18 September 2006 Kilglass qualify for Connacht Junior Semi Finals Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! Kilglass qualify for Junior semi finals Ladies Connacht Junior Club First Round Kilglass Gaels (Roscommon) 4 – 8 Coolera (Sligo) 0 – 9 Roscommon Junior Champions Kilglass Gaels proved to be to strong for Sligo Junior winners Coolera on Saturday night in Tourlestrane. Played in wind and rain and under lights the winners had 1 – 3 on the scoreboard in the opening 6 minutes. An effort from a free by Natalie Mc Hugh in the second minute ended up in the Coolers net. The same player provided the opening point after only a matter of seconds as midfielder Louise Tully won the throw in and placed Mc Hugh who promptly hit the target. Siobhan Melvin registered Coolera’s opening score in the 8th minute after she was set up by Kathy Keaney. A full ten minutes was to pass before the next score would arrive, once again to the winners through Aoife McGuire. Karen Maloney fired over two points before the break to narrow the gap back down to four points. The score line could have been worse had Donna Barry in the Coolera goals not made a point blank save from Nicola Tully on the stroke of half time. At the start of the second half Coolera piled on the pressure but they were unable to make any inroads on the scoreboard. From what was their first attack in the second half Nicola Tully pointed to push Kilglass Gaels ahead by more. Points by Natalie Mc Hugh and Louise Tully extended their lead even further by the 15th minute. In the final quarter the winners stepped on the gas outscoring their opponents by 3 – 1 to 0 – 5 to qualify to play the Junior Champions from Galway in the semi final. On a wet and miserable night Kilglass Gaels had fine performers in Emer Walsh at Full Back, Rachel Corcoran in the half back line, Louise Tully un the middle of the park while upfront Natalie Mc Hugh and Nicola Tully caused problems for the Coolera defence. Amy Gerrity, Ruth Goodwin, Siobhan Melvin and Karen Maloney tried hard for Coolera. Kilglass Gaels: Majella Cox, Mairead Cox, Emer Walsh, Aisling Lennon, Rachel Corcoran, Emma Compton, Sinead Flynn, Louise Tully, Linda Corcoran, Natalie Mc Hugh, Rita Hagan, Katie Nugent, Aoife Mc Guire, Nicola Tully, Antoinette McCormack. Coolera: Donna Barry, Claire Pugh, Amy Gerrity, Emily Rooney, Mary Melvin, Roisin Devaney, Laura-Ann Laffey, Jennifer Norman, Ruth Goodwin, Siobhan Melvin, Kathy Keaney, Karen Maloney, Ciara Molloy, Celestine Cawley, Colleen Cavanagh. Subs Used: Joanne Burke, Emer Ruane & Caoimhe Neary. Referee: Ann Regan (Mayo) Share this Article 0 0