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Bredagh lift first Down Ladies Senior Championship -
13/09/2002
Report taken from Bredagh GAC Website
Bredagh
v Iveagh Bosco
Bredagh Ladies won their first Down Senior
championship on Friday 13th September by defeating reigning
champions Iveagh Bosco in Downpatrick.
A nervy opening saw Bredagh concede a goal within the first
couple of minutes, after a high ball from Michaela Downey
caused confusion in the Bredagh defence.
The Bredagh response was immediate when Joanne Lavery's
exquisite pass to Geraldine Grimley split the Iveagh defence.
After what seemed like an eternity Geraldine slid the ball
past the Iveagh goalkeeper to get Bredagh back on level
terms. Joanne Lavery then popped over a free to put Bredagh
in the lead.
In a frantic opening ten minutes, the goals continued to
fly in. Great ball-winning in the Bredagh defence was undone
when the ball was given away and a great run by Michaela
Downey resulted in another Iveagh goal. Again Bredagh stormed
back and got a goal when another class pass from Joanne
Lavery was punched to the net by the quick-thinking Lorraine
McCaffrey.
Joanne Lavery continued to torment the Iveagh defence and
beat a couple of defenders to score a classy goal to finally
settle Bredagh down. Bredagh's best spell of the match saw
intelligent running from Jacqui Clarke, Mairead Guinness
and Geraldine Grimley yield three more points for Joanne
Lavery and a well-taken point for Mairead Guinness.
At that point Iveagh's Aoibhin Downey sprained an ankle
and was forced to withdraw from the match.
When play resumed after the injury Iveagh started to gain
some momentum and managed to claw back two points. Iveagh
had a chance to narrow the gap to two points when Bredagh
goalkeeper Fionnuala McAtamney produced an excellent save
to deny Michaela Downey another goal.
A great point from a narrow angle by Cathy Gallagher and
a point from Joanne Lavery before half-time allowed Bredagh
to take a good lead into half-time.
Half-Time Score: Bredagh 3-07 - Iveagh Bosco 2-03
After half-time Bredagh continued to dominate possession
with good ball-winning from Mairead Guinness, Cathy Gallagher
and Jacqui Clarke preventing Iveagh from gaining clean possession
in the middle of the park.
Further points from Joanne Lavery and Geraldine Grimley
increased the Bredagh advantage but Iveagh Bosco fought
back and scored another goal when the Iveagh forwards pounced
on a breaking ball in the Bredagh defence to cut the deficit
to 6 points.
Martina McCafferty scored an excellent point for Bredagh
before Iveagh's best spell of the match saw Bredagh under
pressure. The Bredagh defence were strong in the face of
continued Iveagh attacks with Jacqui McAllister and Maura
McArdle breaking up a lot of attacks in the half-back line.
Lorraine McCaffrey scored a point from a very narrow angle
to ease the pressure. Joanne Lavery capped an amazing individual
display with 2 more points to seal the victory for an ecstatic
Bredagh team.
Final Score: Bredagh 3-13 - Iveagh Bosco 3-04
The final whistle was the signal for a pitch invasion to
kick off the Bredagh celebrations. Bredagh captain Siobhan
McCarney and mascot Cliona McCarney lifted the cup to the
delight of the Bredagh supporters.
Manager Colly McAllister
Team: Fionnuala McAtamney, Ciara Gallagher, Siobhan McCarney
(C), Fiona McCrory, Mairead Guinness (0-1), Maura McArdle,
Jacqui McAllister, Jacqui Clarke, Cera McArdle, Cathy Gallagher
(0-1), Geraldine Grimley (1-1), Rachel McCallum, Martina
McCafferty (0-1), Joanne Lavery (1-8), Lorraine McCaffrey
(1-1), Arlene McCloskey, Helen McGale, Marion Corry, Nell
O'Neill, Grainne McAllister, Niamh Breslin, Emer Proctor,
Orla Smyth, Maria Smylie.
Mascot Cliona McCarney
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