Moynalvey ladies came from a point down with 5 minutes to go to emerge 5 point victors over Gaeil Colmcille of Kells in the first round of the ladies Junior championship held in Moynalvey last bank holiday Monday evening.
Moynalvey 3 – 6 Gaeil Colmcille 1 – 7
Moynalvey started well and despite missing a number of chances led by 2 points at the break. Both sides swapped goals early in the second half with Shauna Devlin netting for Moynalvey before Kells stormed ahead entering the closing stages.
It was then however, that Moynalvey stepped up a gear and goals in the last 5 minutes from Tara Smith and Stephanie Thompson secured a deserved victory.
Team & scorers – Aideen Smith, Clodagh Egan, Mary Conneely, Ellen O’Keeffe, Ailise Smith, Maeve McGuinness, Eilise Dowling, Louise Donoghue (0 – 1), Tara Smith (1 – 1), Shauna Devlin (1 – 0), Helen Lawless, Ciara Dowling (0 – 1), Laura Forde, Orla Hegarty (0 – 1), Stephanie Thompson (1 – 1). Subs – Eileen Conneely (0 – 1) for Laura Forde.
