Midleton Ladeis Football
Junior Ladies : Midleton 2-11 Courcey Rovers 3-7
Midleton had the narrowest of wins in a pulsating ladies football championship game played in Midleton on Sunday night. Playing into the town end in the first half, Midleton opened the scoring with an excellent Orlaigh Farmer point after just two minutes. Courceys responded with two points in the fifth and sixth minutes. A brace of points by Ciara McGrath, one following a great one two with Orlagh Farmer restored Midleton’s lead. As would happen for the remainder of the game, Courceys bounced back and scored a point followed by a goal within two minutes, the latter as a result of some slack defending. Trailing by a goal, the Midleton determination showed and the Midleton midfield pairing of Claire O’Brien and Leah McEvoy began to take control of the open spaces. Claire O’Mahony was working hard in a sometimes stretched defence. Over the next five minutes Midleton won all the 50:50 balls with Lucy Lawton having another great game in defence and Caoimhe Ryan troubling the Courcey full back line. Midleton scored two more points from Chloe Sigerson and Orlagh Farmer to restore Midleton’s advantage. Trailing 1-5 to 1-3 Courcey Rovers broke onto a loose ball, created an overlap and goaled to retake the lead. Within the minute Chloe Sigerson billowed the rebound to the Courcey net following an excellent save from Ciara McGrath. Two more points from Courceys brought the game back to parity. Kate Mary Cullinane made a point blank save to keep matters level before Michaela McGann pointed to allow Midleton nose in front at the half time break.
Midleton settled well at the opening of the second half with points from Ciara McGrath and Orlagh Farmer to extend to a three point lead, the largest at any point in the game. This lasted for all of three minutes before Courceys levelled again with a fine goal. Niamh O’Farrell was having a stormer at the edge of the square, with Meg O’Regan and Ruth Goulding not yielding and inch in either corner. With the ball going from end to end and Aoife Madden joining the midfield and attack at every opportunity, Midleton were creating more chances. On the 11th minute of the half Chloe Sigerson scored a fine point before Courceys equalised two minutes later. With a three on two overlap and Courceys heading for the 21, Deirdre Corcoran brilliantly read the pass and intercepted to set up another Midleton counter attack. Play ebbed and flowed with Ciara O’Doherty setting up Ciara McGrath for a smashing point. Back came Courceys and after Roisin O’Callaghan had brilliantly intercepted one long pass, Courceys eventually equalised with eight minutes remaining. Midleton were now piling on the pressure and Charley Moore was winning a number of the Courcey kick outs which were surprising always been kicked to the same wing. Pressure finally told with Ciara McGrath kicking Midleton’s winning point with a full six minutes to go. Both teams committed everything to the battle but Midleton deservedly held on for an exciting win by the tightest of margins. This was a highly entertaining game.
Midleton panel : Kate Mary Cullinane, Megan O’Regan, Niamh O’Farrell, Ruth Goulding, Claire O’Mahony, Aoife Madden, Lucy Lawton, Claire O’Brien, Leah McEvoy, Michaela McGann, Orlagh Farmer, Ciara O’Doherty, Caoimhe Ryan, Ciara McGrath, Chloe Sigerson, Charley Moore, Deirdre Corcoran, Roisin O’Callaghan, Kari McEvoy, Cristin O’Keeffe, Rhea Buckley.
Congratulations to the Cork Ladies Football Team on their win over Galway on Saturday night. They now face Kerry in the Semi Final on August 29th.
Training Tops are available to order. Please let Tracy know (087-6625544) as soon as possible as orders will be completed soon. They are €10 and are available in a range of colours.
Our U8 team face Glanmire on Monday night in the second leg of their league matches. Full match report will be available next week.
New Jerseys Presentation
Some of our U8 and U10 Team Players and Mentors were presented with their new set of playing Jerseys provided by Masita Ireland. Mairead Beausang Club Secretary and Paddy Corcoran Club Chairman were on hand to present them to U8 Mentors Tracy Saunderson, Martin Carr and Marie Magan and U10 Mentors Marcella Scanlon, Conor Murray and Niall McCarthy. The Club had a fundraiser last year to raise funds to pay for them. Our U10 girls had their first match playing them on Wednesday night against Rockban
East Cork Ladies Gaelic Football 