A Third Quarter Lucan Sarsfields Scoring Blitz Turned Final On It’s Head
Lucan Sarsfields 2-10
Kilmacud Crokes 2-06
A storming second half secured Minor A Camogie Club Championship honours for Lucan Sarsfields today in the GAA National Games Development Centre in Abbotstown.
The side from West Dublin found themselves five points in arrears at the break but came back out after halftime a different side and dominated the second half to win by four at the finish.
The game started in atrocious conditions as Storm Atiyah brought howling winds and driving rain. Lucan though settled first and had the better of the opening quarter to lead by three points to no score.
But as the conditions worsened it was their opponents Kilmacud Crokes who coped better and outscored Lucan by 2-03 to 0-01 to take a five point lead with them into the dressing rooms with the score at halftime 2-03 to 0-04.
During the break the weather deteriorated even more and there was the distinct possibility that the game might have had to be called off but thankfully just as the players reappeared the storm cleared and the second half got underway.
Lucan Sarsfields needed a quick start to the half to get back into the game and they got just that and were level inside the opening eight minutes of the restart.
Three points in a two minute spell between the 44th and 46th minute gave Lucan a three point lead as they continued to dominate possession and put the Kilmacud Crokes defence under severe pressure.
With eight minutes left in the game Crokes scored their first point of the second half to leave two points between the sides. But a second goal for Lucan just a mere sixty seconds later was quickly followed by their 10 point of the game to all but wrap up the final.
In fairness to Crokes they battled on right to the end and gave Lucan Sarsfields a couple of nervy moments in the closing stages. But they couldn’t conjure up the goals they needed to turn this one around and had to settle for the last two points of the game and Lucan Sarsfields claimed the Dublin Camogie Minor A club championship title.
Lucan Sarsfield
1. Alicia Rooney
2. Anna Cuffe
3. Rebecca Flanagan
4. Aoife Byrne
5. Ali Dunne
6. Laura Sharkey
7. Millie Reid
8. Aoife Mahon
9. Ellen Dunphy
10. Laura Quinn
11. Faye Murphy
12. Emma O’Brien
13. Siofra Byrne
14. Chloe O’Connor
15. Phoebe Shannon
16. Faye O’Reilly
17. Roisin Egan
18. Emma McGivney
19. Sadbh Murray
20. Ciara Crosbie
21. Hannah Brady
Kilmacud Crokes
1. Ciara Jones
2. Stephanie Galvin
3. Ciara Fenton
4. Roisin Whitely
5. Cliona Tucker
6. Helen Barr
7. Izzy Davis
8. Cassie Sultan
9. Sarah Fenlon
10. Shauna Buckley
11. Hannah Reynolds
12. Niamh Comerford
13. Roisin Ni Chatasaigh
14. Anna Geraghty
15. Meadhbh O’Gorman
16. Ailbhe Kennedy
17. Femhe Gallagher
18. Laura Maguire
19. Flora McDonnell
20. Elsa McCarthy
Player of the Match: Laura Quinn (Lucan Sarsfields)