Navan O’Mahony’s 2-06
St Peter’s Dunboyne 4-08
Navan O’Mahony’s fell at the penultimate hurdle of the SFC away to St Peter’s Dunboyne on Saturday evening, the first time the club has reached this stage of the competition.
The hosts got off to a great start, scoring a goal and two points within the opening five minutes. Five minutes later, they extended the lead to six points with another point from play. During this time, O’Mahony’s created a number of good scoring opportunities but were unable to convert these to the scoreboard and were left chasing the game from the early stages.
Dunboyne added a point from play before Megan Collins got Navan O’Mahony’s first score of the game in the fourteenth minute. Dunboyne responded straight away and Collins added a second in the eighteenth minute.
A free from Denise McGrath reduced the deficit but was nullified when Dunboyne found the net at the opposite end of the pitch. Another McGrath free saw out the scoring for the half and the home side went in with the advantage.
Navan O’Mahony’s 0-04
St Peter’s Dunboyne 2-05
With a mountain to climb in the second half, O’Mahony’s hopes of getting off to the better start were dashed when Dunboyne hit the back of the net within seconds of the throw-in, extending the gap to ten points.
Four minutes later, the hosts pointed which was to be the last score for fifteen minutes. Both sides had a number of opportunities, with O’Mahony’s dropping several shots wide or into the keepers arms.
Orlatih Mallon split the posts from play in the thirteenth minute. In the ten minutes that followed, Dunboyne added a goal and a point to maintain the distance between the sides before Mallon scored her side’s first goal.
On the cusp of full time, Dunboyne added their final score from a free. Two minutes into injury time, Isabel Thorpe rattled home a rasper to reduce the deficit. Dunboyne proceed to the final where they will take on Royal Gaels.
Navan O’Mahony’s
Rebecca Crowley, Sophia Fitzherbert, Sarah Maguire, Sarah Powderly, Tara Fay, Laoise McDermott, Lilly Dwyer, Eimear Fay, Rebecca Reilly, Robyn Murray, Ailbhe Leahy, Olivia Callan, Orlaith Mallon (1-02), Megan Collins (0-02), Denise McGrath (0-02)
Hannah Heskin for T Fay, Isabel Thorpe (1-0) for McGrath, Neasa McDermott for Reilly
