Glenanne women lose out in shoot-out

GLENANNE women’s hockey team fell at the final hurdle in the Irish Hockey Trophy Final when they lost out 4-3 in a shoot-out having played out a 3-3 draw in normal time.

A second dramatic final on the day which went all the way to a shoot-out ensured the spectators who came for the day got value-for-money entertainment.

The three finals taking place at Comber Road were not the only reasons this was a special weekend for the Hillsborough club.

The presence of their women’s team in this Women’s Irish Hockey Trophy Final was another reason for this to be special.

And when you factor the presence of their men’s seconds in the Men’s Irish Junior Cup Final in Belfield, it’s a very special weekend indeed.

Glenanne took the lead in this game when Paula Fitzpatrick converted a 16th minute penalty corner for 1-0. Lisnagarvey’s Scarlett Rebecca Swann equalised with a converted penalty of her own in the 20th minute.

It was 1-1 at half-time.

Beth McFerran gave Lisnagarvey the lead with a 38th minute goal from open play to make it 2-1.

Aimee Christie converted a penalty stroke in the 48th minute to put Lisnagarvey 3-1 ahead.

And that was the score at the end of the third quarter. Glenanne struck back in the fourth quarter.

Kate O’ Connor converted a penalty corner in the 59th minute to make it 3-2 and got an equaliser from another converted penalty corner in the 69th minute to send the match into the 1 v 1 Penalty shoot-out.

Each side missed efforts but at the end of the shoot-out Lisnagarvey had scored 4 and Glenanne had only scored 3.

The Irish Hockey Trophy for Women is going to be in the Lisnagarvey Trophy Cabinet for the next year.