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Morrissey the key to success
ALL-IRELAND SENIOR B FINAL
Glenamaddy CS ..........5-13 APresentation Thurles ...2-7
By RONAN O’NEILL Media West Ireland
Morrissey kicked a free and then lobbed the Presentation goalkeeper for a second goal, as Glenamaddy began to make their presence felt all over the field.
iLiSH Morrissey led the way for Glenamaddy CS and she fired 2-4 as they overwhelmed Presentation
The teams traded scores before half- time and with a four-point lead at the break, Glenamaddy CS took up where they left off, and piled on the misery on their Tipperary opponents.
Thurles to win All-ireland Senior B final at duggan Park in Ballinasloe.
noone scored her goal, and by the 34th minute Glenamaddy had opened up a sizeable 3-11 to 2-3 lead. And when noone and Ward found the net in another devastating two-minute spell, the game was up.
GLENAMADDY CS: Amy Ward; Aisling Ward (1- 0), Katelyn Mee, Leah Pettit; Maria Lyons, Cail- iosa Keaveney, Lauren Griffin; Evelyn Flanagan, Maeve Flanagan; Eva Noone (0-2), Ailish Morris- sey (2-4, two frees), Hannah Noone (0-2); Aoife Smyth (0-1, free), Lynsey Noone (2-0), Niamh Collins (0-4, three frees). Subs: Sinead Comer for Smyth (58 mins), Kate McGann for Collins (60 mins), Emma Moran for E. Noone (60 mins), Eimear Collins for Aisling Ward (60 mins), Cailin Keaveney for Cailiosa Keaveney (60 mins). PRESENTATION THURLES: Muireann Lloyd; Aoife Maher, Aoife Finlay, Ellen Moore; Niamh Ryan, Muireann O’Connell, Roisin Daly; Katie Ryan, Marie Creedon; Dervla Heffernan, Saoirse O’Meara, Lauren McCormack (0-3, all frees); Jenny Irwin, Casey Hennessy (2-3), Ciara Dwan (0-1). Subs: Grainne Phelan for O’Connell (44 mins), Queva O’Meara for Irwin (44 mins), Jessica Hayes for McCormack (51 mins), Joan Harty for Creedon (51 mins), Rachel Moore for O’Meara (60 mins).
REFEREE: Eamonn Moran (Kerry).
The Galway outfit held a narrow 2-7 to 2-3 lead at half-time, and with goals from Lynsey noone (two) and Aisling Ward also, it meant for a comfortable 15-point win in the end.
Casey Hennessy was the main tormen- tor for Presentation Thurles, but despite a personal tally for 2-3, she couldn’t help her team launch a comeback after the interval.
Aoife Smyth’s 15th minute free gave Glenamaddy a 0-3 to 0-2 advantage early on. But one day after she lined out for the Tipperary minor camogie team, Hennessy raced through the Glenamaddy defence before beating Amy Ward with her shot. Presentation raced into a 2-2 to 0-4 lead four minutes later when Muireann O’Connell gave the assist and Hennessy finished to the net for her second goal.
TARGET: Lynsey Noone of Glenamaddy CS in action against Aoife Finlay of Presentation, Thurles at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe.
Photo: Seb Daly / SPORTSFILE.
Morrissey scored her first goal shortly after and Eva noone scored a point from the kickout when Muireann Lloyd made the mistake.
WINNERS: The Glenamaddy CS players celebrate following their side’s victory over Presentation, Thurles at Duggan Park in Ballinasloe.
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