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Galwey Auctioneers St. Mary's 2007-2008

Final Score: Galwey Auctioneers 65  Sligo All Stars 82

Galwey Auctioneers Depart Division 1 Ladies League:

01-03-2008 

St. Mary’s Galwey Auctioneers were unsuccessful in their quarter final of the ladies division national league at the weekend.  Having secured third place in the Southern Conference the girls travelled to Sligo to meet second place in the Northern Conference, Sligo All Stars.  Although the sides had not in over two years, battles between them had always been closely fought.

The most noticeable difference between the sides as the players took to the court was the height difference.  The Sligo All Stars post players towered above the St. Mary’s girls.

Sligo started strong Kelly Johnson, Lisa McGill and Edel Kellly taking control of the boards and registering score after score. St.. Mary’s found it difficult to settle in this first quarter.  Sligo got into some foul trouble awarding several set of free throws to Castleisland but apart from this they gave little away from play.  The Sligo side pushed ahead and held a sixteen-point lead at the end of the first quarter.

Galwey Auctioneers settled from here in and managed to stay within three points of their opponents for the second quarter.  Joanne Riordan was doing well in drawing the fouls and making scores from the free throw line as was Reidin O’Loughlin and Eileen O’ Connor but they trailed by 19 points at half time.  The sides were neck and neck for the remainder of the game with Galwey Auctioneers taking the third quarter and fourth quarters by a point but time was not on their side and although the sides seemed evenly matched from the second quarter in, it was during the first period that the damage had been done and the gap proved to big to close.

Galwey Auctioneers:Noelle Scanlon 17, Una O’Mahony 14, Eileen O’Connor 13.

Sligo All Stars: Kelly Johnson 27, Loraine Dolan 16, Lisa McGill 15.

 

Final Score: Galwey Auctioneers 91  U.L. 37

Runaway victory for Auctioneers

24-03-2008

Galwey Auctioneers had a comprehensive win over U.L. Aughinish in their final game of the Southern Conference at the weekend.

The Castleisland girls led by six points at the end of the first quarter.  Their lead had increased to 31 points by half time with all nine players who had travelled to Limerick registering scores at this point it was evident that U.L. were not strong enough to make a comeback.  St Mary’s went on to net 19 points in each of the final two quarters while holding U.L. to just 15 points in total in the second half. 

Galwey Auctioneers: Una O’Mahony 17, Dara Barrett 17, Réidin O’Loughlin 13, Noelle Scanlon 12, Eileen O’Connor 10, Mags Daly 9, Máire Walsh 8, Alma O’Mahony 3, Tracey Hartnett 2.

U.L. Aughinish: A. O’Keefe 9, K. Murphy 7, S. Nihill 7, M. Deegan 5, C. Casey 5 and Louise Mulcahy 4.

Final Score:  Galwey Auctioneers 89 The Knights 65

Auctioneers disarm The Knights.

16-02-2008

Another terrific performance sealed victory for St. Mary’s Galwey Auctioneers in what was their second last game of the Southern conference at the weekend.  The home side opened with a three from Eileen O’Connor. Una O’Mahony followed with a quick steal and basket and Maire Walsh added three putting St. Mary’s ahead eight nil inside the first two minutes of the game.  A time out by Tipperary set Edel Maher up for The Knights first score of the game. The home side had two consecutive turnovers allowing Knights to register another two points. A foul and a turnover cost the homeside and Knights had leveled midway through the quarter but St. Mary’s got back on track, Una O’Mahony playing brilliantly up top as was Eileen O’Connor while Reidín O’Loughlin was winning everything under the boards. The home side held a 20 to 16 lead at the end of the first quarter.

Reidin O’Loughlin opened for St. Mary’s making two consecutive baskets.  Mags Bourke netted Tipperary’s second three for the game but Mags Daly set up two fast breaks for Una O’Mahony who was good for scores on both occasions. St. Mary’s now led 30 to 19 with five minutes left in the quarter.  Edel Maher made a two for The Knights, it was their first score in six minutes.  Edel Maher was outstanding for The Knights throughout the game. The sides exchanged scores for the remainder of the quarter and Galwey Auctioneers held an 11 point lead at half time.

