A LATE FREE by Niamh McDaid saw Carndonagh win the Donegal Ladies Intermediate Championship final against Buncrana at Ture.
Carndonagh 0-14 Buncrana 2-7
A game that was nip and tuck throughout was only decided when McDaid arched over a free with the game clock in red time.
Picture caption: Carndonagh celebrate their Intermediate final win over Buncrana. Picture by David Doherty.
McDaid scored eight points in all as the Foden women took the silverware after a closely-fought all-Inishowen affair.
[adrotate group=”38″]First-half goals by Caroline Gallagher and Alison McGonagle had Buncrana in the ascendancy and they led 2-5 to 0-6 at half-time.
However, playing against a stiff wind by the Foyle, Buncrana, could only manage two points in the second half.
Brian Stokes and Lawrence Hegarty’s Buncrana saw their five-point lead overturned eventually as Carndonagh, managed by Barry Grant and Tiarnan Coyne, chipped away at the deficit.
[adrotate group=”46″]Buncrana led until the dying moments, when Carndonagh eked out the win, secured by McDaid’s final point and the Cup was soon handed to victorious captain Anita Doherty.
Carndonagh: Yvonne McElhinney; Grainne Byrne, Rosie McColgan, Tamara Duffy; Aislinn Gibbons, Caroline Kelly, Treasa Doherty (0-1); Una Burke, Deirdre Foley; Kayla Farren (0-1), Anita Doherty (0-2), Niamh McDaid (0-8); Donna Doherty, Sally-Marie McClure (0-2), Mairead Doherty. Subs: Trudi McLaughlin, Sinead Burke, Roisin McDonald, Danielle McDaid, Lisa Mills, Georgina Gordon, Rachel McLaughlin, Sheila Doherty, Ciara Gibbons, Siobhan Doherty, Noreen Duffy.
Buncrana: Fiona Doherty; Catherine Doyle, Danielle Loughrey, Jenna McDaid; Louise Devlin, Noreen Doherty, Lauren Hegarty; Deirdre Grant, Caroline Gallagher; Doreen McGee, Paula McGrory, Laura Reid; Catherine Loughrey, Alison McGonagle, Michaela Mullen. Subs used: Ella McLaughlin, Michelle Browne.
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