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Round 2: St. Patrick's Day Cup Results

The 2004 Ladies Football Season Kicked Off in San Francisco at Beach Chalet last Sunday April 18th. The Saoirse defeated the Fog City Harps 3-10 to 1-4. Declan McConn is pictured here with the two Ladies Captains prior to the start of the match.

Saoirse on Song

Saoirse 3-10
Fog City Harps 1-04

Round 2 of the San Francisco St. Patrick's Day Cup competition took place at an overcast Beach Chalet, on Sunday 18th April with four games down for decision.

Early visitors to the games on Sunday saw the Fog City Harp lady footballers take on perennial powerhouse Na Cailíní Saoirse. A close first half saw just 4 points between the sides at the interval (1-6 to 1-2). Anne Morrissey (Saoirse) chipped in with (0-5), Barbara Dornseif (0-1) and debutant player Whitney Sutak (1-0) chalking up her first score in competive action. A penalty miss midway through the first half by Fog City taken by goalie Sarah Hudson was a costly miss for the City girls. Karen Togher arguably the best Fog City player on display had a goal and point at the interval with Aisling Bryant adding the other minor.
On the changeover Saoirse overran Fog City holding their opponents to just two points in the second half. Saoirse's Kathleen Murray scored (2-1) in the second half with Anne Morrissey once again showing great form in front of goals adding 3 more points to seal victory. A double save from substitute Saoirse goalie Sarah O'Malley ten minutes into the second half effective killed off the Fog City challenge and set the stage for the second half rout. Tish Campbell (0-1) and Aisling Bryant (0-1) rounded out the scoring for the City girls.

Apart from the Murray, Morrissey, Sutak and Dornseif, Christiana Clark, Irene Byrne, and Paula Byrne played well for the victors. Tish Campbell showed once again why she is one of the best lady footballers in the city with a fine individual display. Karen Togher tried in vain to pull Fog City back in the game with some piercing runs through the Saoirse defence in the second half but it was never going to be easy for Fog City with Murray and Morrissey on fire for Saoirse.In the end a deserved win for the Peninsula girls.

Saoirse; Ann O'Donohue, Jeeny Guiney, Christian Clark, Irene Byrne, Stephanie Reidy, Carol Fadden, Michelle Marino, Whitney Sutak (1-0), Paula Byrne, Kathleen Murray (2-1), Ann Morrissey (0-8), Sinead Reynolds, Sarah O'Malley, Barabra Dornseif (0-1), Jessica Fritzsche, Mia Cesano, Tina Doss and Sarah O'Malley. Subs: Maura Mahony and Audrey Graham.

Fog City Harps;Sarah Hudson, Kristen Janiak, Catherine Abrams, Mary Keenan, Linda Woo, Tish Campbell (0-1), Minnie Ingersoll, Karen Togher (1-1), Mirella Wwebb, Orsoyla Nadashi, Siobhan Dolan, Aisling O'Flynn, Karen Andolina, Aisling Bryant, Claire Dolan and Kelly Timothy.

Referee: Declan McConn

Séan Treacys off to a flyer

Séan Treacys 5-17
St. Brendans 1-03
This could very well be the year that the Séan Treacy’s make the breakthrough in San Francisco and win a championship as indicated by their early form in the St.Patrick's Day Cup. They are off to a flyer this season with an abundance of talent throughout the squad of players Manager Paddy Keaney has assembled. Treacy’s even had to luxury of leaving Alan Coughlan and Micheal Keaveney out of the starting 13. The highlight of this game was the scoring exploits of speed merchant half forward Ken Hyland. Ken netted a personal tally of 3-3 and now sits on top of the scoring charts within the division. Others to impress for Treacy’s were Howie Hughes (1-3), Cathal Hennessey (1-2), Colin White (0-2) and former Ulster player Bosco Hughes (0-2) all played well in the forward division. The Brendans will have learned a valuable lesson from this game, in that they will have to take their scoring chances when they arise. Apart Aidan O’Sullivan and Fergal Cleary the Brendans lacked any other threat upfront all afternoon. Missing a number of regulars the Brendans will feel that the scoreline certainly did not reflect their effort over the 50 mins.

