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LIDL ALL-IRELAND POST PRIMARY SCHOOLS SENIOR C
CHAMPIONS: Coláiste Bhaile Chláir, Claregalway, captain Gemma Coll holds aloft the Lidl All- Ireland Post Primary Schools Senior C title at Kinnegad. Photo: Matt Browne / SPORTSFILE
Ruthless Claregalway girls take All-Ireland home
Colaiste Bhaile Chláir, Galway ................7-9
Trim goal.
it was rip-roaring first half and both
(22); Megan Flaherty for Roche (44); Niamh McGrath for Coll (55).
SCOIL MHUIRE TRIM: Aoife Murray; Hannah Keatley, Rachel Troy, Caitlín Hamilton; Eimear Fagan, Aisling McCabe, Niamh Newman; Sarah Ennis, Leah Devine; Leah Dennehy, Sarah Lynch, Sophia Payne; Ali Sherlock, Caroline Quinn, Emma Regan. Subs: Shauna Brennan for O’Con- nell (22); Maeve Lally for Fagan (53). REFEREE: Dermott Love (Fermanagh).
CLEARENCE: Coláiste Bhaile Chláir goalkeeper Ava Murray takes the ball clear of Leah Dennehy from Scoil Mhuire.
Photo: Matt Browne / SPORTSFILE
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Scoil Mhuire, Trim, SMeath ..................2-7
By RONAN O’NEILL Media West Ireland
sides had their chances, and dennehy scored the first of her two goals. And Scoil Mhuire were in complete control when they led by 1-7 to 1-0 after 21 minutes of action.
HAUnA Brennan and niamh Moran both hit two goals each as Colaiste Bhaile Chláir, of Claregalway,
But the game was turned on its head on the resumption, and they hit 3-1 in a devastating two-minute spell, as well as keeping their opponents scoreless for the entire second half.
cruised to the All-ireland Senior C crown with victory over Scoil Mhuire from Trim.
Sinead donovan, Shauna Brennan, Kate Slevin, Shauna Brennan, niamh Moran and Eimear Mitchell all scored goals between the 50th and 60th minutes and that put the result completely beyond doubt.
Eimear Mitchell, Sinead donovan and Kate Slevin were also among the goals for the brilliant Galway school, at Coral- stown/Kinnegad GAA Club.
Scoil Mhuire still posted a respectable tally of 2-7 but despite a couple of goals from Leah dennehy they couldn’t keep up.
The Trim school actually held a 2-7 to 1-2 lead at half-time, but Colaiste Bhaile Chláir were awesome in the second half. And secured the win in style.
SCORERS – Coláiste Bhaile Chláir: Shauna Brennan 2-2; Niamh Moran 2-0; Eimear Mitchell 1- 3; Sinead Donovan 1-1; Kate Slevin 1-0; Ciara McCarthy, Kaitlin Kearney, Chellene Trill 0-1 each. Scoil Mhuire Trim: Leah Dennehy 2-0; Leah Devine (2f), Sarah Lynch 0-2 each; Sarah Ennis, Sophia Payne, Caroline Quinn 0-1 each. COLÁISTE BAILE CHLÁIR: Ava Murray; Amy Walsh, Aoife Lyons, Kiara Kearney; Laura Flynn, Gemma Coll, Shannon O’Connell; Ciara McCarthy, Kaitlin Kearney; Chellene Trill, Sinéad Donovan, Kate Slevin; Niamh Moran, Katie Roche, Eimear Mitchell. Subs: Shauna Brennan for O’Connell
Sarah Ennis, Caroline Quinn and Leah devine all scored early to give Scoil Mhuire a 0-3 to 0-0 lead after just five minutes.
But in the seventh minute Colaiste Bhaile Chláir hit back with a goal. niamh Moran blasted past Aoife Murray in the
dennehy added her second goal just before half-time and as Scoil Mhuire went into the interval with an eight-point lead, there looked like no way back for Colaiste Bhaile Chláir.