Eglish eliminated by Rebel opposition in All-Ireland semi-final
AIB All-Ireland Intermediate club Camogie Championship semi-finals: Eglish (Tyrone) 1-6 Ballincollig (Cork) 1-12BALLINCOLLIG and Camross will face off in the AIB All-Ireland Intermediate club final in Croke Park on December 14th after each came through semi-final trials on Sunday afternoon.Ballincollig were in Glenfisk O’Connor Park against an Eglish team facing into their third game in as many weekends and the Cork side were quickly out of the blocks to score five of the opening six points.Tara and Keeley Goulding opened the scoring and, although Clíodhna Goodfellow hit back with Eglish’s first score, Linda Dorgan fired over three scores in a row.Just before half-time, Reagan Fay scored a 45′, making it 0-5 to 0-2 at the break.Fay closed the gap from a free on the restart and replied in kind when Ailish Scanlon pointed for the Cork side.Read more:However, Scanlon’s next score from a free was followed by the opening goal, a strike from Leah Hannigan that put her side 1-7 to 0-4 ahead.Half-time sub Sienna Gildernew grabbed a point for Eglish, and this was followed by their goal, Reagan Fay going low from a free.However, two more points from Ailish Scanlon opened the gap again.Fay, with her fifth score of the afternoon, briefly brought it back to a three-point game – but Ballincollig finished strongly with points each for Tara Goulding, Scanlon and sub Izzy Fleury to book their trip to Croke Park.While the Cork side had a variety of scorers, their centre-half back, Leah Weste, was their key player on the day, with Catherine Muldoon best for the Ulster champions.In the other semi-final, a goal from Erin Walsh gave Camross the edge at half-time, 1-6 to 0-6, and they pulled nine points clear at one stage in the second half, mainly through the free-taking of Sarah Anne Fitzgerald.It was too much for Kilolimor to reel in despite Niamh Horan bringing her personal tally to eight points.Eglish scorers: R Fay 1-4 (fs), C Goodfellow and S Gildernew 0-1 each.Ballincollig scorers: L Hannigan 1-0, A Scanlon 0-5 (3fs), L Dorgan 0-3, T Goulding 0-2, K Goulding and I Fleury 0-1 eachEglish: B Horsfield capt, F Farley, A Donnelly, S Gildernew, G Daly, K Daly, L Mason, C Goodfellow, R Fay, O Farley, K Gallagher, C Muldoon, E Hughes, R McLoughlin, E Holmes.Subs: S Gildernew for E Hughes, L Mackin for F FarleyBallincollig: A Hartnett; A Cotter, M Healy, C O’Sullivan; O Keating, L Weste, E Hickey; A Scanlon, S Healy; K Goulding, L Dorgan, O O’Leary; S McCarthy, T Goulding, L Hannigan. Subs: I Fleury for O O’Leary, M Tournoud for S McCarthy,
