Dowdallshill G.F. & A.C.

Latest League table:

Division2

TEAMS ===p===w===l===d===f===a===diff===pts

stvincents   4        3        0       1    77      42     +25        7

n,martins   4        3         0       1    80     56      +24        7

d/hill          4         3         1      0    50      51       -1         6

st,kevins    5         2         1      2     89     84        -5        6

st,fechins   6         1         4      1    42      79       -37       3

stpats         4         1          3     0    65      75      -10        2

n,blues       5         0         4      1    89     105     -17        1

Naomh Martin 4-11  Dowdallshill 3-6, St Brigids Park Tues 21st April

Dowdallshill ladies suffered their first defeat of the season at the hands of Naomh Martin. Both teams started the encounter nervously but Dowdallshill appeared to be getting the better of the martins early on in the game scoring two goals in the first few minutes. By half time dowdallshill were under pressure and trailing by four points. The martins started the second half the better of the two teams, pilling the pressure on the dowdallshill goal and scoring many points. Dowdallshill had many chances to bring the scores closer but they hit a few points wide. Dowdallshill sit joint second in the Division two league with the martins, and are due to play St. Pats next week.
 
The team was:
 
Goalkeeper: Una Pearson, Backs: Mairead Nixon, Sinead Mc Nally, Sinead Mc Gill, Orlaith O' Hagan, Bridin Rogers, Janine Kelly, Midfield: Ciara O' Connor & Karen Wynne, Forwards: Emma Kellegher, Sonia Hoey, Emma Gorman, Emma Finnegan, Emma singleton & Sharon O' Connor

Round 2 

Dowdallshill 3-6 v Newtown Blues 2-7      Sunday March 29th

Dowdallshill came from behind for a hard fought victory over a very strong Newtown Blues team. The Blues started the game strongly with 2 points and a goal from play. Dowdallshill responded well with a goal from Sonia Hoey. The blues made the best of the strong breeze in the first half and scored  a well taken goal, low just inside the post and 2 then points in quick succession. The game was being played in good sport but twenty minutes into the first half a fight broke out between the Dowdallshill full back and the blues full forward which resulted in both players being sent off for the remainder of the match. Dowdallshill were feeling under pressure for much of the first half. This was eased slightly when they began to get more of the possession in the later stages of the first half, this possession paid off when Karen Wynne scored a long range point from midfield and then Aisling O’ Rourke playing at right full forward got around the defence and scored a well taken point with her favoured left foot. At half time the blues still held a considerable lead of 6 points over the hill. Dowdallshill started the second half as they ended the first, Orlaith O’ Hagan scored a fantastic point from long range that creeped just inside the post. Dowdallshill scored a couple more points and then Maired Nixon scored the best goal of the game as she hammered home a 45 taken from the ground which sped past both the full forward line and the blues goal keeper and hit the inside of the post and went in. Mairead then performed a cartwheel to celebrate in style. The blues responded well and started putting pressure on the Dowdallshill  goal, they had one shot which the keeper pushed over the bar and another shot cleared off the line by Orlaith O’ Hagan. The blues narrowed the scores but in the dying minutes of the game Amy O’ Hanlon ran in on the blues goals and hit a powerful shot which the blues keeper got her hands on but the ball powered past her into the roof of the net. Dowdallshill now have 4 points after 2 wins.

The Dowdallshill team was: Una Pearson, Sinead Mc Nally, Sheila Scorr, Sinead Mc Gill, Bridin Rogers, Mairead Nixon 1-0, Janine Kelly, Karen Wynne 0-1, Orlaith O’ Hagan 0-1, Emma Finnegan, Emma Gorman, Sonia Hoey 1-2, Aisling O’ Rourke 0-1, Samantha Kelly, Amy O’ Hanlon 1-0, Emma Kellegher 0-1, Debbie Mulligan, Pearl Corentin, Jennifer Arthur,

