Barryroe GAA

Bandon, 14:00PM

Barryroe 1-10     Cloughduv   0-14 

Sen Champ 25/8/13 in Bandon.

Jenny bows out as Barryroe fight to the end.

On an emotional day in Bandon, Cloughduv squeezed through by a single point. On paper, the mid Cork side looked far stronger, but a battling display kept the Blues in the game all through.

We got off to a decent start, Claire Sexton and Síle Burns winning frees which Jennifer O' Leary converted. Cloughduv had the next three scores, before Síle Burns, a Jenny O'Leary free and a fine left handed point by Síle left us 5-3 in front.

All this time however, Cloughduv had the better of the possesion but dogged defending was denying them too many scores. They did add points in the 27th and 28th minutes to level matters and a goal looked certain, before a fine interception by Eileen Carroll saved the day just before the break.

Five points each then at the break, but we now had to face the stiffish wind. Cloughduv had a point in the first minute, before Jenny equilized 30 seconds later. The Mid Cork side scored two points, before a foul on Clare Sexton, saw Jenny reduce the lead to 8-7. Cloughduv had another brace of points, before another foul on Clare Sexton saw Jenny bring the score back to 8-10.

Another Cloughduv point was matched by a Jenny O'Leary point from play, before Clare Sexton broke through for the only goal of the game on the twenty minute mark.

We were now a point to the good,(1-9 to 0-11), but Cloughduv levelled before Eimear White had to make a smart save although Cloughduv pointed from the clearance. With two minutes on the clock, they added another point to increase the gap to two. Síle Burns then cut the gap to the minimum, with time almost up. With the last attack of the game, Síle struck for what would be the levelling point, one umpire waved a point and one waved wide and unfortunatley the score was not given.

On the day when we said good bye to Jenny O'Leary, we went out fighting to the end and that's all you can ask of any team.

Lán Chúl

Jennifer White winning the race.

 

 

Carmel pulls hard.