U16 Girls League Final Diasppointment

The curtain came down on the U16 girls season when they were defeated for the first time this season in the League Final in Strandhill on Tuesday 17th May.
The girls never showed the quality that had taken them to the final when they played their best game of the season in defeating Yeats the previous Friday, this factor had a huge bearing and in hindsight maybe that game had taken more out of them than we had realised.
with the absence of Eimear McHugh Villa struggled for long periods against a stiff wind in the first half and that task was made even more difficult with an injury to centre half Rachel Twydell after 15 minutes forced the management into changes.
We introduced Marie Ruane who had missed the semi final through injury and it was always a risk having to bring her on so early.
The Villa back 4 and keeper Sinead Hallinan defended bravely but conceded just before the break.
With the assistance of the breeze Villa started the fightback literally from the kick off with a Megan Duffy shot from the half way line that deceived the Ballymote keeper and bounced into the net to level the game. This spurred Villa into action and Marie Ruane had a shot just the wrong side of the post but credit to Ballymote they played well against the breeze and got their reward 15 minutes before the end and indeed with Villa attacking in numbers had a few other chances.
Overall on the night the better team won and Villa will have to look back on a disappointing end to their season.
On Saturday 21st Villa had to concede their wfai game against Yeats due to 5 injured players and a further 3 not available.

We wish all our players both boys and girls gook luck in their respective exams and hope to see you all back for next season.