Ballymatrin
girls over come Rostrevor
Ballymartin U-16
Girls 5-15 Rostrevor U-16 Girls
6-09
Ballymartin and
Rostrevor U-16 Girls played out
a very competitive, skilful &
high-scoring game at St. Columbans
on Sunday morning. Rostrevor playing
with the wind notched up the first
2 points of the day. In the 5th
minute Catherine Haughian got Ballymartin
on their way with a well taken point.
Laura Sloan added a great goal to
edge Ballymartin further in front.
Rostrevor however hit a 4 minute
purple patch adding 2-02 without
reply to take the lead 2-04 to 1-01
with only 10 minutes gone. Caroline
O’Neill stopped the rot with
a fine score but Rostrevor replied
immediately to maintain their 6-pt
advantage. Catherine Haughian moved
to midfield at this stage and Ballymartin
seized the initiative with goals
from Danielle Newell & Laura
Sloan & points from Lisa Bailey
& Laura Sloan to leave Ballymartin
2-04 to 3-04 down with 20 minutes
on the clock. Rostrevor added a
further point to which Laura Sloan
replied. In end to end stuff, Rostrevor
added a goal and were starting to
look more dominant. Ballymartin
lifted themselves to finish the
half strongly with Laura Sloan adding
a further 2-01, Caroline O’Neill
1-00 & Catherine Haughian 0-01
to leave the halftime score Ballymartin
5-07 Rostrevor 4-05.
Rostrevor again
started the brighter on the restart
with the first point, Caroline O’Neill
replied immediately only to see
Rostrevor work the ball down the
field for a fine goal. Ballymartin
dominated the next 7-8 minutes with
fine scores from Lisa Bailey, Laura
Sloan 0-03 & Catherine Haughian
to move into a 7 point lead by the
13th minute. Just when Ballymartin
looked like romping away with this
one Rostrevor added a further 1-01
to leave just a goal in it. Caroline
O’Neill brought it back to
four with a great effort. Rostrevor
were now giving it there all as
they tried to take something from
this match, tagging on 2 points,
however Danielle Newell added the
final score of the game to leave
Ballymartin victors by 3 points
on a final score of 5-15 to 6-09.
Ballymartin Scorers:
Laura Sloan (3-06), Lisa Bailey
(0-02), Danielle Newell (1-01)
Catherine Haughian (0-03), Caroline
O’Neill(c),(1-03)
Next match is away to Annaclone
on Sunday March 6th @ 12:30pm
P.J. Cunningham
(Ballymartin G.F.C)