Round 1 

Dowdallshill 4-8 v St. Kevins 2-9   Sunday March 22nd

Dowdallshill playing into the wind opened the game well with three unanswered points. Then St. Kevins responded well with a good point from play until Emma Singleton hit the back of the net with a well worked goal after linking up well with Dundalk team mate Sonia Hoey. The two teams exchanged points and then Ciara O’ Connor playing in midfield burst forward on a 40 yard run and saw her long range shot drop just below the bar for an excellent goal. Once again the two teams exchanged three points each before half time. Both teams started the second half equally well with the kevins scoring a few good frees into the strong breeze. Throughout the game Karen Wynne’s fitness showed as she went on many attacking and defending runs up and down the pitch. Once again Emma & Sonia linked up well for Sonia’s first goal, the kevin’s keeper did well to get herself in a good position but she was unlucky when the ball slipped in between her legs. Bridin Rogers did excellently in the second half sweeping up the goal keepers kick outs and starting many attacks for Dowdallshill. Even from some great defending  from the Dowdallshill back line of Sheila Scorr, Janine Kelly & Samantha Kelly (Substituted for Sinead Mc Nally) St. Kevins won a few frees which they popped over the bar to bring the scores closer. Sonia Scored again with a well taken shot off the ground. Then St. Kevins scored two well taken goals, one coming from a close range free kick that just brushed past a defenders hand and the second a powerful shot that went in just below the bar. As a whole the Dowdallshill team played very well on the day.

Scorers for Dowdallshill  were Sonia Hoey 2-2, Karen Wynne 0-1, Emma Kellegher 0-1, Ciara 0’ Connor 1-1, Emma Singleton 1-2, Emma Gorman 0-1.

The Dowdallshill team was Una Pearson, Janine Kelly, Sheila Scorr, Samantha Kelly, Mairead Nixon, Sinead Mc Gill, Bridin Rogers, Karen Wynne, Ciara O’ Connor, Sonia Hoey, Emma Kellegher, Emma  Gorman, Emma Finnegan, Amy O’ Hanlon, Emma Singleton. The substitutes were Sinead Mc Nally, Jennifer Arthur, Pearl Corentin, Debbie Mulligan & Lisa Corentin.

Back l-r: Mairead Nixon, Sheila Scorr, Pearl Corentin, Karen Wynne, Una Pearson, Emma Singleton, Sonia Hoey, Samantha Kelly, Emma Gorman, Amy O’ Hanlon.

Front  l-r: Emma Kellegher, Sinead Mc Nally, Bridin Rogers, Debbie Mulligan, Sinead Mc Gill, Ciara O’ Connor, Emma Finnegan, Janine Kelly, Jennifer Arthur.

Absent: Aine Mc Shane, Sharon O’Connor, Orlath O’ Hagan

Our U14 Girls gave an inspirational performance last weekend, on their way to beating the Geraldines in the final of the Shield. The final score was 2-4 to 0-7.

Nora McDonagh and Aideen McGahon excelled in defence, while some magical scores from Emily Norton and Renee McCabe, helped us establish a winning advantage.

Others to pull out the stops were Ruth Burlingham, Kate McAlleer, Kerry McGurk.

Ladies Junior Championship 2008!

Sunday 21^st September - Junior Championship Semi-Final

Dowdallshill v St.Vincents/Cúchulainn Gaels

Ladies Training...

Ladies training takes place every Monday and Wednesday at 7pm. New members always welcome.

Ladies Junior League 2008 Review

The 2008 training season for Dowdallshill Ladies got under way in February under the guidance of manager Fred O’Hagan and trainer Brendan Wynne. With numbers up at training sessions and fitness levels being improved for many weeks, it was no surprise the ladies got their league campaign off to a great start with an impressive win over Cúchulainn Gaels out in Omeath. However, the second match of the campaign against St.Fechin’s was a lot tougher and the ladies left, heads low after a game that was extremely disappointing for both players and management. There were many unfair decisions on top of the fact that the ladies just hadn’t got it together that particular morning.

