Div 8 League Result -

Blackhall Gaels 3-9 (18)

Simonstown Gaels 1-15 (18)

Simonstown Gaels took on their Blackhall counterparts tonight in Batterstown in the second round of the Div 8 League. With Easter and holidays in full swing Simonstown had to pull on the experience of youth tonight fielding a starting team with an average age of 16.5 years. Sinéad Mooney captained the side and also deputised in between the sticks masterfully coordinating all in front of her. Chloe Guinan also stepped into defence ably assisted by Megan Coyne, Gráinne McNulty, Shauna Laverty, Ava Dooner and Aoife Cahill who turns 15 this Sunday. The engine room in the middle of the park was humming with Shauna Fox and Éabha Harmon calling the tunes. Upfront we defended and attacked with intensity and purpose. Zoe Coyne, Ellen Cremin, Naomi Abu threatened consistently along with another debutant Maddi Lyons who excelled but we all need a leader and Rachel Gardiner led like a General …. .The saying 'practise makes perfect' is mentioned a lot but that is the case for Chloe Caffery who notched 1-7...100% hit rate including a pressure peno.. we were 7 points down at half time but never gave up …great credit must also go to Blackhall Gaels who played to the very end. The future’s bright for the Gaels!

Sinéad Mooney (Capt.), Chloe Guinan, Megan Coyne, Gráinne McNulty, Shauna Laverty, Aoife Cahill, Ava Dooner, Éabha Harmon, Shauna Fox, Zoe Coyne, Rachel Gardiner 0-4, Chloe Caffrey 1-7, Maddison Lyons, Ellen Cremin 0-1, Naomi Abu 0-1 , Lauren Cooke, Brónagh Harmon.