New York year long effort rewarded
Ballymccarbery, county waterford is the home of ladies club football and is the most succesful club in the history of Ladies Gaelic Football. 10 All Ireland Clubs , 54 All Stars , 7 All Ireland championships backboned by the club to name a minority of their achievements. The club encapsulate the community ethos of the GAA and most remarkable of all is how they managed all this without any so called modern facilities or a large player pool. There success is a testament to the hard work an character of many people in particular the Ryan Family.
This time last year Bally Mc beat the ladies team by 1 point in a thriller. NY led by 8 points at half time but just could not stop the BallyMc girls clawing their way back into the game with goals. That memory is still fresh in the memory of most of the NY girls and today they are out for revenge. The ball is thrown in an immediately NY win it and hit the ball in first time to Courtney Trainor who sticks it over the bar. Moments later the ball is in the back of the net after Courntey again races past the Bally Mc defence and sticks it in the net. But its not just in the full forward where the damage is being done Amanda Mc Govern and Anne Dunleavy are sticking to their markers like glue while Mary Ann Coleman is getting on the end of every breaking ball. Molly Boyle is playing out of her skin and hits two points in the first half. The goals start raining in and it looks like its going to be a long afternoon for the Bally girls. Ashley Brophy gets a brace of goals in the half while Molly and Mary Ann get the others. The score at half time reads 5-09 to no score.
The Ballymccarbery girls come back into it in the second half and manage to win the second half by 1-04 to 0-05 showing really resilience and fighting spirit. Courtney Trainor doesnt take the foot off the pedal though and finishes the game with 1-10 including a spectacular effort with her left foot. New Yorks subs make a real impact on the game with Keely Mc Feely and Catriona Rafferty putting in a big few minutes. The final score on the day was 5-14 to 1-04. Phil Sheridan was delighted with the team preformance especially the first half blitz and found it very difficult afterwards to pick and MVP and in the end could not pick between Ashley Callery who had a stormer at centre and Courtney Trainor who finished with 1-10 so gave a joint MVP. Speaking g after the game joint MVP Courtney Trainor was delighted with the teams and her own preformance "Im really happy with how all the girls played were delighted to have won that game."
After the game the Ballymccarbery club gave a tour of their new hall with an indoor pitch facility , gym and dining area. The food on show all co ordinated by Catherine Ryan is spectacular as is the effort made by the helpers. Speeches and presentations are made by both clubs and it turns out to be another memorable day for NY ladies GAA.
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