18 April 2005 Louth U-14s reach Leinster Semi-final Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! Louth U-14s reach Leinster Semi-final Louth U14 Ladies through to Leinster A Semi Final Louth 4-9 Laois 3-8 Louth Ladies U14 team, captained by Aoife Byrne, continued to fly the flag for Ladies football in the County by beating Laois in the quarter final of the Leinster Championship in Ardee on Saturday last. Louth now go on to meet Dublin in the semi-final in two weeks time. The game had only commenced when Louth were awarded a penalty and Gillian McDonnell stepped up to take the shot. The shot rebounded of the Laois goalie, but Gillian made no mistake in gathering the rebound and sent the ball to the back of the net to give Louth a three point lead. Within a few minutes, some great play from Lizzie Butterly saw her give a great pass to Gillian McDonnell who again found the back of the Laois net. Clare McCann was on form for Louth and scored two points from play. Laois responded to Louths scoring spree and soon found the back of the Louth net. Michelle McMahon and Gillian McDonnell converted two points for Louth and Laois had a tally of four points in the first half. At the interval Louth were ahead by six points as Gillian McDonnell finished the half with a hat-trick. Louth Panel: Gerry Callan, Niamh O’Riordan, Orla O’Neill, Lisa McArdle, Joan McCann, Rachel Farrell, Lauren Kieran, Aoife Quigley, Aoife Byrne, Amy Devlin, Michelle McMahon, Lizzie Butterly, Terri Englishby, Lousie McKeevr, Clare McCAnn, Sarah Hamill, Gillian McDonnell, Clare Woods, Ann-Marie Lynch, Sarah Donnelly, Laura O’Neill, Emma Quinn, Sinead Kirk, Shauna Martin, Aine Smith, Ellis Briggs, Amy McGinnity, Jackie Reilly, Peter McArdle Again Louth got off to a great start in the second half and Gillian McDonnell again was on form and this time passed to Kate Flood who made no mistake in hitting the back of the Laois net, putting Louth further ahead. However, Laois responded immediately and got the ball up the field and once again found the back of the Louth net, putting them within six points of Louth. Louths Lizzie Butterly then scored a point for Louth followed by a point from Kate Flood for Louth. Laois responded with two points. Clare McCann scored a point for Louth and once again Laois found the back of the Louth net leaving only two points in it with five or six minutes to go. Laois were now putting it up to Louth and were fighting hard for every ball. Louth made some positional changes and some substitutions also. However it was Louth who got the edge as Gillian McDonnell converted a free putting Louth three points ahead. Then with a minute to go, in true captain style, Aoife Byrne converted a free, putting the ball over the bar and securing Louth a place in the Leinster semi final in two weeks time. The Louth team played extremely well and really have done their county proud in reaching the semi final of the Leinster A Championship against a team who would have been favourites to win the game. Scorers for Louth: Clare McCann 0-3 Gillian McDonnell 3-2 Aoife Byrne 0-1 Lizzie Butterly 0-1 Michelle McMahon 0-1 Kate Flood 1-1 Louth mentors: Gerry Callan and Peter McArdle Share this Article 0 0