Séan Treacy’s: Micheal Glennon, Myles Fitzpatrick, Ken Hyland (3-3), Howie Hughes (1-3), Cathal Hennessey (1-2), Colin White (0-2), Bosco Hughes (0-2).
Subs used: Kieran Keaney (0-1), Alan Mahon (0-2), Alan Coughlan, Micheal Keaveney

St. Brendans: Brendan Dooley, Shane Corban, James O’Neill, Paul Coffey, Conor O’Farrell, Fergal Cleary (0-1), Aidan O’Sullivan (1-2), Paul Gilmore, Sean Mockler, Brian Conn, Paul Hogan, Pat Fitzgerald, John Smiley, Michael Costello.

Referee: Malachy Higgins

Ború win with ease
Sons of Ború 2-15
Celts 1-09
The Ború began their season with a nine point win over the Celts in what was a lack luster game of football until the Celts made a game of it after half time. The Celts stormed back into contention with a flurry of unanswered points shortly after halftime to pull themselves within a few points of the Ború. After the early second half scare the Ború stepped up a gear and coasted home in the end. Mick Cunningham, Kevin O’Reilly, and Sean Shannon were best for the Ború on the day. There will be tougher games ahead for the Ború as the season gets underway and they should not get carried away with this win.

The Celts relied on Jimmy and Aidan O’Flynn again in this encounter to do most of the scoring in this contest and will have to regroup in time for the championship. It looks like they will fail to qualify for the latter stages of the St. Patricks Day Cup following two successive defeats.

Sons of Ború; Casey Handy (1-1), Billy Fogarty, Andy Fogarty, Kevin Murray, Mick Kenny, Brendan Hall, Berty Penny, Brian Reilly, Sean Shannon (0-3), Kevin Reilly (0-4), Mick Cunningham (1-7), T.J. O’Sullivan (0-1).

Celtics; Colm Walsh, Neil Hunt, James Silva, Dennis DeBattista, Jimmy Flynn (1-3), Aidan O’Flynn (0-2), Sean Simth, Daniel Bello, Brian Guiney, Joe O’Reilly (0-1), Brendan Robinson (0-1),

Referee: Martin Corcoran, Mayo

Ulster too strong for Cusacks

Ulster A 2-11
Michael Cusacks 0-06
A depleted Michael Cusack’s came up against in form Ulster “A”in the final game of the day last Sunday at Beach Chalet. Mark McKenna returned to action for Ulster at midfield and he quickly set the stage for the win two early points. Sharpshooters Cawley, Cudden and Heinz were all early scorers in this encounter despite the efforts of Ali Downey, O’Donnell and Martin Ferris in the Cusacks defence. Sean McCann, Austin McKenna and Paul Bayly finished off the Cusacks with multiple scores in the second half for a very comfortable win in the end for Ulster who were afforded the luxury of resting some of their best performers in the second half. Seamus O’Gara was the shining light for the Cusacks as he battled bravely from midfield accounting for 0-5 of the Cusacks total score of 0-6. The Cusacks will need to have everybody available for their crunch game with the Séan Treacys this weekend.

Michael Cusacks; Mossy Offord, Ali Downey, Declan O’Donnell, Padraig Geohegan, Martin Ferris, Fergus O’Sullivan, Eamon McCusker, Mick O’Gara, Seamus O’Gara (0-5), Kevin Mooney, Padraig Grogan, Kevin White, Tim Shaw (0-1), Adrian Mahoney. Subs: Philip McCarthy, Mark McKenna.

Ulster A; Fergal Clancy, Ted Campbell, Michael McGlone, Sean McCann (2-0), Ross McKenna, Mark Donnelly (0-2), Killian Feely, John Healy, James Downes, Declan Rafferty, Thomas Heinz (0-3), Gary Foley, Ryan Cawley (0-2), Eugene Cudden (0-1) Subs used: Austin McKenna (0-1), Paul Bayly (0-2), Declan McAuly.

Referee: Martin Corcoran, Mayo