July 2012 

 

Louth v Offaly, Leinster Ladies Final, July 2012

LOUTH    1-22
OFFALY    2-06

Louth  produced  a fantastic performance to claim the Leinster Junior Championship title in Dr Cullen Park on Sunday last.

The Wee County easily saw off the challenge of a strong Offaly outfit  to claim the provincial crown for the first time since 2009.

Louth made their intentions clear from the outset as they never allowed the Faithful County to get a foothold and their efforts were rewarded as they eased into a 0-4 to 0-1 lead after 13 minutes. It was Kate Flood who opened the scoring inside a minute as she jinked past two defenders and shot over in fine style and although Offaly were level soon after through a Emma Corcoran free, further points from Rosanna Heeney, Jenny McGuinness and Ciara O'Connor had eased Louth into a 0-04 to 0-01 by the tenth minute. However, the game was back in the balance two minutes later when a long ball by Mairead Daly found impressive full forward Lorraine Keena in behind the Louth backline and the Ferbane ace gave the advancing Una Pearson no chance with a fine shot fom 14 yards for the first goal of the game to level matters, before they took the lead from a Kym Furey free for the only time in the game at 1-2 to 0-4 midway through the half.

The Red-and-Whites showed the mark of champions in the second quarter as they bounced back from that setback in style, as their superb support play made life difficult for their opponents. After Jenny McGuinness levelled the game with a point, Rosanna Heaney won the resultant kick out and her well timed pass released Ciara O Connor whose low goal bound was superbly stoped by Offaly netminder Kelley Cunningham. However the goal Louth were threatning arrived in the 20th minute as Sandra Lynch produced a fine measured finish to place the ball in the top corner of the net and make it 1-5 to 1-2.

After that, Louth never really looked back as Offaly simply couldn't cope with their cohesion and superb fitness levels. Although they were denied a second goal when Kate Flood flicked the ball onto the crossbar, further points from Flood, Heeney and the influential sub, Anne Marie Murphy put their side ahead by 1-9 to 1-4 at the break.

Offaly needed a good start to the second half to get back into the game and although they had the first point, the Louth girls showed great spirit anf excellent team work to increase their grip on proceedings as they stretched the advantage to 1-13 to 1-5 on 40 minutes. Rosanna Heeney (2) Anne Marie Murphy and Jenny McGuinness were the players on target during that spell.

Lisa Kelly, Grace Lynch, Ciara O'Connor and Rosanna Heeney added further points to extend the lead to 1-17 to 1-06 after 54 minutes. 

The strength of the Louth panel was illustrated once again as Murphy (2) and Laura O'Neill hit the target along with Ciara O'Connor before Offaly got a late consolation goal from the penalty spot. In injury time Laura O'Neill landed the final point to complete a 13-point win.

Vikki McGinn typified a brilliant team effort with a performance that earned her the Player of the Match award and she was ably assisted by Anne Marie Lynch, Marie O'Connell and Michelle McMahon in defence. Grace Lynch was excellent in the middle, while Ciara O'Connor, Rosanna Heeney and Kate Flood were a constant threat in attack. Anne Marie Murphy and Laura O'Neill also made significant contributions when introduced.

Following the game, Aine McGee accepted the trophy on behalf of Louth in front of a large group of jubilant players and supporters.

LOUTH: Una Pearson; Ann Marie Lynch, Andrea Carney, Aine McGee; Patricia Marmion, Marie O'Connell, Michelle McMahon; Grace Lynch 0-01, Vikki McGinn; Rosanna Heeney 0-08, (4f) Sandra Lynch 1-00, Ciara O'Connor 0-03; Susan Byrne, Kate Flood 0-02, Jenny McGuinness 0-02. Subs: Anne Marie Murphy 0-03 for S Lynch, Lisa Kelly 0-01 for S Byrne, Emer Brennan for M McMahon, Laura O'Neill 0-02 for K Flood, Maura Lynch for A Carney. 


In Off The Post is a Gaa show which goes out each Wednesday Night @ 9pm. It is presented by Nh.Malachi clubman Dermot Woods and former Louth Chairman Peter Brannigan.

This weeks special guest is Louth goalkeeper Una Pearson. The Dowdallshill star will reflect on her  countys splendid win over Offaly in last Sundays Leinster final in Carlow. The programme which can also be accessed on www.dundalkfm.com is repeated on Saturday at 6oc



LOUTH Ladies Minor Final report and photos 2011

http://www.weecountynews.com/read.php?id=3018

Peil Magazine is the official magazine of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association, and can also boast as being Ireland’s only dedicated Ladies Gaelic Football Magazine.

 

 


Did You Know?

Shane Long (Reading) 

The first man ever to play both inter-county hurling and international soccer at Croke Park, Long grew up playing for his club Gortnahoe-Glengoole in Tipperary. He was a talented hurler and appeared in two All Ireland minor hurling championship semi-finals with his county at Croke Park, being regarded as a speedy and promising forward, who was fantastic under the high ball. He is seen in the Premier County as the “one that got away” and one of former Tipperary manager Michael ‘Babs’ Keating’s biggest regrets is that one of the county’s more promising young players was “lost” to soccer in England. “He’s one young lad who would be part of our set-up,” said Keating when still in charge of the men in blue and gold. “I hope he gets tired of it over there.” He played in front of 70,000 at Croke Park as a 16-year-old – more than attend most Premier League games and many internationals – and several of his then teammates have since gone on to play for the senior Tipperary side. Long has previously stated: “I'd much rather come against Rio Ferdinand than [Diarmuid] O'Sullivan, the Cork full-back.” He missed that opportunity in 2008 when Tipp won their first championship away to Cork in 86 years, with former minor teammates Conor O’Brien and James Woodlock present for the Premier County. Long was always thought of as a goal-getter in his Tipp days, some things never change.

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Gaelic4Girls

Gaelic4Girls is an initiative aimed at young girls living in disadvantaged or urban areas where Ladies Gaelic Football is non-existent.

The initiaive was piloted as a joint venture by Ladies Gaelic Football Association and Dublin City Council, to provide an opportunity for young girls, classified as at risk, to play Ladies Gaelic Football. The initiative was delivered in Crumlin in March 2006. 80 young girls, aged 9-13 years, participated in the 6 week programme consisting of a circuit of skill games. The programme culminated in a blitz evening when the girls paraded their newly learned skills for their parents.

The initiative has now become a National Programme for the Association. and is resulting in new players taking up our sport all over the country, and also many new clubs are emerging from the assigned areas. Through Ladies Gaelic Football these young people can develop athletic and social skills in a safe and nurturing environment.

In 2010 as part of the Association’s Urbanisation Project, 4 Urban Programme Officers (UPOs) were appointed; Cliodhna O’Connor, Lisa Cafferky, Eliza Downey and Tara Ryan. The UPOs are responsible for the implementation of two of the Association’s most successful initiatives in large urban areas to promote growth of clubs and players within that area. The Gaelic4Girls initiative is used to create a club or strengthen an existing club within the area by creating an opportunity to play Ladies Football and serve as a player recruitment tool. The Gaelic4Mothers initiative which is delivered inconjunction with the Gaelic4Girls initiative is used to create a sense of community within the new club and to identify and recruit some possible volunteers to administer or coach within the club.

 

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