Ahane got another win under their belt today as they welcomed Newcastle West to Mackey Park on Sunday afternoon. The conditions from the get go were horrible but both teams still managed to play some fantastic camogie.

Ahane got off the mark early and got the first point of the game from Aine Reynolds. Aoife Quinn made a fantastic save to stop the ball going over the line and the Ahane backs cleared the ball. Ahane played passages of wonderful team play and from one of these passages of play Niamh got a point. The ball was well worked from Susie, to Sarah Cosgrave and then to Niamh who put the ball over the bar. In the nineteenth minute Ahane were awarded a penalty which Niamh slotted into the back of the net. This put the score line at Ahane 1-03 NCW 0-01. Niamh popped over two more points to put Ahane 1-05 to NCW 0-02 up. All six Ahane backs and goalkeeper Aoife Quinn played fantastic games and they battled hard and kept the NCW forwards out. Aoife made some wonderful saves in both halves of the game. Throughout the sixty plus of minutes of camogie there were hard hits, serious battling, serious effort, teamwork, and top class skill on display with some really good scores taken despite the awful weather conditions. The teams went in at half time on a scoreline of Ahane 1-06 NCW 0-03.

Both teams came back out in the second half and the intensity showed no signs of lessening. Ahane were first out of the blocks as Niamh put a 45 over the bar. Three minutes into the second half and NCW broke through the strong Ahane defence and managed to get a goal. The scoreline now Ahane 1-07 NCW 1-03. Niamh put a couple more balls over the bar and scoreline with five minutes to go in the second half was Ahane 1-11 NCW 1-06. Niamh popped over another score and the game ended on the scoreline of Ahane 1-12 NCW 1-06.

Huge thank you to all the Ahane supporters who came out despite the weather conditions to support the girls this afternoon, it is greatly appreciated.

Ahane now go and play Na Piarsaigh next Sunday at 1:30. Keep an eye on our social media pages for all the details.

Ahane: A. Quinn; N. Power, R. Collins, S. Crotty; K. Herbert, N. Flanagan, A. Herbert; R. O'Mara, J. Mulcahy; N. Moloney, N. Mulcahy, S. McGovern; S. Cosgrave, Á. Reynolds, A. Reynolds.

Substitutions: L. Nash for R. Collins (Inj 11 mins 1st 1/2), M. Meskell for A. Reynolds (18 mins 2nd 1/2)