Bray Emmetts vs St Pats U14 Girls

 

Bray Emmetts 1-4

St Pats Wicklow 2-3

Ashford Gaa Club

Eoin Horkan

St Pats come out on top in a highly entertaining u14 final in Ashford at lunchtime Saturday.

Bray flew out of the blocks early in this game getting a goal from one of their first attacks of the game through Nancy Harty who showed composure to finish into the net from close range. St Pats responded moments later with a goal from a penalty from Millie Phelan. With defences on top scores were at a premium. The final score before the first break was a point from the boot of Niamh Redmond. After the break Pats launched attacks on the goal. This led to a white flag from Ella Lyons, before a goal bound effort from Millie Leonard was deflected into the net. The Emmetts got two points before half time from Melanie Lawlor and Redmond again.

The 2nd half of this game was a tight tense affair with very little scoring. Pats last two white flags of the game came from Phelan before Hannah Lawless got her name to the scorers. Kimberly Kennedy slotted a dead ball for Bray. With the last attack of the game Bray won a spot kick, which if they had scored would have given them the win. The kick was saved well by Wicklow keeper Ella Murphy. Who was her team’s hero in the last play of the game.

 

 

 

Bray Emmetts: Teagen Cronin; Mia Byrne, Anna Ní Chonchubhaire, Kate Butler; Grace Roche, Katie Curran, Rosa Lackey; Kate Slattery, Laoise O’ Driscoll; Niamh Redmond (0-2), Kimberly Kennedy (0-1), Melanie Lawlor (0-1); Niamh Canavan, Nancy Harty, (1-0) Orla Fitzsimmons 

Sub: Megan Dunne for O Fitzsimmons

 

St Pats: Ella Murphy; Sarah McAuliffe, Maebh Greene, Emily Bunce; Isobel Malone, Erica Byrne, Alanna Cullen; Amy Lalor, Hannah Lawless (0-1); Grace Donohoe, Lara Chassagne, Millie Leonard (1-0); Millie Phelan (1-1 pen), Ella Lyons (0-1), Aoibhe Mitchell

Sub: Rionach Fleming for A Cullen, Clodagh Byrne for E Bunce, Bethany Hastie for A Mitchell

Referee; Tom Eakins (Foxrock Cabinteely)

Carnew vs Kilcoole U13

 

Carnew 5-13

Kilcoole 2-6

Avoca Gaa

Eoin Horkan

Carnew came out on top of what was a high scoring final in Avoca at noon on Saturday.

The Emmets opened the scoring with Sylvo Pekarick before Kilcoole fired 1-2 in response with 1-1 coming from Lucas O’ Toole and the other point came from the boot of Jayden Hamilton. Carnew emulated the scoring amount with Jamie Curry scoring 1-1 before a free from Daniel Lawrence gave them the lead at the first whistle.

Nathan Sharpe buried a goal to extend the lead before Curry added another white flag. Adam O’ Brien fried a point over in response. Lawrence and Sharpe added two more points, before 1-1 in response with O’ Brien narrowing the gap. The lead was extended again with another major this time from Cathal Faulkner

Lawrence and Peckarick added another 1-2 with Daniel getting 1-1 of this tally. Kilcoole response was a point from Cillian Corcoran before the 2^nd water break. The final quarter was a one-sided affair with Carnew adding another 1-5 to there scoring with 1 point in response from the opposition with Corcoran adding another point to his name. The scores came from the boots of Lawrence and Curry, with the rest coming from Eoin Wafer who finished the scoring for Carnew

 

 

 

 

Carnew: Paddy Bolger; Harry Kavanagh, Dylan Rooney, Ryan Kenny; Daniel Lawrence (1-4 1f), Tom O’ Brien, Jamie Curry (1-3 1f); Kelvin Myers, Cathal Faulkner (1-0 f); Sylvo Pekarick (0-2), Nathan Sharpe (1-2)

Sub Used: Nathan Byrne, Tristan Massey, Reuben Williams, Eoin Wafer (1-2), Matthew Mulhall

Kilcoole: Jack Gavin; Ronan O’ Brien, Tom O’ Riordan, Ruari O’ Brien, Mason Kelly; Adam O’ Brien (1-2), Evan Hatton, Theo Messitt Jayden Hamilton (0-1), Scott Byrne, Lucas O’ Toole (1-1)

Sub Used: Matthew Prior, Devin Tunikowski, Bryan Nolan, Zayne Poutch Mahon, Daniel Kelly, Cillian Corcoran (0-2), Daniel Kelly, Kyle McCormack

Referee: Chris Canavan (Avoca)

Ashford vs Avondale U11 Final

 

Ashford 5-12

Avondale 0-6

Avoca Gaa

Eoin Horkan

 

Ashford outscore Avondale to win the u11 final early Saturday morning in Avoca.