The Knights started well in the third quarter and had leveled mid way through but from here in St. Mary’s got back into the game, scores from Mags Daly , Joanne Riordan, who had a great game and Noelle Scanlon put the home team ahead by eight as the teams entered the final ten minutes.

The first 14 points of the final quarter came from Galwey Auctioneers who were playing extremely well as a team. Edel Maher made a three for Knights mid way through and along with Sharon Hayes and Elaine O’Dwyer the Tipp side managed 19 points for the remainder of the quarter but they were no match for Galwey Auctioneers who totaled 39 for the quarter and won by 24 on the final buzzer.

Galwey Auctioneers: Una O’Mahony 18, Eileen O’Connor 14, Joanne Riordan 14, Tracey O’Sullivan 11, Reidin O’Loughlin 9, Dara Barrett 7, Tracey Hartnett 5, Noelle Scanlon 4, Máire Walsh 3, Mags Daly 2, Alma O’Mahony 2. 

The Knights:  Edel Maher 29, Mags Bourke 15, Elaine O’Dwyer 10, Sharon Hayes 7, Teresa Cleary 4,

 

Final Score: Galwey Auctioneers 61 Glanmire 60

Important win for Galwey Auctioneers.

09-02-2008

With just two games to play in the Southern conference, Galwey Auctioneers are now in a good position to qualify for the National Quarter final following a win over Glanmire at the weekend.

The St. Mary’s side had brilliant first quarter netting 22 point to their opponents 13. Una O’Mahony was responsible for nine of these while Eileen O’Connor took credit for eight.

Glanmire had a better second quarter and reduced the gap to seven by half time but St. Mary’s maintained the upper hand throughout. Galwey Auctioneers whose scoring was spread throughout all team members won the third quarter by three points leaving the score at 42 to 53 in favour of the Castleisland girls as the sides entered the final quarter.

The game changed dramatically during the final period. Glanmire, who had pressed on and off during the first three quarters got the better of their opponents, The Cork side intercepted several of St. Mary’s passes and held their opponents to just eight points for the quarter. Glanmire levelled with just a minute remaining but Noelle Scanlon was fouled and awarded two free throws with less than 30 seconds to play. She missed the first but made the second putting her side up a point. 

Following a Glanmire inbound a jump ball gave possession to Galwey Auctioneers, a timeout was called by coach Ger Tarrant whose expertise led to the St. Mary’s side holding possession as the clock ran out. St. Mary’s took the game by one. Una O’Mahony had an outstanding game for St. Mary’s but overall it was a great team performance.

Galwey Auctioneers: Una O’Mahony 18, Eileen O’Connor 14, Noelle Scanlon 9, Joanne Riordan 9, Mags Daly 5, Reidin O’Loughlin 3, Marie Walsh 3.
Glanmire:Marie White, Amy Stewart 9, Louise O’Regan 8, Lisa O’Sullivan 8, Hersey Sexton 8, Andrea Christopher 5, Emma Gallagher 5, Lauren Dennehy 3.

On Saturday next February 16th, Galwey Auctioneers play The Knights at 6.15pm, this will be followed 8.15 by Team Garvey’s who play AOL Waterford.

Final Score: Galwey Auctioneers 61 Singletons SV Donoughmore 72

Auctioneers put Cup winners under pressure:

02-02-2008

St. Mary’s Galwey Auctioneers gave their best performance of the season when they met Cup winners Singletons Super Valu Donoughmore in Castleisland on Saturday last. 

The home side had a great start with the scoring spread between six players, Eileen O'Connor and Noelle Scanlon were working hard for the home side, for Donoughmore it was American Rachel Vanderval who made 11 of their 17 points but it was St. Mary’s who led 20 points to 17 at the end of the first quarter.
 
