Clontarf are Champions of Leinster
- Nov 03,2018
Leinster Intermediate Club Championship Final
FT Score
Clontarf 5-13 (28)
Naomh Ciaran 2-8 (14)
Clontarf have been crowned the Intermediate club champions of Leinster following a comprehensive 14 point victory over Naomh Ciaran of Offaly, played before a large crowd this afternoon in Ashbourne.
Dublin minor panelist, Caoimhe O’Connor was in splendid form with the dashing forward finishing the game as top scorer with an impressive personal tally of 3-02. Her performance earned her the POTM award.
Former soccer international Siobhan Killeen who was part of the Dublin senior panel this season, was also in fine form for Clontarf finishing the game with 1-6.
Tara Fitzgibbon will also be pleased with her performance contributing 1-01 to Clontarfs overall tally.
Naomh Ciarán to their credit competed well with Clontarf in the opening half of the game. At the interval the Dublin champions took a 2-7 to 1-5 lead into the dressing room with Kate Kenny registering a crucial goal for the Offaly champions just before the break to keep her side within touching distance of their opponents.
However goals win games and Clontarfs ability to raise the green flag on five occasions was an instrumental factor in the Leinster Intermediate club returning to the Capital for the first time since 2014.
On that occasion, Kilmacud Crokes overcame the challenge of Sarsfields of Kildare to be crowned champions.
Clontarf scorers: Caoimhe O’Connor 3-2, Siobhan Killeen 1-6, Tara Fitzgibbon 1-1, Niamh Hetherton 0-2, Sarah Fagan, Aoibhe Bell 0-1 each
Naomh Ciaran scorers: Kate Kenny 1-5, Ellee McEvoy 1-00, Amy Gavin Manganese, Róisín Egan, Shauna Heffernan 0-1 each