Awesome Westport through to last four after impressive victory
Westport had ten different scorers as they impressed while overcoming Charlestown in Castlebar.
LGFA Senior Championship
Westport 3-25
Charlestown Sarsfields 0-7
In Castlebar
On a warm afternoon in Castlebar, Pop Geraghty’s Westport side recorded another convincing victory as they impressed from start to finish on the Josie Munnelly Park surface.
Larissa Kelly, Christina MacEvilly, Aoife Kennedy and Saoirse Ludden all kicked a pair of points in the opening half as the reigning champions raced into a clear lead.
Charlestown, playing against the slight wind in the opening half struggled to retain possession as Westport were strong at the back while Aoife Geraghty and the experienced Noirin Moran worked hard around the middle.
Chelsea Doherty kicked Charlestown’s first score after 23 minutes but going in at the break, Westport led convincingly 0-16 to 0-1.
The second half was much more competitive as the East Mayo side got their hands on more ball while scores came from Ava Mai Casey, Chelsea Doherty and Caoimhe Halligan.
However, Westport flexed their muscles when captain Janette O’Malley found the opening goal of the afternoon midway through the half. The excellent Aoife Staunton who was recently nominated for an all-star after a brilliant season with Mayo kicked 1-12 added Westport’s second goal while Laura Moran also found the net.
In the closing stages, Charlestown worked hard and never gave up, however, Westport were ruthless as they ran out impressive winners.
After topping the group, Westport are now through to the last four where they’ll host Burrishoole in an all West Mayo meeting. Knockmore will face Kilmovee Shamrocks in the other meeting in the race for the Jimmy Corbett Cup.
A full match report will be carried in Tuesday’s edition of The Mayo News.