Donoughmore outscored the home side by just three points in the second quarter.  Both Reidín O’Loughlin and Dara Barrett were winning a lot of ball under the boards for Galwey Auctioneers. Again it was Vanderval who was most impressive for the Cork side netting 10 of their 16 while Liz Kellleher made two threes. Noelle Scanlon,
Maire Walsh, Tracey O'Sullivan and Dara Barrett kept the home side in touch.  The sides were level at 33 points a piece at half time.

Fiona Lynch went on a scoring spree for Donoughmore during the third quarter but Máire Walsh was good for two two's and a three to help keep her side in the game.  Donoughmore led at the end of the quarter by six points.
 
Donoughmore once again outscored the home time during the final quarter, while Eileen O'Connor and Noelle Scanlon fought hard and won a lot of ball but a spread of scores from a fitter Donoughmore side saw them creep ahead to win by 11.  Una O’Mahony, Máire Walsh, Eileen O’Connor, Joanne Riordan and Dara Barrett and had fought hard throughout and made vital scores but with Vanderval making 29 points on the night the task was near impossible.
 
Final Score: 61 Galwey Auctioneers 72 Singletons SV Donoughmore

Galwey Auctioneers: Máire Walsh 16, Noelle Scanlon 11, Dara Barrett 9, Eileen O'Connor 8, Una O’Mahony 5, Miriam Leane 4, Tracey O’Sullivan 3, Joanne Riordan 2, Reidin O’Loughlin 1.
Singletons Super Valu Donoughmore: Rachel Vanderval 29, Fiona Lynch 14, Mary. White 8, Liz Kelleher 6, Mai O’Leary 5,  Kathryn Canty 4, A. Codd, D. Leahy & N. O’Donovan 2 each.
 


 Final Score: Galwey Auctioneers: 51  U.L. Aughinish 43

Good start to the new year

19-1-2008

St. Mary’s Galwey Auctioneers had an eight point win over U.L. Aughinish on Saturday last. 

Both sides registered their first scores from the free throw line, Noelle Scanlon making two for St. Mary’s while Caroline Grey made both of hers for U.L.  Noelle Scanlon went on to add six to more before the end of the quarter and along with scores from Reidin O’Loughlin, Una O’Mahony and Joanne Riordan they held a 17 to 12 lead at the end of the quarter.

A three and a two from Brenda Riordan contributed to U.L. clawing their way back in the second quarter.  Accuracy from the free throw line by Louise Mulcahy added to their tally and while Noelle Scanlon was still making the scores for the home side it was U.L. who won the qurter by a point leaving the half time score at 25 to 21 in favor of Galwey Auctioneers.

Noelle Scanon went on a scoring spree once again in the third quarter netting 11 of her sides 15 points while Brenda Riordan made five of U.L’s 10 Niamh O’Meara and Sinead Nihill contributing five between them.

Galwey Auctioneers held a nine point lead as the sides entered the final quarter. Eileen O’Connor was playing well for the home team but finding it hard to finish.

The side were closely matched in this final quarter. Miriam Leane registered scores from the free throw line while Una O’Mahony, Dara Barrett and Eileen O’Connor all contributed from play. Caroline Grey did well for U.L. making 10 of their 12 for the quarter and outscoring St. Mary’s by a point however the win went to Galwey Auctioneers who despite having the edge on their opponents throughout the game the home side had several misses during the forty minutes and were capable of a bigger win on the night.

Galwey Auctioneers: Noelle Scanlon 23, Eileen O’Connor 6, Reidin O’Loughlin 6, Dara Barrett 6, Una O’Mahony 4, Miriam Leane 3, Joanne Riordan 3. 

U.L. Aughinish: Brenda Riordan 18, Caroline Grey 12, Sinead Nihill 6, Louise Mulcahy 3, Niamh O’Meara 3, Karen Murphy 1.

