Kilkenny Rivercourt Hotel Junior County Final
By Aoife Lanigan, PRO
Dicksboro 1-13 John Lockes 1-12
Dicksboro are Junior County Champions after they defeated John Lockes in Tullaroan last Saturday afternoon
Megan Trait opened the scoring for Dicksboro with a point from play within the first minute. A minute later, Aisling O’Sullivan found the back of the Boro net after a neat pass by Leah O’Donovan
Niamh O’Donoghue slotted over a free for the Boro and Sophie Roberts tagged on another free for the city side to level the match
Aisling O’Sullivan added a point from play for John Lockes before Megan Trait & Niamh O’Donoghue slotted over points for the Boro. A quick reply by Aisling O’Sullivan who tacked on John Lockes next score, a point from a free
The Boro then hit a purple patch, Lisa Hanrick added to the Boro scoresheet with a fine point, before Sophie Roberts got in for her second point for the city side
In the fifteenth minute, Lisa Hanrick got in for a goal for the Boro while Niamh O’Donoghue added a point
Over the next 10 minutes, both teams tried to add to their tallies, but defences stood strong, Then Sophie Roberts and Tara McGrath slotted over a point each for the Boro and Aisling O’Sullivan tacked on two points for John Lockes to leave the interval score 1-10 to 1-4 in favour of Dicksboro
On the resumption of play, John Lockes got off to a great start. Emily Phelan slotted over a point before Aisling O’Sullivan tacked on two points. Emily Phelan added another point to narrow the gap to two points
Emma Hogan & Niamh O’Donoghue slotted over points for the city side to push it back out to four points
Aisling O’Sullivan tacked on two pointed frees and Emily Phelan slotted over a point to bring it back to the minimum again
Emma Hogan tagged on another point the Boro, In the 62nd minute, John Lockes went for a goal, but it was deflected out for a 45, which Rachel Phelan converted
In the last few seconds of the match, John Lockes tried to get an equalising or winning score, but to no avail and the Referee blew the full time whistle with Dicksboro winning 1-13 to 1-12
Scorers – Dicksboro – Niamh O’Donoghue 0-4 (2f), Lisa Hanrick 1-1, Sophie Roberts 0-3, Emma Hogan, Megan Trait 0-2 each, Tara McGrath 0-1
John Lockes – Aisling O’Sullivan 1-8 (6f), Emily Phelan 0-3, Rachel Phelan 0-1 (f)
Dicksboro: Kate Meighan, Isabella Egan, Danielle Kenny, Issy Carroll, Sarah O’Gorman, Ali Greany, Bronagh Doheny, Tara McGrath, Aisling Browne, Caoimhe Carroll, Niamh O’Donoghue (Capt), Sophie Roberts, Emer Phelan, Lisa Hanrick, Megan Trait
Subs – Isabel Roberts for Megan Trait, Emma Hogan for Emer Phelan, Eva Tynan for Sophie Roberts, Isabelle Fahy, Katie Chambers, Faye Reynolds, Sinead Carroll, Aoibhinn Deegan, Kate Dowling, Eilis Doherty, Lilly Maher, Eva Healy, Jill Dalton, Sophie O’Riordan, Eimear O’Neill, Anna Keogh, Jill Dempsey, Laura Treacy, Sarah Donlan
John Lockes: Kym Ryan, Sal Ryan, Rachel Hartley, Aine Dowling, Sarah Roche (Capt), Laura Phelan, Maria Ryan, Sarah Keher, Rachel Phelan, Leah O’Donovan, Meg Ryan, Emily Phelan, Erin Morrissey, Aisling O’Sullivan, Caoimhe Kelly
Subs – Julie Nolan inj, Erika Dunne, Farrah Ryan, Sadhbh MacCormack, Lauren Hartley, Niamh Hogan, Chloe O’Donovan inj, Kate Lynch, Anna O’Brien, Aoibhne Corcoran
Referee: Paul Hunston
By PRO Fri 7th Nov
