LGFA Semi Final (WP)

 Knockmore 2-13

Kilmovee 2-6

Knockmore

Eoin Horkan 

A late surge from the home side on Sunday morning sent them into the senior final in two weeks time against Burrishrule.

It was Hannah Reape who opened the scoring  with a point in this tie after both sides had squandered early chances on goal. The home side were finding it easier to get scores as Lara Sweeney opened her account for the day before Amy O’Connor and Shauna Howley had the side four points up by the quarter hour mark.

The visitors managed to start battling back when Shauna Golden found her range from a dead ball. With eight minutes left on the clock before half time the tie was level as a Sinead Cafferky ball was directed into the net by sister Lisa.Just as it looked like the sides would go in deadlocked at the break up stepped Golden whose long range free made its way into the net leaving the Kilmovee crowd in raptors as the home side were stunned.

A final white flag came from Reape who drove through the middle of the park as she left two points between the sides at the interval.

Once the game restarted and the words of their manager ringing in their ears a captain Lara Sweeney led from the front with three scores on the spin, one from play and two dead balls.

This was cancelled out down the far end by a Golden double and a fin strike from Sinead Cafferky..

With thirteen minutes left on the clock it looked like the east Mayo side would pull away.

An inspired substitution from Knockmore changed this as Mia Traynor was unleashed from the bench.

Her pressure paid off as O‘Connor narrowed the gap before Traynor got her hands on two kick outs feeding Sweeney and Clodagh Keane to raise quick fire green flags.With five minutes left Hannah Reape was given a yellow seeing her side having to defend with fourteen. This didn't stop them as three more scores first from Traynor along with Sweeney and Sarah Mulvihill had them well in control by the end of normal time.

The Shamrocks did trouble the umpire one last time through Tori Duffy  before Holwey finished the scoring.

Scorers:Knockmore:Lara Sweeney 1-5 (3fs),Clodagh Keane 1-0,Amy O’Connor, Hannah Reape 0-2,Shauna Howley 0-2 (1f) and Sarah Mulvihill and Mia Traynor 0-1 each 

Kilmovee Shamrocks:Shauna Golden 1-4 (3fs),Lisa Cafferky 1-0, Sinead Cafferky and Tori Duffy 0-1 each

Knockmore:Grace Naughton;Caitlin Burke,Emily Hughes,Siofragh Kelly;Emily Reaper,Roisin Flynn,Nina McVann:Sarah Mulvihill,Hannah Reape;Ciara Durkan,Shauna Howley,Sarah Dempsey;Amy O’Connor,Clodagh Keane,Lara Sweeney.

Subs Used:Mia Traynor  (for Kelly), Marie Breslin (for Dempsey), Áine Clarke (for Sweeney).

Kilmovee:Méabh Lavin;Rebecca Towey,Ava Horgan,Serena Hanley;Anna Mai Regan,Lynda Hanley,Ilana Phillips;Sinead Cafferky,Leah McCugh;Katelyn Regan, Shauna Golden,Lucia McDonnell;Tori Duffy,Lisa Cafferky,Saerlaith Dillon.

Subs Used:Leanne Foley (for Phillips),Aoibhinn Conway (for Serena Hanley),Elise Phillips (for Saerlaith Dillon)

Referee Kevin Corcoran