County U14 Girls Shield Final
Killulta Gaels 1-04 Murroe/Boher 1-01.

Thanks to St Ailbes for securing the fine facilites of Ballybricken to play this county final. Killulta got off to a flying start when Jessie Nash put her first point on the board but Murroe were quick in their reply with the next point. With Killulta playing against the wind, our backs were again unrelenting in their task of keeping Murroe from scoring, there was excellent play from both sides who were very evenly matched. Jessie went on to get the next score and Grace Morrissey quickly scored a cracking goal. Even though there were many attacks to score none were converted until just before half time when a Murroe forward scored a cracking goal after our captain and goalie Saoirsehad saved at least 6 goals. We went in at half time just ahead as we were up 1-02 to 1-01.

The girls in the second half tried everything to get more scores on the board but it took ten minutes till Jessie got the next and her third point of the match.The score remained the same until the tireless Louise Ryan broke through from her half back position to score a point and put 3 points between the teams. We had 5 more nail-biting minutes before the ref Vincent Staunton blew the final whistle and Killulta, after our third final in 3 years, finally had something to show for the hard work and commitment put in by the girls.



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The shield was presented by Mike Kennedy on behalf of the County Board and Saoirse King accepted the shield on behalf of Killulta. She thanked Murroe for a great sporting game and wished them well. Thanks to all the parents for having the girls ready for the final and all their support throughout the year and those that helped with lifts etc Thank you. A special thanks to Ken McCarthy, Dermot Mullane, Geraldine McMahon and Cathy O'Sullivanwho did trojan work with the girls this year.

Team: Saoirse King, Ciara Mullane, Molly McKenna, Ashley McCarthy, Shauna Nunan, Louise Ryan(0-1), Regina Griffin, Emma Moloney, Emer Griffin, Juile O Brien, Grace Morrissey(1-0), Jessie Nash(0-3), Zoe Downes, Aoife Mahon, Niamh O Shaughnessy.
Subs: Sarah Clancy, Alison Quinn, Marieta Moloney, Sinead McCarthy, Mairead Ryan for Aoife Mahon.