Ahane started their league campaign on Saturday 6th April against Crecora in Mackey Park Ahane. On what was a beautiful evening for camogie both teams took to the field. Ahane were first out of the traps and got the first score of the game in the first minute. Not far behind Crecora got their first score in the second minute of the match. There were fierce battles going on all over the field and there was no ball won easily. Ahane got their first goal after seven minutes with Judith putting the ball in the back of the net after some great out field play by Laura. There were some great pieces of team play from both sides, and a lot of Ahane’s scores came from great interlinking play. Ahane’s second goal came from Shauna who again got on the end of a great piece of play from out the field which saw the Ahane forwards putting in the hard yards against the Crecora defence.

Centre back Noreen placed some beautiful balls into the awaiting Ahane half forward and full forward line, many of these passes were where the scores came from, Niamh, Roisin, Judith, and Sarah all got points from play in the first half. The Crecora goalkeeper made a great save towards the end of the first half, to stop what was a rasper of a shot from Niamh. Going in at half time the score line had it as Ahane 2-7 Crecora 0-2.

Judith opened the scoring in the second half for Ahane with a point from play in the second minute of the half. Crecora’s goalkeeper made another fantastic save five minutes into the second half and the Crecora defence cleared their lines. Ahane remained well on top for the remainder of the second half with Niamh, Shauna, and Judith adding on the points. Ailish came on and scored Ahane’s third goal of the game with an absolutely blistering shot into the back of the net. Crecora got their final point of the game in the 21st minute of the second half. Both teams brought in subs to freshen up the teams throughout the second half. It was great to see some of the younger girls get their first taste of senior camogie.

The game ended on a score line of Ahane 3-17 Crecora 0-03. Ahane will now play their rescheduled round one league game against Granagh/Ballingarry on Easter Monday in Ahane at 6pm.

Ahane’s under 16’s also started their league campaign this week as they travelled to Ballyagran to play Ballyagran on Thursday 4th April. The girls put in a great effort and came away with a win on a score line of Ahane 3-05 Ballyagran 0-01. They will now play Ballybrown in Mackey Park on the 18th April at 6:30pm.

Senior Team: A. Quinn; N. Power, R. Collins, C. Macken; S. Crotty, N. Flanagan, C. Hackett; A. Herbert, J. Mulcahy; R. O’Mara, N. Mulcahy, S. D’Arcy; L. Nash, R. Nugent, C. Twomey. Substitutes: A. Reynolds for C. Twomey, A. O’Curry for C. Hackett, C. Macken for L. Nash, C. Greaney for C Macken, S. O’Curry for R. Nugent.