The Ballyboden Senior B ladies continued their recent good form with a convincing 3 13 to 1 12 win over their north county rivals, Man of War in Ladies Division 3 Cup on Wednesday last, this time back in the more humble surroundings of Cherryfield.

Again, Ballyboden started brightly and the ever-reliable Orla Scolard got an early goal after excellent combination play between the forwards. Man of War came back strongly with a string of well-taken points with the wind to build up a good lead. However, our wing back and captain Rachel Basquel surged forward and scored a goal, that evaded the goalkeeper at the near post. This was against the run of play and we were somewhat fortunate to get to the break just trailing by 1 point. A feature of the first half was the excellent play of Elizabeth Manning who was given the task of marking Man of War,s best attacker, she did that superbly, time and time getting out in front and averting the danger. The half time score was Ballyboden 2 04 to Man of War 1 08.

We really got into our groove in the second half and some of our attacking moves resulted in some excellent scores and drew applause from the home supporters.

Louise Kelly and Orla Scollard tore the Man of War defence apart at times with their terrific passing and excellent support play. They were ably assisted by Aisling Keane who finished the game with 1 03.

We did not have it all our own way and but for some brilliant saves by goalkeeper Danielle Aylmer the score could have been much closer, her kick outs were excellent also. Our thanks to Saoirse Fitzgerald from the minors who had a fine game when introduced at wing back.

PS this game was played as a 14 aside at Man of War‘s request

Final Score Ballyboden 3 12 to Man of War 1 12

Scorers: Orla Scollard  1 03, Aisling Keane  1 03, Louise Kelly 0-2, Shauna Maher, Aisling McElvanney, Claire McCourt, Una McGinn, 1 point each

Team: Danielle Aylmer, Rachel Basquel, Roisin Ryan, Karen Cooney, Claire King,Una McGinn, Aisling McElvanney, Sarah Burns,Claire  McCourt, Shauna Maher, Elizabeth Manning, Orla Scollard, Louise Kelly, Aisling Keane

Subs ; Joanne O Sullivan, Kristine McGinn, Aoife O Toole, Saoirse Fitzgerald