t faze them as they opened the scoring with three early points from both midfielders. It was the boot of Phil McCarthy that hit two points from play while his midfield partner Colm Condon added a dead ball. With the aid of the strong breeze Valleymount started to become much more efficient in there forward line with corner forward Shay Geoghegan narrowing the deficit before a long range free sailed over the bar from the boot of Steven Byrne. As the west Wicklow side began to control the game Gary Walsh levelled the tie with an outrageous effort with the outside of his boot before Byrne gave his side the lead with another effort from a place ball. Eire Óg were finding difficult to judge that breeze as they started to drive efforts from play wide, Condon  then manged to level the tie with a free before the break. As the half drew to a close the side with the breeze managed to go in a goal up when full forward Glen Cullen rattled the back of the net with the last kick of the half.

The second half was much more one sided as Greystones proving they had made the right decision playing against the wind started to pull away. An early blitz of two goals and a point unanswered was enough to put this tie beyond the reach of the opposition. Condon opened the scoring with his third free of the game before two goals in as many minutes finished this tie. The first came from the fist of Colm Shortt who fisted the ball into the net when a free dropped short. From the next play substitute Richie Houlihan found himself in the right place to fire in his sides second major of the game. The opposition solitary response against the breeze was another Byrne effort. It was Greystones who  had complete control at this stage as they hit another purple patch in the final quarter of the game. It was centre forward  Colin O’ Shea who was proving the playmaker for his side as they pushed forward. He was rewarded with his two of his own minors from play along with efforts from Houlihan and Condon. The final two scores of the game were shared between by the two number seventeens who had come of the bench for their respective sides. It was Luke Degan who finished off his sides scoring before Niall O’ Connor hit a consolation effort for Valleymount.

Eire Óg: Sean O’ Neill; Gordon Bailey, Dermot Blake, Eoin Potts; Ruairí Parker, Max Scully, Kevin Booth; Phil McCarthy(0-2), Colm Condon (0-5 4fs); Fionn Melia, Colin O’ Shea (0-2), Colm Shortt (1-0); Cian O’ Lionaigh, John Coveney, Andrew Kealy.

Subs Used: Richie Houlihan (1-1) for J Coveney, Luke Dorgan (0-1) for F Melia, Daniel English for C O’Lionaigh.

Valleymount: Conor Harpur; Davy Miley, Matthew Cripps, Liam O’ Brien; Jordan Balfe, Aidan Miley, Aaron Balfe; Derek Miley, Diarmuid Nugent; Bradley Foster, Steven Byrne (0-3fs), Ryan Willoughby; Gary Walsh (0-1), Glen Cullen (1-0), Shay Geoghegan (0-1).

Diarmuid Richardson for M Cripps, Jeff Kemmy for L O’ Brien, Dylan Maguire for B Foster, Niall O’ Connor (0-1) for S Geoghegan.

Referee Pamela Prendergast (Kilamcanogue)