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U16 A Plate Final Borris-Ileigh 4-10 Cashel King Cormacs 0-8 Exchanges were hard, physical and fast in this game, as both teams were battling for early supremacy. With four minutes on the clock, an excellent passage of play led to the opening score. Borris-Ileigh’s Ella Ryan worked feverishly to win possession and offloaded with a "brick flick" to Therese Groome who in turn found Alesha Fanning thundering down the central channel and once she received the pass, she gave the goalkeeper no chance with a pile-driver to the net. A minute later, Emma Maher pointed a free to etch out an early four point lead. Cashel's attacking ability was dangerous as they used their speed to open up channels and offload to runners off the shoulder and the efforts were rewarded with two points in the 7th and 9th minutes from Hannah Butler (free) and Eimear Dwan (point). Cashel tacked on another point before Borris-Ileigh raised the second green flag of the night following another impressive passage of play. Ava Bevans had moved to the inside forward line and the dividends were soon reaped when Emma Maher picked her out with a perfect pass and Ava had only one thing on her mind. Cashel refused to surrender however and their efforts were rewarded with two more points, both from deadballs. With 23 minutes on the clock, we witnessed the score of the game. Aisling Boyle delivered a text book pass in towards the goalmouth area which Ava Bevans plucked from the air without breaking stride and dispatched to the net in superb fashion, a score worth the entrance fee alone. While Emma Bonnar gave an excellent display in defence for Cashel in the opening half it wasn’t enough and they found themselves trailing at the break 3-03 to 5 points, Emma Maher slotting over a free for the final score of the half. Cashel started the second half the better team with Hannah Butler scoring an early point to get Cashel back on track and Tara Quinn also grabbing a point. Despite Cashel having the majority of the play in the 3rd quarter, Bevans still
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U16 C Plate Final Gortnahoe Glengoole 2-11 Portroe 2-7 On Monday evening Gortnahoe Glengoole and Portroe had a great battle in the U16 C Plate final with victory going to Gortnahoe winning by four points 2-11 to 2-7. Only her second game back after recovering from an injury Ciara Gleeson started in goals for Gortnahoe in the opening half making some vital saves and also coming out to nail a 45m. Her move out the field for the second half proved crucial though as she stopped Portroe from dominating in midfield and also scored two points from play along with five pointed frees. Gortnahoe got off to a great start with a goal after four minutes from Aoife Gleeson. They needed this goal as Portroe soon got on top and with Caitriona Finn in excellent form the scores started to come. A Caitriona Finn goal along with points from Grace Kirby and Lauren Quin put the north Tipp side ahead. Just before the half time whistle Aoife Gleesnon kicked the ball to the back of the net for her second goal to reduce Portroe’s lead to a single point 1-5 to 2-1. The second half was a lively affair and in the 26th minute Caitriona Finn raised a second green flag to extend Portroe’s lead. But with Ciara Gleeson now outfield Gortnahoe began to enjoy more and more possession and Mary Kate Ely scored the first of her two points from play. On the 44th minute Amy Reddan scored an excellent point for Gortnahoe after a pass from Mary Kate Ely. For Portroe Ella Mulrooney and Grace Mulrooney were very good while Sophia Madden always looked dangerous in possession. However, Gortnahoe continued to drive at the Portroe defence and won a number of frees with Ciara Gleeson made no mistake.