Brídíní Óga (Antrim) 2-9, Fullen Gaels (Britain) 2-6
Brídíní Óga Glenravel booked their place in this weekend's All Ireland Junior A Camogie semi-final when they beat British champions Fullen Gaels of Manchester in Saturday’s semi-final at Whitehall Colmcille, Dublin.
The Antrim and Ulster champions had good starts to both halves and were actually nine points clear nearing half time, only to concede a late goal and two points to lead by just four at the break.
The same happened in the second period and with the game entering injury time they saw a six point advantage cut in half as the Gaels fought to keep their hopes alive, but thankfully time was up and the whistle sounded to seal the Glenravel girls’ victory.
When the Antrim champions beat Dungiven in the Ulster final two weeks’ ago Jamie Woulahan was player of the match at full-back, but it was her sister Molly who led the line this time out, ending the game with 2-02 to her name, both the goals coming in the first 20 minutes.
The first of those came on ten minutes after she was put clear by Shauna McDonnell and the second followed ten minutes later.
Kirsty Laverty and Aimee Trainor added points to put them in control, but two points from the exiles were followed by a goal from corner forward Sinead Tuohy and the gap was back to four by the time Dublin referee Redmond sounded the half time whistle.
The third quarter was a dour affair with both teams struggling to find the target, though Glenravel had to be thankful that goalkeeper Orla Donnelly was on hand to keep out a couple of goalbound shots by the Gaels.
The Antrim champions settled in the final quarter when team captain Torie Edgar sent over a free and top scorer Molly Woulahan added a point from play and Kirsty Laverty got her third point of the game to push the lead out to six with just two minutes of normal time remaining.
Despite the cushion the Glenravel fans had to endure a few anxious moments when Flaherty grabbed an injury time goal for the exiles, but all was well in the end as the final whistle sound a minute later.
They are on the move again at the weekend when they are again on the road to Dublin to take on the Munster champions.
Brídíní Óga scorers: M Woulahan 2-2, K Laverty 0-3, T Edgar (2fs) and A Traynor 0-2 each.
Fullen Gaels scorers: M Faherty and S Touhy 1-0 each, S Fay 0-3, A M Guinean 0-2, J Fitzell 0-1.
Brídíní Óga: O Donnelly, M Mulholland, J Woulahan, D Scally, E McCann, B Laverty, E Coulter, L Gillan, O Gould, S Fyfe, K Laverty, S McDonnell, A Traynor, T Edgar capt, M Woulahan.
Replacements: E McAleenan for S McDonnell (49), N McKay for S Fyfe (56).
Fullen Gaels: M Mescall, E McGurk, M Lancaster, A Quinn, C Tracey, M Flatherty capt, E Dillon, AM Guinan, E Hall, S Fahy, V Coleman, J Fitzelle, S Touhy, C Mannion, C Ryan.
Replacements: R O’Connor for C Ryan (27), L Collins for E McGurk (43), A Moore for V Coleman (56)
Referee: S Redmond (Dublin)