 

Final Score: Galwey Auctioneers 30    Mustang Sally’s St. Paul’s 74.

Mustangs hold top spot for Christmas.

01-12-2007

Despite having home advantage, Galwey Auctioneers had no answer to local rivals St. Paul’s when the sides met for the second time this season in Castleisland on Saturday night.  The home side rebounded well during the early stages and made several fast breaks but found it near impossible to hit their target and making only seven points in the first quarter compared to 19 from the Killarney girls, eight of which came from Muirossa Galwey.

St. Mary’s made several bad passes which were intercepted by Paul’s during the second quarter.  Again Mustangs were extremely accurate in their shooting and by half time the visitors held a 39 to 18 point lead. A combination of good defense and well calculated shots saw Killarney widen the gap as the game progressed. St. Mary’s had several unluckly shot attempts as the final quarter progressed but they failed to win rebound overall their pace slowed.  Eileen O’Connor stood out for Galwey Auctioneers but on the night the win went to a strong and deserving Mustang Sally’s St. Paul’s who top the league table.

Galwey Auctioneers: Eileen O’Connor 12, Chirstina Fleming 8, Mags Daly 4, Una O’Mahony 3, Alma O’Mahony 1, Máire Walsh 1, Reidin O’Loughlin 1.

Mustang Sally’s St. Paul’s: Mairead Finnegan 18, Caitriona O’Connell 17, Muirossa Galwey 16, Lynn Jones 8, Emer Buckley 7, Cassandra Buckley 4, Sinead O’Connell 2, Mags Cronin 2.

Final score: Galwey Auctioneers  66   The Knights  52

Auctioneers conquer the Knights 

01-12-2007

A vital win was secured by Galwey Auctioneers on Sunday in Tipperary. St. Mary’s started strong and defended well securing 12 points to The Knights three in the first quarter.

Although The Knights stepped up in the second quarter and outscored Galwey Auctioneers by four points, Castleisland maintained their lead. Dara Barrett who is just back from injury was very strong inside for St. Mary’s.

The third quarter saw St. Mary’s score a massive 24 points giving them a 12 point lead as they entered the final quarter during which they sealed a victory by 14 points.

St. Mary’s Galwey Auctioneers: Dara Barrett 18, Noelle Scanlon 10,  Una O’Mahony 8, Maire Walsh 8, EileenO’Connor 7, Mags Daly 7, Joanne Riordan 4, Reidin O’Loughlin 2, Alma O’Mahony 2

The Knights: M Burke 11, A Staunton 11, A.O’Dwyer 9, E. Maher 8, C. O’Connan 8, A O’Brien 3, E. O’Dwyer 2.

Galwey Auctioneers play at home on December 15th when they meet Mustang St.Paul’s, tip off is at 6.15, this game is a double header as team Garvey’s will meet AOL Waterford at 8.15pm

 

Final Score: Galwey Auctioneers 68 Glanmire 51 

Home win for St. Mary’s.

10-11-2007

 St. Mary’s Galwey Auctioneers secured their first win of the season at the weekend.  Having had unsuccessful bids in both of their first two league games, which were played away this win on home ground was much needed. 

Miriam Leane who made her home debut netted the first score of the game this was followed by a series of scores from Dara Barrett, Mags Daly and Joanne Riordan. While Laura Fitzpatrick and Lisa O’Sullivan were doing well for Glanmire overall the Cork side were sloppy in their passing and had several turnovers in this first quarter, which ended with St. Mary’s holding an eight-point lead.

The home team lost some ground in the second quarter. They attempted several outside shots but failed to find their target while Rachel Foley Lauren Dennehy and Amy Stewart joined Fitzpatrick and O’Sullivan to take Glanmire into a two-point lead at half time. 

The third quarter was closely contested with Galwey Auctioneers outscoring Glanmire by a single point. Christina Fleming and Máire Walsh both made threes for the home side while Emma Gallagher and Lauren Dennehy responded for Glanmire. Dara Barrett continued to be a threat having her best game of the season to date while Eileen O’Connor and Mags Daly worked hard to win ball.

