Arklow
Rocks Parnells 2-8
A
couple of early goals from Aoife Weir proved pivotal in Arklow on Sunday
afternoon.
In
what was a whirlwind start for Glenealy, Aoife Weir raised a green flag inside
the opening three minutes. The hometown side had the gap back to one with
strikes from Ciara Lancaster and Elizabeth Bourke. It looked like the Rocks had
battled back but between the tenth- and twentieth-minute goals from Weir and Vicky Coen along with a point
from Maeve Shorten had extended the
lead. A point from Bourke in the middle of this had stemmed the tide slightly
for her side. The final ten minutes belonged to Arklow as they piled on the
pressure with two more Bourke efforts along with some great defending that kept
them out of the net or so it looked. A long ball was eventually played in which
was gathered and finished by Kelly Sommers. The half time whistle then came at
the wrong time as the momentum had clearly swung in this tie even after an
Ellie McCelland effort had slightly
stopped the purple patch.
The
opening scores after the interval both came from dead balls with Coen first
before Bourke cancelled it out. The next five minutes of the game belonged to
Erynn O’Brien as she weaved her way through the defense to fire into the net
before herself and Weir added more minors just before the halfway mark. It
looked like the game was over but O’Brien’s goal was made redundant as
Lancaster did the same at the far end.
In
the final ten minutes the score was pushed out with Coen and Weir adding to
their tallies in between an outrageous long-range effort through Ailbhe
Dowling. The final consolation score came from the opposition as Bourke added a
final free for her side.
Arklow
Rocks Parnells;Siún Byrne;Sophie Mooney,Niamh Kiloran,Kitty Byrne;Sinead
McCarthy,Doireann Kiloran,Leah Mellon;Catherine Bourke,Elizabeth Bourke(0-8
5fs);Ciara Lancaster(1-1),Kate Priest,Ava Wolohan;Aine Byrne,Kelly
Sommers(1-0),Maeve O’Donovan.
Subs
Used:Abbey Wolohan for Leah Mellon,Nia Devereux for Maeve O’Donovan,Ruth Byrne
for Kelly Sommers,Bronwyn Crummy for Kitty Byrne.
Subs
Used; Nessa Drumgoole for Lottie Cullen,Amanda Doyle for Elaine McClelland.
Referee:
Max Molloy
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