The third round of the league was at home to Newtown Blues and the ladies won with an impressive display of football on show after their heavy defeat to St.Fechins a few weeks earlier. In round four, Naomh Fionbarra gave Dowdallshill Ladies their toughest match of the season and only narrowly beat them in what was a well fought match. It was many weeks later before Dowdallshill Ladies got to play the fifth round of the league against group leaders St.Vincents. Unfortunately this match ended the ladies chances of being in the league final, with St.Vincents proving to be the stronger team, particularly in the second half. Three points were handed over to Dowdallshill Ladies for the sixth and final round of the league when Glen Emmets could not field a team. The ladies finished mid-table on 9 points.

Dowdallshill 4-2 Geraldines  0-1

Dowdallshill Girls u14 won their game in the first round of the u14
league on Monday evening when they played Geraldines at Dowdallshill
with a score of 4 goals 2 points to Geraldines 1point, Scorers were -
Emily Norton 2 goals, Niamh McNamee 1 goal and 1 point,  Kerry McGuirk
1 goal and Ciara McNamee 1 point.  best for dowdallshill were Aideen
McGahon, Ruth Burlingham, Ciara and Niamh McNamee and Emily Norton.

The Dowdallshill girls dominated the game from start to finish by setting the pace in the first few minutes with a point from Yvonne Greene followed by an early goal form Ciara O’Connor and they continued to lead all the way finishing off the first half with a score of 2 6 to 0 2.

The second half continued in much the same way with the Dowdallers proving much the stronger team as they pressed hard from every position with each one of the players putting in an excellent performance and the eager side went on to claim a well deserved victory.

Ciara O’Connor  was named player of the match after an outstanding performance throughout the game and scoring 3 goals and 2 points.  Tracy Osadebe also put in a magnificent effort on the day scoring a total of 3 goals and 4 points.  Other scorers  were Yvonne Greene .01, Grace McDonald .01,  Chloe McLaughlin .02. 

The Team was: Nora McDonagh, Amy McEvoy, Aideen McGahon,, Kerry McGuirk, Kate McAleer, Anita Salako, Sinead McGill, Ciara O’Connor (Captain), Chloe McLaughlin, Grace McDonald, Orlaith O’Hagan, Emily Norton, Ruth Burlingham, Tracy Osadebe, Yvonne Greene.  Subs Justine Greene, Ciara & Niamh McNamee and Orla Quinn.

 The winning U-14 team, outside St Brigid's Park, hours after their historic win over Newtown Blues in the 'B' C'ship Final.

 Ciara O'Connor, winning captain v N Blues, U-14 'B' C'ship Final!

 Celebrations at the end of the match in Stabannon!

 The winning panel outside the 'Sportsbowl' after the match.

A special mention to the Junior Members of the team, Michaela O’Hanlon and Sharon O’Connor, who have proved to a great asset to the Ladies team this season.

Unfortunately, the half back line was missing Orla O’Hagan through injury.

And we would like to thank Cuchullain Gaels for their hospitality after the match., while best wishes also go-out to Franscene O’Hagan (Cuchullain), who picked-up an injury during the course of the game.

The D'hill scorers were:

Lisa Coretin 1-6

Pearl Coretin 0-1

Una Pearson 0-2

Micheala O’Hanlon 0-1

and Sharon O’Connor 0-1

Our adult team warmed-up for their c'ship clash with Cuchullain Gaels on Sunday, with a facile win over the Finbarrs, in this league tie, played on Wednesday night.

In spite of the one-sided scoreline, the Togher ladies tried hard to make a game of it, but came-up-short when it came to getting scores on the board.

Our scorers were:

And should the Ladies beat Cuchullain Gaels on Sunday (12 noon in Omeath), then Naomh Finbarra await in the semi finals a week later (July 15th).

Our Ladies team chalked-up another big score in the Louth Junior League on Monday night April 30th, on their way to beating Omeath outfit Cuchullain Gaels on a 3-11 to 0-1 scoreline.

It was their 2nd straight win of the campaign, following-on from the opening round victory over Glen Emmets.

Monday night's scorers were:

Lisa Coretin 1-6, Fiona Butler 2-2, Karen Wynne 0-1, Emma Kelleher 0-1 and Una Pearson 0-1.

The Ladies team which contested the 2006 Louth JFC Final at Haggardstown.

Players Debbie Mulligan and Lisa Corentin, who played in the 2006 JFC Final.

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