Monaleen Juvenile GAA Club

Monaleen hosted near neighbours Murroe in the U12 championship. For the first time in a number of weeks Monaleen had close to a full panel with only a couple of absentees. Having conceded the first goal in all four matches to date Monaleen needed to start strongly and straight from the throw in they were on the attack. Some great shots from Ciara Wiley at full forward and Siobhan Phelan in the corner showed that Monaleen were in determined mood.

Goals from Megan O Meara and Aoife Hogan along with an Aine Hegarty point quickly put Monaleen in to a 2-1 to 0-0 lead. Murroe tried hard but could never create clear chances due to solid defending from Laura Enright and Nora Farrell. Midfielder combination Grainne Fullen and Caroline Crotty played strongly in this half creating numerous opportunities for the forwards.

A lot of changes were made at half time and the move of Leah Quinlan to centre back and the introduction of Shannon Power contributed to the one-sided nature of the second half. Full forward Maebh Ni Ghuairim scored three goals, Aine Hegarty a goal and a point and Aoife Hogan scored her second with a fabulous ground strike. Niamh Doyle forced a great save from the Murroe keeper after one of many solo runs from midfield. Samantha Stritch, Sarah Hayes, Nicole Sheehan playing her first match for Monaleen and goalie Eileen Russell who played in midfield for the last 10 minutes all contributed as the scores kept coming.

Well done to everyone.

Score Monaleen 8-2 Murroe Boher 0-0

Panel: Eileen Russell; Laura Enright; Nicole Sheehan; Niamh Doyle; Aoife Hogan(2-0); Aine Hegarty(2-2); Grainne Fullen; Caroline Crotty; Meabh Ni Ghuairim(3-0): Nora Farrell: Shannon Power; Ciara Wiley; Leah Quinlan; Sarah Hayes; Samantha Stritch; Siobhan Phelan; Megan O Meara(1-0)