The scoreboard read 45 point to 46 in favour of Glanmire as the sides entered the final quarter.  Glanmire got into foul trouble in the very early stages and St. Mary’s were as accurate from the free throw line as they were from play. Glanmire netted just a single point in the first seven minutes of the game and had several turnovers; they trailed by 12 points with just over three minutes remaining. In the final three minutes they added a single basket from play and three from the free throw line while the home side added nine more points to give them a 68 to 52 win.

Galwey Auctioneers: Dara Barrett 22, Máire Walsh 11, Christina Fleming 8, Joanne Riordan 8, Eileen O’Connor 6, Mags Daly 6, Miriam Leane 2, Reidin O’Loughlin 2, Una O’Mahony 2, Tracey O’Sullivan 1.

Glanmire: Laura Fitzpatrick 12, Lauren Dennehy 8, Lisa O’Sullivan 8, Emma Gallagher 6, Rachel Foley 4, Andrea Christopher 4, Amy Stewart 3, Hansey Sexton 2, Maria White 2, Aimee O’Riordan 2.

 

Final Score: Donoughmore 81 Galwey Auctioneers 35 

Second league loss for St. Mary’s.

03-11-2007

St. Mary’s Galwey Auctioneers suffered their second league loss of the season in an away game to Donoughmore at the weekend.  The Castleisland side got off to a bad start trailing by 18 points at the end of the first quarter and from here in they were trying to bridge that gap.  Donoughmore’s Rachel Vanderval was outstanding netting 30 points in total.  The Cork side further increased their lead in the second quarter and by half time the gap had stretched to 30.  St. Mary’s downfall seemed to be that they failed to rebound offensively.  Noelle Scanlon was best for Galwey Auctioneers on the night and Danielle McLoughlin gave an impressive performance in her debut game.

St. Mary’s: Noelle Scanlon 10, Eileen O’Connor 6, Mags Daly 5, Dara Barrett 4, Alma O’Mahony 3, Reidin O’Loughlin 3, Christina Fleming 2, Tracey O’Sullivan 2.

Galwey Auctioneers play at home on Saturday next, November 11th. They meet Glanmire and tip off is at 8.15pm.

Final Score: Corrib 75 Galwey Auctioneers 57  

Galwey Auctioneers exit Cup.  

20-10-2007

Galwey Auctioneers were unsuccessful in their Cup game.  The girls were away to Corrib.  The pace of the game was fast from the tip, Corrib has a great start getting most of their scores from inside and taking a nine point lead in the first quarter. St. Mary’s switched to zone in the second quarter and this work well defensively.  

This was the only one of the four quarters in which they managed to outscore their opponents. Corrib pulled marginally away in both of the final quarters, foul trouble cost St. Mary’s in the final quarter as Corrib made 11 of their 21 points for the quarter from the free throw line adding to their lead and taking the game by 18 points.  Eileen O’Connor was best for St. Mary’s netting 23 of their 57 points scored.

Final Score: Corrib 75 Galwey Auctioneers 57  

Galwey Auctioneers: Eileen O’Connor 23, Noelle Scanlon 10, Tracey Hartnett 7, Dara Barrett 7, Mags Daly 4, Joanne Riordan 2.

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In the ladies section St. Mary’s have announced that Galwey Auctioneers will remain as main sponsor for the fifth consecutive season.

Listowel native Ger Tarrant has been brought on board as head coach for the ladies team.  Tarrant is a former junior and senior National coach as well as being head coach for the Colleges & Universities some years ago and will be a great asset to the club.

New faces on the squad will include Listowels Joanne Riordan while club junior players Miriam Leane and Danielle McLoughlin will make their first National League appearance. 

First game for Galwey Auctioneers will be against local rivals St. Paul’s on Saturday October 13th in Killarney.