GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 29 – July 4, 2015 | Page 29

Willawong Gaelic Park. Queensland GAA.

both on level pegging at the break Easts 0-9 Harps 1-6.
This game swung Easts way early on in the second period
when they shot two quick goals. The majors courtesy of
Eamon Bowie put a dent in Harps ambitions, nevertheless
the champions fought and never gave up hope. Harps limited any further leakage but they were unable to bridge the
gap and Easts ran 2-14 to 1-12 victors. The win sees Easts
now take sole command on second place. Best for Easts
were Alan Murphy, Eamon Bowe, Rory Bowe and Paudi
Dineen, while Harps looked to Pat Marnane, Stephen Garbutt and Paddy O Connor.
MITCHELS STAY TOP
The third match saw the undefeated league leaders John
Mitchels in action and facing them was the team second from
bottom, Shamrocks. This was by no means a one sided game
as the opening half saw just 4 points between the sides with
the underdogs Shamrocks holding their own though trailing
by 1-6 to 1-2. But Mitchels showed why they are unbeaten and
Carpenter Cup champs as they pushed on with scores in the
second period while at the same time their defense tightened
up considerably. Mitchels added two further goals in that period and coasted home for a 3-13 to 1-8 win. Conor McElroy,
Paudi Crilly, Tony Whelan and Marty Tennyson played well
for John Mitchels, while Peter Rafferty, Trevor Molloy and Kieran O Neill did their best for Shamrocks.

EASTS SHOW CLASS
The same two clubs Harps and Easts were in action in the
first game in Ladies Football. Easts were reigning champions and though leading the standings were finding teams
like second placed Souths and Harps tougher opponents to
date. The battling qualities of the Harps side showed in the
opening period as they stuck with the favourites throughout
and there was nothing in it at the break with Easts edging
it by 0-8 to Harps 1-4. Easts picked their game up in the
second half with a brace of goals setting them up. The continued to pick off points and limited any further threat from
Harps. It ended with a comfortable 2-22 to 2-6 victory for
Easts. Best for Easts were Linda Barrett, Emma Heneghan,
Marie O Halloran and Roisin McEvoy, while Mena Tuohey,
Jayne Lyons, Michelle McSorley and Joanne Martinaglia did
well for Harps.
The other ladies game between second in the table Souths
against bottom of the standings Shamrocks was always going to be difficult for the underdogs. Shamrocks have put
up some gallant showings to date but this game wasn’t one
of their best as they trailed by 0-1 to 3-10 at the break before a welcome final whistle saw a resounding defeat of 0-3
to 8-25. Souths Grainne Heduan, Pamela Fitzpatrick, Nikki
Newman and Claire Peters showed well with Deirdre NicAodhain, Louise Gallagher and Fiona Fox doing their best for
Shamrocks.

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