Intermediate C'ship 2015 Round 1. Broadford/Feakle v Éire Óg - Match report

Intermediate Championship 2015 Feakle/Broadford v Éire Óg @ Broadford Thursday, 20th August @ 6.45 pm Half time score : Feakle Broadford 5-07 Éire Óg 0-05 Full Time score : Feakle/Broadford 5-12 Éire Óg 2-11 Éire Óg team : Katie Malone (c); Sally Wall, Rae Wall, Aoife Warren; Aoife Sheehan, Laura Brown, Sinead Mulcahy; Maria Redmond (0-01), Sarah Redmond(0-01); Grainne Nolan(0-05 2f), Aoife O’Neill, Louise Kirwan; Claire McMahon(2-01), Orla Devitt(0-01), Amy Broderick(0-01) Subs : Shauna Keane(0-01) for Aoife Warren , Caroline Walsh for Amy Broderick, Fiona Kelly for Aoife O’Neill, Tara Sheehan for Aoife Sheehan, Nora Casey for Sinead Mucahy Feakle/Broadford team : Caroline Fortune-Moloney; Catherine Donnellan, Karen Ryan, Lisa McGrath; Samantha O’Connor, Aoife Tuohy, Ciara Minogue; Lauren Guilfoyle, Evelyn Duggan; Clodagh Gray, Laura McGrath, Jodi Guilfoyle; Niamh Mulqueen, Aoife Dillon, Vera Loughnane Éire Óg had a torrid start to their opening match of the 2015 Intermediate championship on Thursday evening when they travelled east to take on the Feakle/Broadford combo. A serious lack of concentration in the opening minutes cost the Ennis side dearly as their hosts raised three green flags in the opening four minutes. Now faced with a mountain to climb, it was mid-fielder, Sarah Redmond, that got her side off the mark with a point in the 7th minute. The sides exchanged points twice before Feakle/Broadford hit another purple patch notching up a tally of 2-03 while Éire Óg kept in touch with points from Grainne Nolan & Claire McMahon. The combo tacked on two more points just before the half time whistle to give them a 5-07 to 0-05 lead at the break. Feakle/Broadford went foraging for more goals at the re-start, but, were denied by an excellent save from net-minder, Katie Malone. They converted the resultant ’45 and added a further two points before Éire Óg finally came to life. The visitors dominated the remainder of the half with Sally Wall & Laura Brown doing a fine job of keeping Vera Loughnane and Niamh Mulqueen in check. A Grainne Nolan point opened Éire Ógs account in the second half. Substitute, Shauna Keane, also split the posts before a Claire McMahon goal finally gave her side a lift. Buoyed by this lifeline, Éire Óg kept the upper hand. Nolan pointed twice more before McMahon once again breached the Feakle/Broadford defences and rattled Caroline Fortune-Moloneys net for the second time. The clock was the enemy, however, for Éire Óg and despite points from Orla Devitt and Maria Redmond, it was the East Clare amalgamation that took the points from this encounter to ease into the semi-final. Éire Óg will take on Tulla/Killanena in a winner takes all encounter on 5/6 September.