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Miltown 1-10 – Crusheen 0-07 at Kilnamona
CRUSHEEN had every chance to take the points in the Ladies Senior Football Championship meeting with Miltown Malbay last Thursday in Kilnamona but didn’t grasp the opportunity despite Miltown being down to 14 players for 20 minutes of the game.
Crusheen, who played into the wind and towards the new training alley, were on the board quickly with a Norah Murphy point but referee Michael Talty awarded a penalty at the other end and Sinead Sexton knocked it past Noelle McGuane to put Miltown up by two points followed by another Miltown point shortly after that. A great spell of pressure from Crusheen saw them score two points from frees by Michelle O’Donnell and Emma Kearney and their own Tina Meaney scored a well taken point from play to level the game. Karen Galvin set up Sexton who pushed Miltown ahead with a nice point but referee Talty played the advantage when Crusheen’s Elaine O’Mahony was fouled in the process of taking a very strong point to level again. Miltown’s Niamh Coyne edged them ahead again after twenty minutes and in a period of play that saw Miltown Malbay lose two of the full back line to the sin-bin, Sinead Griffin for ten minutes before the break and then Helen Burke until eight minutes after the break, Crusheen failed to respond. A Miltown show of defiance led mainly by the impressive Fiona Lafferty but with great defensive cover by Kate Curtin, Tara Rynne, Bernie McGuire and Shauna Crowley saw Sinead Sexton fire over four points, three from frees and one from a lovely combination with Niamh Coyne.
Emma Kearney pointed a free for Crusheen to keep them in it at 1-7 to 0-6 but Sexton was back for her fifth successive Miltown point. Fiona Laf- ferty decided to finish out some of her own attacks launched from midfield, adding two points to Miltown’s tally despite Crusheen applying a bit more pressure. In what could have been a remarkable resurgence, Crusheen’s Elaine O’Mahony’s dead-cert goal was nudged over the bar by keeper Siobhain Talty and when three scorable frees in the closing ten minutes failed to find their target, Miltown held on to take the valuable win.
Miltown Malbay
SiobhainTalty, Helen Burke, Sinead Griffin, Jennifer Barker, Shauna Crowley, Bernie McGuire,Tara Rynne, Kate Curtin, Fiona Lafferty, Edel Hynes, Niamh Coyne,Aisling McCaw, Karen Galvin, Niamh Pender, Sinead Sexton
Crusheen
Noelle McGuane, Claire O’Grady, Marie O’Grady, Niamh McCoy,Ann Fitzgibbon, Mary Roseingrave, Edel McGuane, Emma Kearney, Regina Fennessy, Michelle O’Donnell,Tina Meaney, Norah Murphy, Elaine O’Mahony, Jacinta O’Grady
Referee
Michael Talty (Kilmurry Ibrickane)