Ladies League

Team Information

QPS has catered for ladies football for over 13 years, and was one of the first clubs in the Inishowen League. Ladies football in Inishowen itself has grew rapidly over this time, this year will see over 10 teams partake in competitions. Last year the ladies were sucessful runners up in their division and got to the semi finals of the cup. Lets keep our fingers crossed we have more success this year.
 
 
Rosemarie McColgan, Stephanie Wallace, Clare Diver, Audrey Buchannan, Helena McColgan, Elizabeth Rodgers, Kathy McColgan, Majella Lynch, Orla Lynch, Pamela Diver, Shauna McColgan, Rachel Rodgers, Noeleen Harkin, Emma Harkin and Niamh Reddin.

 

League Table

Teams P W D L Pts
Greencastle        
5
4
 0 1 12
Cockhill
4
4
 0 0 12
QPS
4
3
 1 0 10
Carn
3
3
 0 0 9
Illies
4
2
 1 1 7
Glengad
3
1
 0 2 3
Derry       
4
1
0
3
3
Culdaff
6
0
0
6
0
Moville        
5
0
0
5
0

Training and Match Fixtures

Training has started on a Tuesday night at the All Weather Facility.  Girls should show from 7.30 - 8.30.  Pat McGonigle and Eugene O'Donnell are the brave men who are going to help the girls win their cups this year with great appreciation from the girls.  Matches will begin on May 1st with the League Cup and will continue right through until September.  All supporters welcome, see fixtures.

All match reports and write ups are available in the InishTimes newspaper.

Staying in Shape Over The Winter - Polercise

The girls have undertaken fitness workshops in Polercise in Derry under the instruction of Karen Deery.  They are great fun and very very interesting, the girls will be swinging the stuff around Muff next haha.  Stay tuned!!!  Visit the polercise website for more information or contact Karen on 07745677041.

The ladies would like to thank the Under 16 boys for their pre-season friendly (which wasn't too friendly ha)

 

League Cup Fixtures

Thursday 1st May 2008

Greencastle -v- Carn

Derry -v- Moville

Culdaff -v- Cockhill

Glengad - v- QPS

The girls first match suffered an unfortunate 2-1 defeat away to Glengad on Thursday night.  Having gone 1 up in the first half with a cross from Caroline Harkin (Proctor) finding Denise Donaghy to give them their advantage.  The girls fought hard to try and retain their lead however halfway through the second half a free kick was awarded to Glengad and they got their equaliser.  Late into the second half with spirits dampened and tempers flaring Maria McDermott for Glengad beat the Point defense and chiped home the Glengad winner.

Monday 5th May 2008

Carn -v- Culdaff 

Moville -v- Glengad

Cockhill -v- Greencastle

QPS -v Derry

The girls first match at home didn't go as planned when they came up against a strong Derry side.  In the first half Derry went 3-0 ahead of the point with some very strong goals from Colleen McCullagh and Kerrie Ferguson.  In the second half QPS refused to let any more in and in true Jessica Doyle style a fantastic shot was taken and the Point fought back to redeem itself to a 3-1 defeat.

Thursday 8th May 2008

Greencastle -v- Culdaff

Derry -v- Glengad

Carn -v- Cockhill

Moville -v- QPS

The last match in the League cup also didn't go in the Point's direction.  They suffered a 3-2 defeat away to Moville with two great goals from Anne O'Donnell and Caroline Proctor (Harkin) failing to redeem the point from some bad mistakes.  Lets home the team have more success in the League - stay tuned for more updates!

League Fixtures

May 15th  

QPS BYE

No Fixture This wee

May 22nd   

Derry -v QPS

1 - 5

QPS started thier League hunt strongly this year with a strong win over Derry City.  The match started well with both sides putting in a good performance.  The first goal came from a cross to Caroline Proctor which saw her slip it past the keeper, a few moments later Derry faught back to get their equaliser this however was to be short lived when a cross into the box from Sara McGoldrick saw a scuffle between the Derry keeper and defence and Maria McColgan managed to get her foot to the ball to make it 2-1.  In the second half Denise Donaghey secured the points 3 goal with an excellent finish, Jessica Doyle was then fouled by the Derry Keeper which saw the Derry team go down to 10 players.  Jessie stepped up and took her penality making it 4-1.  In the final few minutes an excellent free kick from Kathleen O'Donnell saw the point take the 3 points and finish the Match 5-1.

May 29th

QPS -v- Illies

0-0

This match was a hard faught battle between QPS and the Illies.  In the first half QPS had great possession of the ball however couldn't seem to manage to get their much needed goal.  Late into the first half Illies put on the pressure when saw Jessica Doyle pull off some great saves to keep the match on an even keel.  The second half started with the Illies coming out the stronger of the two however couldn't get their goal, the point began to fight back hard and where awarded a few corners however no goal resulted from any of these.  In the last few minutes of play Patrica McLaughlin managed to penatrate the strong point defence to take her shot however this was caught safely by the point keeper.

June 12th   

Culdaff -v- QPS

0-1

Match Report To Follow......................................

June 19th    

QPS -v- Moville

               3-1

In the first half the Point had strong possession; there were a few good runs from the O’Donnell sisters with Anne putting it over the top for Kathleen’s strike to hit the cross bar, this was followed by a scramble in the Moville box only to be cleared by Clare Doherty.  Moville made an excellent brake when Marie Kelly ran the length only to be cleanly and swiftly tackled by Angela McCallion.  Moville again made an attempt on goal when Marissa McGettigan crossed the ball to Marie Kelly however this was well covered by Jessica Doyle who made a diving save.  Helena Gillen and Katie Norris for Moville showed good team-man ship when they partnered up to run the line however their attempt was shot wide.  A Cross to Moville into the Point box led to a scramble on the line giving Moville their lead of the game just before half time.  Into the second half the point equalised with a superb corner from Kathleen O’Donnell find Denise Donaghey and she managed to put home the first of the Points goals.  With spirits raised a few minutes later an excellent cross from Jessie to Kathleen saw the ball go into the back of the Moville net for the second time giving the Point the lead.  Moville rose to fight well and had a few excellent runs from Katie Norris and Marie Kelly however just couldn’t find the equaliser.  15 minutes before the end of the game some excellent footwork from Marie and Katie saw them beat the Point defence and shoot on target however a diving save from Maria McColgan prevented the ball from meeting the back of the net.  The Point again began the attack and Jessica Doyle had a couple of excellent shots just going wide of the post however she successfully crossed the ball to Clara Moyne who drove it into the back of the net making the end result 3-1 to the Point.  Excellent displays of football were from the Point’s Jessica Doyle and Moville’s Marie Kelly.

June 23rd   

QPS -v- Glengad

Match Postponed

July 3rd 

Cockhill -v- QPS

 

July 10th  

QPS -v- Greencastle

 

July 17th    

Carn -v- QPS

 

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