Clogher Valley Women win Suzanne Flemming Cup

CLOGHER Valley Women brought home their first silverware with a fantastic performance at the Kingspan stadium in the Suzanne Fleming Cup defeating Ballymena 65 – 5.

The Valley, still smarting from being beaten by Banbridge in last year’s final, were determined to go one better and win the competition.

From the outset, the Valley showed they were the better side with good interplay between the forwards and the backs.
There was only 4 minutes on the clock when the Valley crossed the line for the first score. The backs cutting through the Ballymena defence created the space for Marie Treanor to score in the corner. The score was doubled 5 minutes later when Shauna O’Hagan scored under the posts, converted by Cloideach Donaghy.

For the next 15 minutes, Ballymena competed well, but the Valley defence was strong and the Antrim side never really looked like scoring. On 25 minutes, the Valley skipper, Katie Hetherington broke through the Ballymena defence to sprint in the remaining 30 meters to score under the posts. The try, converted by Cloideach Donaghy gave Valley a healthy 19-0 lead.

Full coverage in this week's Tyrone Courier.