Ballymac 5-07 Firies 1-11
Round 3 County League
Wednesday 19th August
On a fine, but overcast evening in Farranfore, the Ballymacelligott U16 Ladies gathered for their meeting
with Firies. This was a revenge mission as Firies had denied the ladies promotion to Division 1 previously.
Firies raced into a two point lead, but our ladies replied with a point from Keelin Enright and a goal from Emer
Curran direct from a free kick. This took us into the first half water break leading 1-1 to 0-2, though we should
have been further ahead as we had dominated possession but missed a few chances. Our defense was
rock solid with Alyssa Leen O’Shea leading from centre back ably supported on the left flank by Cathy Palmer and on the right by Kate Collins.
The second quarter of the first half continued the same possession wise, but this period the ladies were clinical.
We scored 3-3 to just 0-1 in reply, the three pointers coming from Anna Collins, Ciara Palmer and Ella Quirke. Shonagh Griffin and Roisin Rahilly had completely taken over at Midfield and our full back line of Abby Leahy, Grainne Galvin and Lorna Daly snuffed out any real threat from the Firies forward line. Emma Leen got through a mountain of work at full forward with Niamh Lynch also working really well. Kerry Hennessy in goal, dealt well with all balls that came her way. Into the second half and we used the rest of our bench as all girls got a game. Firies came back into the game and our defense came under a lot more pressure, where Ciara Kerins in her first game back from a broken foot, thundered into the match. We scored 1-3 in the second half with a goal from Rachel Creedon after good play from the forwards including Rachel Griffin, Jill Quirke and
Roisin Raggett.
This result now means that Our Ladies will make the County Semi-Finals.
Squad on the night was Kerry Hennessy, Lorna Daly (Joint
Captain), Grainne Galvin, Abby Leahy, Kate Collins, Alyssa
Leen O’Shea, Cathy Palmer, Roisin Rahilly (0-2), Shonagh
Griffin, Ciara Palmer (1-0), Keelin Enright (0-3), Ella
Quirke (1-1), Niamh Lynch, Emma Leen, Emer Curran (1-
0), Anna Collins (1-0), Jill Quirke, Rachel Griffin, Rachel
Creedon (1-1), Roisin Raggett, Ciara Kerins.
Many Thanks to all @sportsdirect.com who have sponsored this year’s new jerseys.