Ashford started as they meant to go on from the opening whistle scoring 1-3 without any reply before the first water break.  Tiernan O’ Connell raised the first white flag before Rian Gledhill and Kale Conyard added points. The first major of the game came from Jude Lawlor before the whistle to close the first quarter.

The 2nd quarter carried on in the same vein with the black and ambers adding three more white flags through Conyard and Gledhill again while Alex Healy opened his account. Avondale responded with Will Phelan opening there scoring with a minor before Eoghan Doyle added a second minor.

The third quarter was another score fest from Ashford with another 1-5 being added to there total. The goal came from Gledhill, with the same man adding another minor score along with Rhys Behan and Lucas Lally. Conyard finished the scoring with a fine long-range score. Matt Byrne responded in kind with a point for the opposition. Healy notched the final score of the quarter for Ashford.

The final stages of this game were much more enjoyable with both sides trying to equal each other out. Ashford added another 3 majors and a point in response to 3 consolation points for Avondale.

Ashford: Jayden Healy; Daire Kenny, Alex Healy (2-2), Joe Harte; Rhys Behan (0-1), Sean Taylor; Conor Meade, Jude Lawlor (1-1); Kale Conyard (1-4), Rian Gledhill (1-2), Tiernan O’ Connell (0-1)

Sub Lucas Lally (0-1), Sam Conyard

 

Avondale: Aiden Kelly; Joe Byrne(0-2f), Daniel Statkevicius, Will Phelan (0-1); Eoghan Doyle (0-2), Charlie Cullen; Finn Doyle Byrne, Matt Byrne (0-1), Enda Dechaine; Dylan Ross, Conor Kelly

Sub: Aiden Kearns, Rhys Kinsella, Noah Porter

 

Referee Chris Canavan

An Tochár vs Coolkenno Junior Ladies Championship

 Junior Ladies Football Championship.

An Tochár 0-2

Coolkenno 2-9

An Tochár GAA

Eoin Horkan

 

Anyone that was in attendance in Roundwood late Sunday evening witnessed history with Coolkenno fielding a senior ladies team in the championship for the 1^st time.

For a team playing there first game they showed experience well beyond what they should have by beating the home side easily in very miserable conditions.

Cookenno captain Amey Bermingham opened her sides account with a well taken point. Noelle Conlon doubled her sides lead before full forward Rebecca Bowes fired over before centre forward got her hands on the ball after some fine interplay to add a 4^th score before the water break.

Straight from the water break Conlon got her hands on the kickout and ran straight towards the goal, before firing a great shot into the back of the net to extend her sides lead.  Bermingham who was controlling the game in the middle added her 2^nd point of the game. With the game nearing the half time interval Bowes slotted one last score before the break.

The 2nd half of this encounter was nearly a carbon copy of the first with Coolkenno controlling the ball and their defence coming out on top at every opportunity. Bowes was causing trouble inside at every opportunity. She added another point before wing forward Ruby Keogh drove through the middle of the opposition defence, this drive resulted her into rifling the ball into the back of the net. Bermingham midfield partner Erica Dugge pointed just before the 2^nd water break.

The home side finally managed to open their account in the game with a free Orla Fee before Bermingham replied with a dead ball for Coolkenno. The final score of the game was a consolation point for Roundwood from the boot of sub-Hannah Kelly.

Roundwood: Therese Molloy: Ella McAuley, Rosie McAuley, Laoise Cullen: Nina Wolohan, Emma Kavanagh, Alison O’ Toole: Jackie Power, Racheal Leacy: Eva Doyle, Orla Fee (0-1 1f), Emma Fagan: Sinead Doyle, Abby Magee. Amy Louise Price

Subs Used Hannah Kelly (0-1) for Racheal Leacy, Orla Kenny for Emma Fagan, Sally O’ Toole for Laoise Cullen

Coolkenno; Katie Byrne Doyle: Arya Lawless Carol Tompkins, Holly Timmins: Eimear Murphy, Emma Nolan, Rochelle Connaughton: Amey Bermingham (0-3 1f), Erica Dugge (0-1); Roisin Dolan, Ciara Tompkins (0-1), Ruby Keogh (1-0): Faye Doyle, Rebecca Bowes (0-3), Noelle Conlon (0-1 1f)

Subs Used: Rachel Bermingham for Noelle Conlon, Margaret Byrne for Ciara Tompkins, Aoife Murphy for Holly Timmins, Olwyn Rothwell for Faye Doyle 

Aughrim vs Hollywood Wicklow Junior Championship

 

Junior A Football Championship

Aughrim 3-12

Hollywood 1-7

An Tochár Gaa

Eoin Horkan

Sunday evening saw the opening round of the Junior A football championship take centre stage in Roundwood, with Aughrim coming out on top in a game played in some very wet conditions.

