New York record first win on Tour!

Fourth times a charm for the New York Ladies !

After four attempts at trying the New York ladies recorded their first win on tour with a heart stopping one point victory over the Tramore Senior Ladies team. Trailing by six points at the interval the ladies had it all to do in the second half but goals from Noelle Brophy and Ciara Griffin earned New York a deserved 2-07 to 2-06 victory.

NY started the game playing into a howling breeze after a day running up an down the WIT campus hall and surfing in the atlantic ocean and from the off it was clear that this was not going to be a half hearted affair. Maeve Power was keeping everything at bay and catching several high balls until a 17th minute effort slipped between her fingers and into the net to give the Tramore girls a four point lead. Kelly Mc Cormack made some fine catches and passes from the Tramore kickout while Caroline Mc Brien was contesting everything around the middle and got three turnovers in the first half alone. Courtney Trainor and Molly Boyle got the NY scores before the break to leave the half time scores NY 0-02 to Tramore 2-02.

Six points down at half time and things looked bleak for the ladies the wind seemed to be dropping as did some of the girls heads and it seemed to be the same story all over again but a fine Noelle Brophy goal who ran 60 yards to get on the end of a ball and hit a low bullet into the net led the NY revivial. New York tackled magnificently from numbers 1-15 with the forwards getting in several blocks to ensure the Tramore defence could not get out easily. Video evidence has been requested by the CCCC to ensure that there was not actually 3 Ashlene Brophy's out around the field as she seemed to be everywhere one second getting a tackle in the full back line the next she seemed to be linking up with the forwards. Ciara Griffin finished a fine mover into the back of the net after a fantastic turnover by team captain Ashley Callery down in the half back line. Tramore were not finished though and tagged on two more scores to ensure a tight finish but New York hung on to ensure a memorable victory for the girls.

After the final whistle the Tramore club very graciously provided a lovely feed for the New York delegation and with some speeches also from Ladies Development Officer George Young and chief executive of WIT Eugene Mc Kenna. Eugene Brophy NY tour coordinator made presentations on behalf of the New York ladies board and a great night was had by all.

Speaking after the game New York MVP Ashley Brophy was delighted with her teams preformance " I though we played really well together as a team and we put in a big effort in the second half. There is a great team spirit amongst the girls and that really helped us through."