BURREN U16 LADIES V SHAMROCKS
In
what will be a make or break few days,
the Burren ladies played Newry Shamrocks
in the league knowing a win would set
them up nicely for a semi-final berth.
It
was the visitors Newry Shamrocks,
however, who had early ideas of
upsetting the party, as they were
dominant in most sectors of the field.
A great Courtney Linden goal and
excellent points from the boot of Siofra
Murdock left Burren in command but
Shamrocks replied with the same scores
to leave the match at level pegging in
the early stages. An excellent
Catherine Mc Govern penalty followed by
points from Kerri Mc Govern, Emily Brown
and Catherine Mc Govern (3) put Burren
back in control.
The
next 10 minutes belonged to the Newry
girls and they managed 1-4 without reply
in this phase. But when another penalty
was awarded to Burren and finished by
Catherine with aplomb this broke the
momentum of the Shamrocks play.
Emily Brown finished the scoring in the
first half to leave Burren with a
six-point advantage.
On
the resumption of the game – both Kerri
Mc Govern and Emily Brown were clearly
listening to their instructions at the
interval as they both smashed home
goals. This was followed by points from
Kerri again and Niamh Mc Grath, Mairead
Trainor, Caroline Mc Kay and Catherine
Mc Govern to leave Burren with a little
comfort going into the last 15 minutes.
They didn’t take the foot of the gas
here though and a quick burst of 2-01
from Catherine Mc Govern with one goal
an exceptional finish from the most
difficult angle and points from Courtney
Linden (2), Kerri Mc Govern, Siofra
Murdock (2) and Emily Brown left Burren
running out easy winners in the end.
This was a very tough game for the
ladies but will stand them in good stead
for the up coming match against
Rostrevor on Sunday. Although
convincing winners on a scoreline of
7-21 to 3-08 there is still room for
improvement. Dead ball situations need
to be capitalised on every time, so
hopefully “THE POLAND FACTOR” won’t be
of too much hindrance to Siofra in the
remaining matches!!!! They are another
step closer to the league play offs and
if the work is done they should make an
impression on this stage.
MELISSA MC MAHON
EIMEAR
RYAN MARESE
HOLLYWOOD SHANNON MURDOCK
CARA
MURDOCK LAURA
KELLY KELLY
O’HARE
CAROLINE MC KAY (0 – 1)
MAIREAD TRAINOR (0 – 1)
COURTNEY LINDEN
SIOFRA MURDOCK
NIAMH MC GRATH
(1 –
2)
(0 –
5)
(0-1)
KERRI MC
GOVERN CARA MC CONVILLE
CATHERINE
(1 – 3)
MC
GOVERN
(4-5)
SUBS USED
EMILY BROWN (1 – 3)
FOR CARA MC CONVILLE
CAOIMHE MURDOCK FOR
EIMEAR RYAN
FINAL SCORE
BURREN 7 – 21
SHAMROCKS 3 – 8
PLAYERS OF THE MATCH
LAURA KELLY
CATHERINE MC GOVERN