Both sides made some late changes to the program with players been unavailable due to injury or having played for the club’s other team in the grade above.

Aughrim flew out of the traps with full froward Conor Phelan tapping over an early point from play, before slotting a free to double the scores. Corner forward Adam Keegan let fly for a point from long range, this effort ended up in the back of the net instead.

This early flurry of scored from Aughrim had let them gain a foothold in the game. Hollywood slowly started to ply with full forward James Mooney firing over a free in anger. Conor Lambert then added his name to the score sheet for Aughrim with a well taken curling shot.

With the game heading towards the water break Hollywood launched one final attack, this lead to James Mooney getting his foot to a ball , which resulted in a goal. Leaving only 2 between them at the first break.

After the break Aughrim kept their foot on the pedal notching 4 scores without reply, the first coming from midfielder Eoin Forsyth.

Ex Wexford youth soccer player Adan Rochford weaved his way through the defence before pointing. Phelan added another free before Lambert slotted another monster from play. Hollywood solitary response came from another free from Mooney. This left 5 between the sides at the interval.

Hollywood broke out of the traps quicker in the 2^nd half getting the first two scores both coming from place balls from Mooney who was now giving an exhibition on free taking with both feet.

Aughrim then hit another purple patch with another four unanswered scores. Roving wing back Dan O’ Hare made his way up the field to fire over. The next three scores all came from the boot of the goal scorer Adam Keegan, this extended the gap to 6 by the 2^nd water break.

The final quarter was a much tighter affair as both sides started to empty their benches. This didn’t stop Phelan poking home a 2^nd goal for Aughrim. Mooney and Phelan then traded points, before Hollywood sub-Ciaran Maguire was giving his marching orders for a wild kick out at an Aughrim player.

The final score of the game for Aughrim came from Dean Newsome whose effort flew high into the net.  Hollywood got a consolation score through that man Mooney who added one final point from play.

 

Aughrim: Cillian Donegan: Dean Newsome (1-0) Alan Cotton, Jason Doyle: Dan O’ Hare (0-1), Ian Clancy, Ben Stephenson: Eoin Forsyth (0-1), Pierce Lawlor; Adan Rochford (0-1), Conor Lambert (0-2), Shane McGuickian; Adam Keegan(1-3) , Conor Phelan (1-4  2fs) , Michael Brennan

Subs Used: Paul Lacey for Eoin Forsyth

Hollywood: Stephen Burke: Kevin Cullen, Paul Kelly, Darren Healy: Ben Burke, Brendan Harkin, Andrew Corrigan: Nathan O’ Sullivan, Liam Callanan: Eoin Clarke, Conall Byrne, Thomas Kelly: Kevin Pat Clarke, James Mooney (1-7 6fs) , John Mooney

Subs Used: Cathal Maguire for Stephen Burke, John Burke for Kevin Pat Clarke

FAI Junior Cup

 

FAI Junior Cup

Enniskerry 1

Trim Celtic 2

Berryfield Football Ground

Eoin Horkan

 

Trim Celtic came out on top in an end to end cup match Enniskerry on Sunday morning.

The home side who were playing with a strong breeze in the first half couldn’t judge the breeze at all for the opening attacks of the game as all their efforts ended up in the arms of the Trim shot stopper.

It wasn’t until the 10^th minute till either side fired off a shot in anger. Trim’s Brian Faulkner let fly from the edge of the box, his effort was well saved by Dylan Davenport in the home sides goal. Davenport managed to save a free kick minutes later before he made a 3^rd great save in as many minutes as he thwarted a 1 on 1 as the Trim striker tried to round him and put the ball into an empty net.

The home side were quickly kicked into gear after the flurry of saves. Captain Paul Barr’s curling effort just missed the angle of post and crossbar. Trim then took the lead with what was nearly a carbon copy of the home sides last effort.

Winger Jack O Keefe cut in off his wing and unleashed a curling effort with flew over Davenport head before ending up in the net, to give the away side the slenderest of advantages 20 minutes into the first half.

After a very exciting opening twenty minutes the game descended into a bit of a lull with both midfields battling hard, with no one making any real in roads into the opposition scoring zone.  The home side could still not manage that swirling breeze. This was evident as both long range shots they had from midfielders flew over the bar , without causing any trouble to the Trim net minder .

With the ref about to blow the half time whistle Trim launched one final attack, which resulted in the ball ending up in the back of the net. Luckily for Enniskerry they were saved by the linesman flag, leaving the minimum between the sides at the break.

