Our first match was against Rathoat. It started out very tight, but Joy Guinane had several shots saved on target before Ciara Brady opened the scoring after 10 minutes. Shortly before half-time, Emma Brady scored straight from a corner to leave the score at 2-0 at the break.
As the second half got under way, Joy gave a lovely cross into the box and Ciara was in position to slot it into the back of the net. Rathoat did not give up and managed to get a score on the board. However, as the game neared the end, our player-of-the-match Ciara Brady sent the ball into Joy who duly scored to leave the final score at 4-1.
The next match was against WFTA which was guaranteed to be a tightly fought game. The first half ended at 0-0 mainly due to several great saves from Hayley Dixon who was our player-of-the-match. After the break, WFTA scored with a deflection. Castleknock struggled to get back on level terms and Ciara Brady's header went just over the bar.As the game entered the dying minutes it looked like Castleknock might suffer the first defeat of he tournament. But with only 2 minutes left on the clock, Ciara poked the ball into the corner of the net to level the score 1-1.
Our last game of the night was against Maynooth. Sara Brady was very unlucky not to score with a cracker of a shot which rebounded off the post. Luckily Hannah Hanlon was ready to knock the ball in to the net. Shortly afterwards Hannah scored again with a powerfull shot from just inside the half way line.
The game was only 10 minutes old when Hannah sealed her hat-trick with another fine shot. The score was 3-0 at half-time.
As the 2nd half was only just starting when Áine Waters scored a goal when the ball bounced out of the Maynooth keeper's hands. Hannah put the game beyond doubt and sealed the player-of-the-match title by scoring two more goals to leave the final score 6-0.
A great performance by all of the team meant that we finished on top of the league overall and will play WFTA in the final.
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