TIPPERARY INTERMEDIATE TEAM
Tipperary Ladies Football Intermediate team commenced their Tesco Homegrown National Football League Competition in JK Bracken’s GAA Club, Templemore on Sunday last against Leitrim. Both teams entered the field of play amid cheers and applause as Templemore Ladies Football Club had a guard of honour for the players and mentors. A persistent lingering fog encased the field throughout the game sometimes making visibility poor however not dampening the spirits of the players.
Leitrim were first to take possession of the ball from the throw in and a well taken free by Leitrim’s Aine Tighe in the second minute meant that they registered the first score as well. Tighe added another point in the fourth minute before Aisling McCarthy scored Tipperary’s first point in the ninth minute. Aine and Aisling traded points again in the eleventh and fifteenth minute, respectively. For the next ten minutes Leitrim having the majority of the possession of the ball tried to penetrate the Tipperary back line but to no avail due to some excellent defending. In the twenty third minute a low ball from Leitrim’s Ailbhe Clancy was hand punched by Carla LeGuen towards the net but Tipperary’s, Lauren Fitzpatrick caught the ball and safely kicked it back into play. In the twenty fifth minute Aine Tighe resumed her point scoring with five unanswered points to go in at half time Leitrim 0-8 Tipperary 0-2
In the opening minute of the second half Tipperary’s Lorraine O’Shea raised the green flag while Leitrim added another point to their score line. Aimee Pollard in the sixth minute reduced the deficit to a point when she netted the ball. Points were traded in the seventh and ninth minute before Aine Tighe hit the back of the net for Leitrim’s first goal. As the game entered the final quarter the momentum that Tipperary had built up deteriorated and Leitrim scored an unanswered goal and point. In the twenty second minute, a goal by Tipperary sub Sarah Ryan did little more than reduce the margin to five points which would be extend back further again when in the final five minutes of the game Leitrim would score another goal and two points as Leitrim ran out 10 point winners – Leitrim 3-13 Tipperary 3-3
Tipperary team:- Lauren Fitzpatrick (Ardfinnan); Maureen Murphy (Brian Borus), Maria Curley (Templemore), Sinead Delahunty (Foxrock/Cabinteely); Elaine Kelly (Cappawhite), Barbara Ryan (C) (Moyle Rovers), Louise Cadell (Templemore); Bernie Ryan (Cappawhite), Lorraine O’Shea (Mullinahone); Roisin McGrath (Moyle Rovers), Gillian O’Brien (Moyle Rovers), Aisling McCarthy (Cahir); Sarah Everard (Moyle Rovers), Aoife Ryan (Cappawhite), Aimee Pollard (Fethard)
Scorers:- Lorraine O’Shea 1-0, Aimee Pollard 1-0, Sarah Ryan 1-0, Aisling McCarthy 0-2, Sarah Everard 0-1
Subs:- Sarah Ryan (Clonmel Commercials) for Elaine Kelly (42nd min); Elaine Fitzpatrick (Templemore) for Aimee Pollard (47th min), Shauna Ryan (Ballymacarbry) for Sinead Delahunty (57th min)
Leitrim team:- Michelle Guckian; Claire Beirne, Mairead Stenson, Roisin McHugh; Anna Conlon, Lorraine Brennan, Sharon Kerrigan; Sarah McLoughlin (C), Aine Heslin; Deirdre Ward, Niamh Tighe, Michelle Heslin; Ailbhe Clancy, Aine Tighe, Carla LeGuen
Scorers:- Aine Tighe 1-10, Carla LeGuen 1-1, Ailbhe Clancy 1-1, Aine Heslin 0-1
Subs:- Caoimhe Canning for Anna Conlon (33rd min), Emma Guckian for Michelle Heslin
FIRST PRESIDENT OF TIPPERARY LADIES FOOTBALL
Congratulations to Jim Kennedy on being elected the first President of Tipperary Ladies Gaelic Football at last week’s County Board meeting. Jim was the first President of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association when it was started back in 1974 in Hayes Hotel, Thurles. He also, managed the Tipperary Ladies Football team that won the first and second All Ireland Finals.
REFEREES COURSE
Tipperary Ladies Football will hold a Level 1 Referees Course on Saturday and Sunday, February 14th and 15th respectively in Galtee Rovers GAA Club. Parts 1 and 2 of the course will take place this weekend with part three being completed within the next month. Attendees must be over 17 years to complete the course. Anyone interested in attending please text your name and club to Development Officer, Ed Burke, details on www.tipperaryladiesfootball.ie.
ENDA MCDONNELL GAELTACHT BURSARY
Tipperary Ladies Football Association have announced details of their Enda McDonnell Gaeltacht Bursary which is open to any Tipperary Ladies Football member who is attending Secondary School and travelling to a Gaeltacht School. Applications forms are available on www.tipperaryladiesfootball.ie and the closing date is Wednesday February 27th at 5.00pm. The successful candidate will receive a payment of €250 to the Gaeltacht School of their choice.
Information concerning Ladies Football will appear in these notes. If you wish to include any item of interest, please contact us at pro@tipperaryladiesfootball.ie before 8pm on Sunday. Visit the Tipperary Ladies Football web site at www.tipperaryladiesfootball.ie to date with all the latest news in Tipperary Ladies Football.
By Jonathan Cullen Mon 9th Feb
