We were short many key players this weekend due to a combination of illness and conflicting commitments. In fact were nearly forced to start the match with 2 players short, until Majella Flanagan agreed at short notice to make a guest appearance.
The match started with Castleknock playing into the wind. The WFTA team were very strong and Lucy Hanlon was kept very busy leading the defence. Castleknock were not content to merely defend and made a number of counter attacks. Ellie Wilde was playing a great match and she was very unlucky not to score when she made a solo run up the pitch and her scorching shot was deflected wide by the WFTA keeper.
Unfortunately, the WFTA pressure finally paid off and our goalie Niamh O'Donovan had no chance to stop WFTA going into a 2-0 lead at half time.
At half-time, Rebecca Stephens arrived to bring our team back up to full strength. She had just arrived from her horse riding lesson and had to play in her horse riding outfit. Nevertheless she added great strength to the Castleknock attack.
Despite the best efforts of all our team, including our player-of-the-match Lucy Hanlon, WFTA managed to stretch the lead to 4-0. Overall a performance to be proud of.
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