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Senior League Div. 1 : March 23rd Our senior ladies travelled to the Downs on Saturday last to play the 1st round of the Division 1 league and claimed the points. This was a great start to the league with some great display of football and great determination all through. It was level pegging at the break but the Garrycastle girls finished strongly with vital scores towards the end to finish on a score-line of 5-7 to 0-12. A number of younger players made their debut in this game and performed very well supported by the senior players.

Team: Megan McCormack, Ailish Mannion, Áine Lynn, Annie McCole, Danielle Madden, Katie McDonald, Orla Breathnach, Aoife McCormack, Lauren Kennedy, Muirin Mullvihill, Lorraine Duncan, Nicole O’Connor, Stephanie O’Neill, Ciara McManus, Niamh Mc Manus, Ciara Mc Govern, Annemarie Donoghue, Jemma Donoghue, Faye Hanniffy, Aoife Dolan, Amanda McClune, Emer Dolan, Ciara McCormack.Garrycastle 1-14 Milltown 2-10

It was all roads to the Downs last Saturday evening for the senior ladies semi-finals. Garrycastle had a tough task ahead as they faced Milltown, the title holders and the All-Ireland club champions. From the throw in the Garrycastle girls made their mark and pressed on the Milltown goals from early on and notched up two early points and fine attacking work lead to a goal in the opening quarter. Shortly afterwards Garrycastle were reduced to 14 following a sin bin but they didn’t allow Milltown to capitalize during this period and held their own to go in a goal up at the break. Garrycastle Senior Ladies got off to a winning start against Moate Ladies in the first round of the championship on Sunday last. It was a very convincing win for Garrycastle who showed great skill and determination with some great scores from a number of players. Garrycastle were solid in defence and worked tirelessly from start to finish. It was a great overall team performance. The club would like to wish Orla Breathnach who suffered a serious injury during the game a speedy recovery.

Panel: Garrycastle Senior Ladies took on Lomans in the Division one League on Sunday 3rd of April. In the absence of many of our key players the girls dug deep and a late goal by Aoife Connolly saw Garrycastle run out winners by one point with a final score of 2:6 to 1:8.


Team: Garrycastle Senior Ladies took on Mullingar Shamrocks in the second round of the Division one League on Sunday 20th March. After a great team performance and some excellent scoring, Garrycastle ran out winners on a score line of 5:15 to 1:4.

Team: Our senior team took on Kilbeggan in the last game of the championship in a home fixture. On a night that was ideal for football and the pitch was in excellent condition. Garrycastle started off well and played great free flowing football and put together some nice passing plays. Garrycastle had the majority of the possession in the opening half and made good use of this and rattled the net on no less than four occasions in the half and went into the break with a comfortable lead.

The second half opened with Kilbeggan on the attack and after a break down in the defence, Kilbeggan managed to raise the green flag. From there on they continued to push forward and a quick free saw another to the back of the net to close the gap. It was nip and tuck from here on with both sides pushing for the lead. Garrycastle were reduced to fourteen after a yellow card and were further reduced to thirteen with a second yellow dished out. The remaining thirteen dug deep during this period and worked very hard. Aoife Connolly produced a great goal to keep her side in the game and indeed it was the same player who put breathing distance between the sides and earned the points for Garrycastle. With Garrycastle, Kilbeggan and Tyrellspass now on the same points, one team will be drawn out for a place in the semi-final to face Milltown while the other two will play off to face St Lomans, the draw will be held later this week.

Team: Garrycastle senior ladies got their first win in this years championship when they overcame Moate Ladies Wednesday last in Castledaly. The first half saw both teams working very hard in the hot conditions. In the first 20 minutes Garrycastle had the majority of the possession, however it was Moate that got the early goal and took the lead. The Garrycastle girls kept their focus and worked their way back into the game and the teams were level at half time, Garrycastle Senior Ladies played the first round of championship against Tyrellspass on Sunday last in Garrycastle. This was a tough game played in horrendous weather conditions which prevented the home side from scoring in the first half. While they worked hard in the second half to decrease the visitors lead, the Garrycastle ladies were unlucky and lost out by the narrowest of margins at the final whistle. The senior team had a good win over Mullingar in the Division 1 league on Sunday evening in Springfield. Some great passages of football were on show with the Garrycastle defence working very hard all through and particularly in the closing stages to keep out the persistent Mullingar attack with Aisling Flynn pulling off a couple of good saves. Midfield worked tirelessly and delivered good ball into the forwards who were taking their scores well and working well as a group. Garrycastle won out in the end on a score line of Garrycastle 2-14 Mullingar Shamrocks 0-11

Next up is the first round of the championship for the seniors which is a home game to Garrycastle on the 10th May against Tyrellspass

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