BANGOR and Lisnagarvey scored final shoot-out successes over Kilkeel and Dublin side Glenanne, respectively.
IRISH HOCKEY CHALLENGE FINAL (WOMEN)
KILKEEL 3 BANGOR 3 [BANGOR WON 3-2 IN SHOOT-OUT]
THIS closely fought all Co Down match up at Lisnagarvey’s Hillsborough venue went all the way to a shootout before the teams could be separated. Bangor took the lead in the 15th minute through a goal from Hannah Lawden from open play… and they increased their lead when Ruby Monaghan scored from open play to make it 2-0 to Bangor in the 28th minute.
Kilkeel finally got on the scoresheet on the half hour mark when Melissa Sloan converted a penalty corner to make it 2-2. Mellissa Sloan got her second penalty corner of the match in the 45th minute to make it 2-2. Leah Houston restored the lead for Kilkeel in the 56th minute when she converted a penalty corner in the 56th minute. But Louise McKibben ensured extra time when she equalised for Bangor in the 65th minute from another converted penalty corner.
In the shoot-out that ensued, Bangor scored three of their efforts and Kilkeel scored two, making the Seasiders Irish Women’s Hockey Challenge winners for 2023-24.
KILKEEL: Sophie Annett [c] (GK); Grace Mc Bride; Kasey Nicholson ; Leah Houston ; Nicole Annett; Isabelle Coulter ; Megan Poland ; Rachel Holmes ; Anna Chestnutt; Kerri Morris; Melissa Sloan; SUBS USED:- Sarah Annett [14 mins] ; Kate Niblock [18 mins] ; Erin McCullagh [ 25 mins]:
BANGOR: Amber Dempster (GK); Ruby Monaghan ; Erin McKiley ; Stephanie Mitcell ; Lucy Mc Naught; Brooke Stranaghan; Hannah Boyd; Louise McKibben ; Hannah Grant ; Molly Brett ; Ellen Dines; SUBS USED ; Hannah Lawden [13 mins ; Matilda Urry [ 14 mins] ; Rachel Groves [ 17 mins] ; Vanessa Monaghan [23 mins]; Anne Jackson [ 27 mins];
Runners-up Kilkeel
IRISH HOCKEY TROPHY FINAL (WOMEN)
LISNAGARVEY 3 GLENANNE 3 [LISNAGARVEY WON 4-3 IN SHOOT-OUT]
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.
Glenanne took the lead 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, making it 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 a shoot-out.
Each side missed efforts but at the end of the shoot-out, Lisnagarvey had scored four to Glenanne’s three.
LISNAGARVEY: Charlie Bowman [ GK] ; Megan Robinson; Chloe McCluskey; Aimee Christie ; Beth McFerran ; Scarlett Rebecca Swann [C]; Rebecca Rachel Quinn; Victoria Kennedy; Jessica Moore; Laura Murray SUBS USED:- Lara Wilson [6 mins] ; Chrissy Hopkins [ 10 mins ]; Lauren Mulholland [11 mins] ; Shannon King [18 mins] :
GLENANNE: Rachel Barnett (GK); Kate O’Connor ; Sadie Lanigan; Audrey Westlake; Fiona Walshe; Trish O’Donoghue; Clare Shillington; Naia Paredes Byrne ; Ciara Vincent; Caoilin Dunne; Aoife McCarthy SUBS USED:- Roisin Doody (C) [7 mins]; Paula Fitzpatrick [7 mins] ; Hannah Quinn[7 mins]; Hannah Morrin [13 mins]; Isabella Bolger [19 mins]
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