Kilkenny Rivercourt Hotel Junior County Final
John Lockes 3-12 Tullogher 0-14
By Aoife Lanigan, PRO
John Lockes are Kilkenny Rivercourt Hotel Junior County Champions after they defeated Tullogher in sunny Piltown last Saturday
John Lockes opened the scoring with a pointe free from Aisling O’Sullivan in the 1st minute. Kate Lyng fired over two points for Tullogher
Then in the 6th minute, Player of the match Emily Phelan scored John Lockes first goal, hitting a rasper passed the Tullogher goalkeeper. Kate Lyng slotted over another free for Tullogher
In the 11th minute, things even got better for John Lockes, when Emily Phelan became provider for their second goal. The sliotar had been cleared by the John Lockes defence, Phelan fielded the sliotar, ran towards the Tullogher goal & as a defender approached her, she flicked the sliotar over her head to Sal Ryan and Sal buried the sliotar to the back of the net
Over the next three minutes, Emily Phelan & Kate Lyng slotted over two points each for John Lockes & Tullogher. Aisling O’Sullivan fired over a free for John Lockes.
The next nine minutes, both teams tried to add to their tallies but to no avail until Tullogher Captain Aimee Hanrahan tagged on a point
Emily Phelan scored a point for John Lockes, going in off the inside of the post
Heading towards the half time whistle, Sarah O’Sullivan & Clara Walsh scored a point each for Tullogher to leave the interval score 2-5 to 0-9 in favour of John Lockes
On the resumption on plat, Kate Lyng slotted over a free for Tullogher to narrow the gap to the minimum
Aisling O’Sullivan tacked on a free for John Lockes before Emily Phelan found the target with the next three points
Kate Lyng tagged on another point for Tullogher. Emily Phelan & Aisling O’Sullivan (f) scored a point each for the Lockes
Emily Phelan scored her second & John Lockes third goal shortly after a Tullogher shot by Kate Lyng had come back off the crossbar and was cleared upfield by Rachel Phelan. Emily fielded the sliotar, ran at speed towards the Tullogher goal and hit an unstoppable shot to the top left corner of the net
Rachel Murphy & Aisling O’Sullivan traded points before Dearbhla Ryan & Aoibheann Ryan closed out the scoring with a point each for Tullogher
With the clock hitting 63 minutes, the Referee blew the full-time whistle and John Lockes were Junior County Champions for 2026
John Lockes had suffered heart break in 2024 (Emeralds) & 2025 (Dicksboro) but this year the celebrations can begin as they look forward to playing in the Intermediate Grade in 2027
Scorers – John Lockes – Emily Phelan 2-7, Aisling O’Sullivan 0-5 (4f), Sal Ryan 1-0
Tullogher – Kate Lyng 0-8 (4f), Sarah O’Sullivan, Clara Walsh, Aimee Hanrahan, Rachel Murphy, Dearbhla Ryan, Aoibheann Ryan 0-1 each
John Lockes: Erin Morrissey, Meg Ryan Joint Captain, Rachel Hartley, Eva Roche, Laura Phelan, Rachel Phelan, Robyn Corcoran, Sarah Roche Joint Captain, Chloe O’Donovan, Leah O’Donovan, Emily Phelan, Lizzy Keher, Aisling O’Sullivan, Sal Ryan, Caoimhe Kelly
Subs – Ruth O’Sullivan for Caoimhe Kelly, Sarah Keher for Sal Ryan, Farrah Ryan Burke, Julia Nolan, Erika Dunne, Abu Bryan, Eadaoin Lynch, Aoibhne Corcoran, Nessa Godden, Eva Lavelle, Lauren Hartley, Niamh Hogan, Isabelle Norris, Anna O’Brien
Tullogher: Aisling Power, Leah Hanrahan, Ciara Murphy, Anna Phelan, Annie Ryan, Maeve Bookle, Jane O’Shea, Sarah O’Sullivan, Katie Bookle, Mollie Ryan, Aimee Hanrahan, Rachel Murphy, Aoibhinn Ryan, Kate Lyng, Ella Nolan. Subs: Emma Barron, Aoife Cummins, Siobhan Cummins, Aoife Dooley, Linda Lawlor, Sarah Lawlor, Aine McDonald, Isabella Murphy, Ciara Nolan, Ava O’Leary, Maeve Phelan, Dearbhla Ryan, Molly Ryan, Clara Walsh, Siobhan Handrick, Jane Walsh, Ellen Murphy, Saoirse Doherty, Caoimhe Connolly, Ruby O’Leary, Laura Barron, Ciara Mullally, Eabha Doyle, Lily Ryan, Orla Murphy.
Referee: Gavin Quilty
By PRO Thu 5th Nov
