It was a busy week for club as there was a total of 3 games played between our men’s and Ladies. On Saturday the girls took on St Anthony’s Reading in Ruislip. The Harps who were missing a number of key players through injury, started brightly and playing into a strong wind they managed to score 2 goals and 4 points to go into the half time interval trailing by a single goal.

 

In the second half the girls struggled to capitalise on the wind advantage and had difficulty working the ball beyond St Anthony’s high press. The girls battled hard by ultimately came out on the losing side on the score line of 3.06 to 6.07. The Harps can take pride in reaching the final for a 3rd successive season and having already secured some silverware this season, they will focus their attention on the remaining league fixtures and securing promotion.

 

On Tuesday night the lads travelled up to Greenford to take on Tir Chonaill Gaels for the second game of their league campaign. The game was played at a high intensity and playing against a strong breeze the Harps were forced to run the ball into shooting areas. This seemed to pay dividends as they went in at the break leading by 5.

 

In the second half the Harps started sluggishly and times failed to secure primary possession however they still had enough in the tank to get over the finish line and come away with the victory on the score line of 0.12 to 1.13. Then on Sunday, Round Towers made the journey across London to take on the Harps in Peckham in what was the lad’s first home game of the season. The Harps took an early lead of 1-1 to no score inside the first 5 minutes. But attacks were few and far between as they had trouble breaking down the Towers defensive line across the mid field. Notwithstanding, the lads tagged over a few points before the break to go in at half time trailing by a goal on the score line of 2.03 to 1.03.

 

Playing into a stiff breeze in the second half, the Harps carried the ball well but another goal and a point from Towers looked to kill off any chance of a comeback. However a well worked goal in the final quarter gave the lads some hope and further point brought the deficit back to 3. Unfortunately the lads couldn’t capitalise on this momentum and eventually ran out on the losing side on the score line of 2.07 to 3.09.

Next up for the lads is the Mularkey Cup final on Thursday night in Ruislip at 7.15pm were they take on Parnell’s Juniors.

As always, we are on the lookout for new players or committee members and if you are interested in joining our welcoming club please contact Enda on 07522723765 or Mackenzie on 07398633018.

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