Leinster Intermediate Club Quarter Final
Emeralds 3-9
Mount Leinster Rangers 0-12
By Aoife Lanigan, PRO
Emeralds are through to the Leinster Intermediate Club Semi Final after a hard-fought battle with Mount Leinster Rangers in Borris last Sunday
Mount Leinster Rangers opened the scoring with a point from Sarah Kehoe in the 1st minute. Anne Dalton equalised a minute later with a pointed free after she had been fouled
Caira Kavanagh fired over two points for Rangers to put them 0-3 to 0-1 ahead after six minutes
Young Roisin Gibbons scored Emeralds first goal after a neat pass by Louise Hickey. When Roisin received the sliotar from Louise, she ran at speed towards the Rangers goal and had only one thing on her mind, hitting a rasper passed the Rangers goalkeeper
Ciara Kavanagh equalised with a point from a 45m free. Anne Dalton then found the target with two points from placed balls, but Mount Leinster Rangers hit back with two points of the own from Ciara & Molly Kavanagh
Then in the 27th minute, Anne Dalton hit a shot towards the Rangers goal, Lucy Kavanagh got out in front of her marker to win possession, as she turned was fouled, but the Referee played advantage & Lucy rattled the back of the net
Anne Dalton added another point for Emeralds. Roisin Ahern put her name on the scoresheet with a fine point for Emeralds which was sandwiched between points from Sarah Kehoe & Ciara Kavanagh from Rangers
The Referee blew the half time whistle a short time later, with Emeralds leading 2-5 to 0-8
On the resumption of play, Anne Dalton converted a 45’ for Emeralds after Lucy Kavanagh’s initial shot was saved by Catherine Kavanagh in the Rangers goal
Ciara Kavanagh tacked on a free for the Carlow team
In the 35th minute, Anne Dalton hit a 50m free, it was batted out by the Rangers goalkeeper but Louise Hickey was quickest to react and pulled on the sliotar and it flew into the net, this put Emeralds seven points ahead
Ciara Kavanagh converted another free for Rangers. Anne Dalton then scored a fantastic point after Roisin Gibbons had been hooked, Anne flicked the sliotar up onto her hurl and fired it over the bar
Dalton then became provider for the next Emeralds score, when she drove the sliotar upfield, Louise Hickey was out in front of her marker and she slotted over a point from 45m out
Ciara Kavanagh added another pointed free for Rangers before Anne Dalton & Chloe O’Dwyer traded points. Over the next 12 minutes, both teams tried to add to their tallies but to no avail
Rangers had two goal chances denied by stout defending by the Emeralds full back line
The Referee blew the full time whistle after 64 minutes of play, with Emeralds victorious by six points
They now play Clonkill, Westmeath next Saturday 7th November at 2pm
Scorers – Emeralds – Anne Dalton 0-7 (5f), Louise Hickey 1-1, Roisin Gibbons, Lucy Kavanagh 1-0 each, Roisin Ahern 0-1
Mount Leinster Rangers – Ciara Kavanagh 0-8 (7f), Sarah Kehoe 0-2, Molly Kavanagh, Chloe O’Dwyer 0-1 each
Emeralds – Siobhan O’Hara, Alanna Russell, Niamh Leahy, Saoirse Bourke, Eimear Leahy, Davina Tobin, Ruth Ryan, Emily Kavanagh, Emma Dunphy, Aoibhe Bourke, Anne Dalton (Capt), Roisin Ahern, Louise Hickey, Lucy Kavanagh, Roisin Gibbons
Subs – Leyla Ahern for Aoibhe Bourke, Emma Kenny for Roisin Ahern, Jessie Newman, Mollie Kavanagh, Niamh Cleere, Lilly Cleere, Ciara Joyce, Ella Minogue, Aisling Hickey, Aoibheann Ryall, Emma Hickey, Megan Ryan, Rachel Phelan, Niamh Campion, Victoria Lupton, Aobha Minogue, Ruth Hickey, Clodagh O’Shea, Aine Carey, Ruth Lyng, Roisin Walsh, Emma Fogarty, Jayda Lawlor
Mount Leinster Rangers – Catherine Kavanagh, Tara Kavanagh, Aine Ryan, Alice Dalton, Kathleen Fenlon, Rachel Breen, Katie Barcoe, Molly Kavanagh, Martha Dolan (Capt), Sarah Kehoe, Ciara Kavanagh, Roisin Joyce, Hannah Kehoe, Shannon Kavanagh, Rachel Bible
Subs – Chloe O’Dwyer for Rachel Bible, Rachel Kennedy for Hannah Kehoe, Aine Doyle, Eimear Byrne, Orla Kavanagh, Anna Breen, Mag Coady, Maeve Lawlor, Loretta O’Toole, Ava O’Dwyer, Orla Ryan, Lotti Cullen, Emily Martin, Rachel Martin, Sarah Joyce
Referee – Barry Nea (Westmeath)
By PRO Thu 5th Nov
