Boden and Davis shine in Páidi Ó Sé tournament
IT WAS a favourable return for Dublin football at the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidi Ó Sé Tournament as Thomas Davis Senior Ladies and Ballyboden St. Enda’s Senior and Junior Ladies teams made the trip south to Kerry for the famed competition which took place all over the Dingle Peninsula last weekend.
In the Senior Cup, Thomas Davis overcame Cavan’s Drumlane, 4-10 to 2-2, with Rachel Newell scoring two great goals, but they fell to Clonguish of Longford in the semi-final.
Thomas Davis who competed in the Ladies Senior Cup last weekend
Ballyboden went further with wins over Galway’s Caltra Cuans and Sarsfields of Newbridge to reach the decider where they came up against Longford’s Clonguish.
And there was real bite in this one with new Ballyboden manager and 10-time All-Ireland winning Cork football legend Valerie Mulcahy attempting to make an impression with her adopted club.
The Dubs made a bright start with former Dublin player Rachel Ruddy impressing at centre back while Clonguish centre forward Camille Burke kept them in touch with a great goal as Boden led 4-2 to 2-1 at halftime.
It looked like the weekend had caught up on Clonguish, but they slowly found their form and turned it around with a flurry of points and two more goals from Camille Burke to edge one ahead with ten minutes left.
Despite Clonguish losing a player to a black card, Boden, who pushed hard for a draw, could not break the Longford ladies who held out for a thrilling 5-8 to 5-7 win.
Ballyboden St Enda’s reached the Senior Ladies Cup decider
The Ballyboden Junior Ladies team went one better, taking home silverware in the Junior Ladies Cup for the second year in a row.
They accounted easily for two Kerry clubs in the earlier rounds including Ballymacelligott (6-12 to 0-2) and Annascaul/ Castlegregory (3-14 to 0-4).
And they maintained that form in the final, beating Mayo’s Breaffy by 5-7 to 1-6 with Laura Basquell to the fore.
The victorious Ballyboden St Enda’s B team who retained the Junior Ladies Cup at the Lidl Comórtas Peile Páidi Ó Sé Gaelic Football Club Tournament in Kerry last weekend
“We are delighted to have the Dubs down every year and the ladies were very competitive again this year” said Comórtas Chairman Pádraig Óg. Ó Sé.
“They conducted themselves very well all weekend. The locals in attendance got great value from the senior ladies final in particular” he added.
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