Fr. Murphy’s travelled to
The girls in purple and gold opened with a game against John
Mitchels of Birmingham and were soon underway with goals from Maura McAuley(2)
and Hannah Noonan, and a point from Dee O Riordan was shortly followed by a
goal from Sandra Martin. They led 4-01 to 0-00 at half time. Two points each
for Sandra Martin and Alicia O Sullivan, gave them a win with a score line of
4-05 to 0-00, and captain Anna Gibson celebrated by
keeping a clean sheet.
Next up was the all
Fiona Noone, on her first outing for the camogie team, was a big presence on
the pitch and Hannah Noonan and Jade O Neill carried the ball and ran at the
to Murphy’s 0-02 you could just sense the girls in purple and gold had a lot
more fight in them. Dee O Riordan who had to come off injured during the first
half returned to the pitch for the second half and the Murphy’s threw
everything at
a placed ball, and the Murphy’s came under immense pressure for the final
minutes but managed to hold onto their slender lead. With the Referee about to
blow the full time whistle Maura McAuley pointed again from an acute angle for
Murphy’s to run out winners on a score line of 1-04 to 1-02.
With the bare nine players, the girls in purple and gold were starting to tire
and the injuries were starting to mount. Having already secured a semi final
place, they lost the last group game to an excellent
They were drawn against Cullion of Westmeath in the semi
final. Through tired and aching limbs they battled on. Cullion got a great
start of a goal and two points before Maura McAuley replied with a point. The
half time score was 1-03 to 0-01 in favour
of Cullion, but in the second half the Murphy’s fighting spirit appeared again.
Jade O’Neill goaled and Sandra Martin was desperately unlucky with a goal chance
that would have drawn the game. The final score in Cullion’s favour was 1-04 to
1-01.
Fr. Murphy’s club are very proud of their girls this weekend. Not only did they
have eight players on duty for the county team in a marvellous win over Tyrone but
they also found another nine with a never say die attitude to represent the
club in