The home side changed their tactics early in the 2^nd half going from a 4-4-2 to a 3-5-2. This change proved pivotal as they started to create more chances. Sub Paul O’ Reilly nearly made an immediate impact, but his header flew over the bar. The home side kept control of the ball very well against that breeze but couldn’t break down the Trim rear-guard.

This all changed in the 73 minute when a cross from Gavin Howard landed at the feet of Karl Mulligan who rifled a left footed drive from the angle of the box into the top corner of the net.  The home side created two more chances after this but couldn’t manage to land that 2^nd goal.

In the closing stages  the away side started to push forward creating chances every time the got near the box. They had a free well blocked down before Faulkner let rip with another curling effort which was brilliantly saved by Davenport again. With the final play of normal time, Trim were awarded a corner.

It was 3^rd time lucky for Faulkner who rose highest in the crowded penalty area to beat Davenport, who had kept him at bay up to the header.  Enniskerry launched two final attempts on the Trim goal, but try as they might  they couldn’t find that equalising goal.

 

Enniskerry: 1 Dylan Davenport, 2 Paul Barr, 3 Luke O’ Sullivan, 4 Shane Fitzpatrick, 5 Ciaran Byrne,6 Oisin Scanlon,7 Dylan Berningham, 8 Gavin Howard, 9 Michael Donegan,10 David McDonald, 11 Karl Mulligan.

Subs Used:14 Paul O’ Reilly for 4 Shane Fitzpatrick, 18 Barry Dacewy for 9 Michael Donegan  

Trim Celtic: 1 Aaron Ryan, 2 Leon O’ Neill,3 James Coggins,4 Oisin Smith, 5 Ger Murray,6 Ciaran O’ Connell,7  Jack O’ Keefe, 8 Conor Walsh, 9 Aaron Williams, 10 Brian Faulkner, 11 Dean Courtney.

Subs Used:12 Fintan Devlin for 6 Oisin Scanlon,14  Luke Mahon for 2 Leon O’ Neill ,13  Oisin Dowlin for 9  Aaron Williams

Wicklow vs Wexford Preview ( Darren Hayden)

 

Darren Hayden: 'Wicklow's win against Cavan will stand to them'

By Eoin Horkan

Wicklow had mixed league campaign where they lost all three of their Division 3 South league games against Offaly, Tipperary and Limerick. Davy Burke has instilled a huge belief into this Wicklow where they stunned reigning Ulster champions Cavan in the Division 3 relegation play-off. Eoin Darcy and Seanie Furlong have been two players catching the headlines for Davy Burke's side.

Recently retired from the Wicklow senior footballers Darren Hayden told The Backdoor GAA ''Although Wicklow were defeated in all three of their group games in the National league. All of the performances were positives''. Hayden was huge servant for the Wicklow footballers where he lined out for the garden county for 13 years.

" Last year we played Wexford twice on the bounce and won both games by narrow margins. " Hayden explains ''after two massive battles against Wexford I expect this game to be the very same''.

The former Wicklow defender believes that "The game will be won around the middle third, whichever half back line can get the ball into the forwards quicker in the conditions will come out on top ."

As a final word he believes" Wicklow's win against Ulster champions Cavan will give them the belief to get over the line on Sunday."


https://www.thebackdoorgaa.com/post/darren-hayden-wicklow-s-win-against-cavan-will-stand-to-them

Wexford vs Wicklow Preview ( Mattie Forde )

 

Matty Forde: 'Wexford will need to keep Seanie Furlong quite'

Former Wexford footballer Matty Forde feels that Wexford young team won’t have enough to get over there near neighbours Wicklow in Aughrim on Sunday.

In terms of the League campaign “They didn’t play too badly, what frustrated him was they put themselves in a position to win but just couldn’t get over the line.” Wexford lost both of their groups game by a point at the hands of Waterford and Carlow. The Slaneysiders met Sligo in the Division 4 shield final where Shane Roche's side came out on top by 12 point which should give them huge confidence heading into championship.

The home advantage that Wicklow have would have been a bigger advantage if it weren’t for Covid.

“Wexford have a number of championship debutants on Sunday. It would have been much tougher for these players if there was a crowd packed into Aughrim at the weekend.”

In terms of the opposition, he believes “If Wexford’s young defence can hold Seanie Furlong down it would go a long way to them winning the game.”

Matty Forde adds '‘I’d say it's probably just a lack of experience or not having enough experience around the field to be able to see that game out that's definitely a bit of a worry. “

As a final word the star forward just doesn’t believe that Wexford win have enough to win especially after Wicklow's win over Cavan, Davy Burke's side will be on a high.

''At the end of the day it's knockout championship and anything can happen''.
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