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Atticall
girls win U-14 League Final - 10/10/02
Atticall beat Parish rivals
An Riocht in the Final of the U-14 Camogie Final on Saturday
past. South Down league leaders An Riocht and Atticall traveled
to the other side of Strangford Lough to take on the East
Down leaders Portaferry and Ballycran in the All County
title playoff.
Atticall faced Portaferry in their semi final, with both
teams serving up end-to-end play with Atticalls Deborah
Doran making a particular notable clearances from defence
before Joanne Fitzpatrick lobbed the Portaferry keeper to
put Atticall in front at the interval. Before this both
teams had already exchaged goals.
From the restart Atticall were more confident and with the
brezze behind them they took control of the game. The forwards
started to click with Jamie Lea Cunningham adding two goals,
Aisling O'Hare a goal, and Joanne Fitzpatrick a fine point
to leave them comfortable winners of this encounter.
On the other pitch An Riocht had a convincing
win over Ballycran, which set up an all Mourne Final. Atticall
opened the scoring with a goal right at the start. An Riocht
responded with a goal, a reflection from a Suzanne Campbell
high ball into the square. Both teams exchanged goals, with
all to play for in a very hard fought match. Atticall's
defensive stalwart Carol Ann Sloan moved up agear, collecting
the ball and found Claire Quinn free. Claire passed the
ball to forward Caoimhe O'Hare who set her sister Aisling
up for the goal which was to seperate the side at half time.
In the second half Atticall played a controlled game with
Carol Ann Sloan, Stephanie O'Hara and Joanne Fitzpatrick
gaining possession at vital times. Forward Jamie Lea Cunnungham
added another goal for Atticall to leave two goals between
the sides. An RIocht tried to get back into the game, but
the Atticall defence held on for a deserved victory. The
Atticall defence seemed to find extra energy as they chased
every ball insight as the minute ticked away. The Final
whistle sound great celebrations from the Atticall team.
Captain Claire Quinn recieved the trophy
from Camogie Chairperson Ben Fox. Next up for Atticall is
the Championship Semi FInal with Clonduff.
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