Navan O’Mahony’s 3-08 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 2-05

Navan O’Mahony’s made it four wins and a draw in the group stage of the Intermediate Camogie Championship with a win over Donaghmore/Ashbourne in the final round. They now look forward to the knockout stages.

Starting off well, Aoibhín Kielty opened the scoring with a goal for her side shortly after the throw-in. Five minutes later, Kielty added to this with a point to leave four points between the teams. After taking a while to get going, the visitors kicked into gear with a point followed quickly by a goal to leave the sides level.

A further point put Donaghmore/Ashbourne in the lead for the first time. With ten minutes remaining on the clock, a high ball landed in the square. Mags Tompkins, who would usually be clearing these balls as netminder but found herself in the corner forward position today, got a touch and found the net. 

Tompkins added another point quickly after this to leave three points between the sides and a twenty-fifth minute free from Jorja Keogh was the final score of the game. Navan O’Mahony’s netminder Eva Stewart pulled off some impressive goalkeeping to ensure her side went in ahead at the break

Navan O’Mahony’s 2-03 Donaghmore/Ashbourne 1-02

Just as in the first half, Navan O’Mahony’s opened the scoring, this time courtesy of a point from Izzy Kinsella. The visiting side reduced the gap to four again, converting a 45. Both sides had a number of missed opportunities, including balls dropping short and wides in the next ten minutes.

Just before midway through the half, Lizzie Brennan made her return to a blue and white jersey for the first time in two years following injury. Showing she never lost it, she soon added a point from a free.

Not content with this, she soon added two more points from play. A high ball towards the end line looked to be making its way wide until Brennan controlled it and found a fast-moving Kinsella heading for goal. A well placed ball found itself in the net , putting distance between the sides.

Donaghmore/Ashbourne refused to give up however and managed to score the last score of the game in injury time, a goal. Navan O’Mahony’s had built up enough of a lead to withstand this however and maintained their unbeaten run in the championship.

Navan O’Mahony’s: Eva Stewart, Muireann Corkery, Saoirse O’Regan, Caitlin Ball, Doireann Mellett, Alannah Brady, Anna Gardener, Róisín Tobin, Claire Mallon, Jorja Keogh (0-02), Izzy Kinsella (1-01), Aoibhín Kielty (1-01), Annie Hogan, Aine Donegan, Mags Tompkins (1-01)

Subs: Lizzie Brennan (0-03) for Tompkins, Emma Byrne for Ball, Cara Ratty for Donegan, Zoe Shakespeare for Gardiner, Grace Gardiner for Mallon

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