Details
Date | Time | Competition | Season |
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18 June 2023 | 2:00 pm | All Ireland Intermediate Championship | 2023 |
Match Report
Second Half Surge Hands Westmeath Opening Win
A strong second half performance from Westmeath saw them record their first win in the All-Ireland Ladies Intermediate Championship against their neighbours Longford at Glennon Brothers Pearse Park.
After losing to Antrim in their opening game the pressure was on Westmeath coming into this game. Longford are a side re-building with just a number of experienced players available to them. They had to call in members of the Minor panel for this game. They battled hard but Westmeath were just too strong.
Westmeath made the perfect start and within the opening 10 minutes were three points in front; three points from the boot of Sarah Dillon. Longford got their first score in the 12th minute through Grace Shannon. Her sister Kate fired over her first point one minute later to cut the gap to one.
The Lake County responded with points from Dillon, Ciara Blundell and Vicky Carr to extend the lead to four points in the 21st minute. Despite Westmeath looking strong in attack, Longford’s Leanne Keegan was excelllent.Â
Kate Shannon kicked over two great points for Longford while Dillon’s effort just went wide as Westmeath looked for a goal as half-time approached.
The goal eventually came in the 30th minute; Blundell played the ball to Aoife Connolly and she made no mistake to leave her side ahead 1-07 to 0-04 at the break.
A free from Kate Shannon and a fine effort from Edel Sheehy cut the gap to four points in the 33rd minute but they were to be Longford’s final scores in the game. In the 41st minute Sarah Dillon’s shot came off the crossbar and Anna Jones finished it to the net.
Westmeath kept the scoreboard ticking over. Points from Sarah and Rachel Dillon, Connolly and Blundell extended their lead to 11 in the 50th minute. Blundell scored her third point in the 54th minute as Michael Finneran’s side finished the game well.
Connolly grabbed her second goal and Westmeath third in the 57th minute and the same player who scored the first ‘45 that was worth two points for her side, scored a ‘45 right at the end to leave 17 points between the sides in the end
Timeline
3' | Sarah Dillon | |
3' | Sarah Dillon | |
10' | Sarah Dillon | |
Grace Shannon | 12' | |
Kate Shannon | 14' | |
14' | Ciara Blundell | |
16' | Sarah Dillon | |
21' | Vicky Carr | |
Kate Shannon | 24' | |
28' | Aoife Connolly | |
Kate Shannon | 29' | |
30' | Aoife Connolly | |
Kate Shannon | 32' | |
Edel Sheehy | 33' | |
41' | Anna Jones | |
43' | Sarah Dillon | |
43' | Sarah Dillon Annie Dolan |
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45' | Rachel Dillon | |
Kate Shannon Grace Kenny |
46' | |
46' | Anna Jones Karen Hegarty |
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49' | Aoife Connolly | |
50' | Ciara Blundell | |
52' | Johanna Quinn Caoimhe Kilmurray |
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54' | Ciara Blundell | |
56' | Chloe Kelly Aoife O'Malley |
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57' | Aoife Connolly | |
59' | Aoife Connolly | |
59' | Aoife Connolly |
Ground
Glennon Bros Pearse Park |
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Pearse Park, N4 Retail and Business Park, N4 Axis Centre, Aghadegnan, Longford Rural ED, Longford, County Longford, Leinster, N39 V9W3, Ireland |