Aghada Junior Ladies Create History

Junior “C” County Final Aghada 5 10 Newmarket 1-08

Aghada Ladies Football Club are celebrating after their junior footballers won the County Junior “C “championship title when they defeated Newmarket at a sunny Mourneabbey venue on Sunday afternoon. This was the first time in the clubs history that they reached a county championship Junior final but having won the County junior “C” league and the East Cork “B” championship earlier in the season hopes were high. Powered on by their two Cork senior players Aghada proved much too strong for the girls from Newmarket who had a great season in 2013.
Aghada started the better and Roisín Phelan had the ball in the Newmarket net after only 14 seconds and were 2-01 up with another goal from Amanda Bennett before the Newmarket girls opened their account in the seventh minute scoring three points with out reply and were it not for the Aghada keeper Emer Murphy making a number of fine saves could have been well in front. Cork ace Emma Farmer goaled for Aghada in the eighteenth minute but from the resulting kick out the Duhallow girls had a goal of their own with a long range kick from Lauren Flanagan. Both sides exchanged points to leave the score 3 04 to 1-05 at the half time break.
Aghada began the second period as they had the first and Roisín Phelan again had the ball in the net after (ironically) fourteen seconds. Aghada scored some lovely points with the wind at their backs and when Bennett scored her second goal mid way through the half the Newmarket girls realised there was no way back. To their credit they battled away with Marika and Chloe Cottrell to the fore scoring three further points but the wealth of talent and experience in the Aghada outfit was just too strong. Emma Farmer popped over a few more points to bring her tally to 1-07 for the hour with Phelan scoring 2-02. So a first well deserved County Junior title for the sea side girls who have a very well balanced group of experienced and young players.

Aghada
E Murphy, L Burchill (Capt), C Tynan, S Phelan, A O’ Connor S McCarthy, S Bawden, R Phelan, S O’ Driscoll, R Phelan, K O ‘Neill, K Sloane, H Rose, A Bennett, M O’Neill. E Farmer, C Caughlin, O Culligan, J Rose, M McGovern, C McGrath, C Counihan, J Moynihan, E O Sullivan, C Moran, C Thomas, L Savage, K Ring, N Fitzpatrick, E Terry, S McCarthy K O Connell.
Management I Rose, R Bawden, B Leamy and Jennifer Lewis.

Newmarket
A Murphy, N Murphy, K Mannix, K Field, O Hartnett, C O Sullivan, C Meehan (Capt) M Cottrell, C Meehan, K McCarthy, C Cottrell, H O’Flynn, L Murphy, L Gilman, K Kelly, C Walsh, B Hourigan, P O’Keeffe. L Flanagan, O Kelleher, S Daly, C Quilter, E Newman.

Best Wishes to All East Cork Teams contesting U 12 County Finals next weekend.