Two fantastic wins this week against
Kilrush Navy on Wednes July 9th after a fantastic thrilling game with all the girls playing very well it ended in a 3-3 to 2-1 final score. Team as follows: Catie Byrne, Sinead Banville, Amy O’Connor, Beth Byrne, Nicole Gillen, Nicole Harding-Kenny, Sophie Whelan, Erin Kehoe, Abigail Gillen, Katie Feeney, Aoife Hearne. Subs: Ciara McMahon for A Gillen, Danielle O’Leary for A Hearne, Grace Harding-Kenny, Ciara Banville Andrea Fielding Niamh Hearne and Clara O’Leary. Well done to the girls and the mentors on the night Angie Kinsella, Andy O’Connor and Trish Fielding, while Manager Tom Tynan is taking a well earned holiday.
On Friday July 11th, the U12 Red team were victorious over Oylegate/Glenbrien, 2-1 to 0-4, both teams only had 12 girls, so it was agreed to play 12 a-side, there was a thrilling start in the third minute when Ibars opened with the first goal, coming from a handpass from Katie Feeney to Hannah Hearne finishing it in the net, the girls played very well and were very evenly matched with the opposition, our backs Amy O’Connor, Nicole Harding-Kenny and Erin Kehoe led by Becky Halligan, made great clearances, while Catie Byrne in goal made fantastic saves. The sliotar was moved swiftly through mid-field by Ciara McMahon, Ciara Banville and Andrea Fielding, with some unfortunate wides conceded, leaving the halftime score 1-0 to us to 0-0.
One minute into the second half Oylegate scored a lovely point, but our forwards Hannah Hearne, Katie Feeney, Sophie Wheland Caoimhe Parker kept battling hard to get those scores. Ciara Banville took up goal position, while Catie Byrne came out in centre back position, and Becky Halligan moved to centre field. In the eighth minute Andrea Fielding hit the net from a well taken free, but Oylegate replied in the ninth minute with a point, followed by another point in the eleventh minute. Hannah Hearne changed positions with Ciara in goal for the last ten minutes. Andrea Fielding completed the scores for the Ibars finishing with a point from a solo run from midfield, and Oylegate replied with a well taken point, leaving the full time score 2-1 to 0-4. Team as follows: Catie Byrne, Amy O’Connor, Nicole Harding-Kenny, Erin Kehoe, Becky Halligan, Ciara Banville, Andrea Fielding (1-1), Hannah Hearne (1-0), Katie Feeney, Sophie Whelan, Caoimhe Parker and Ciara McMahon. Mentors on the night John Banville, Andy O’Connor and Trish Fielding were delighted with the girls overall performance, and they did all that was asked of them. Keep up the good work girls and we look forward to seeing you all at training on Monday evening at 6.30 pm.