Swilly Rovers overcame Bonagee United in comprehensive fashion to win the Donegal Women’s League Under-16 Plate on Wednesday evening in Leckview Park.
Swilly Rovers 6 Bonagee United 0
Paula Irwin’s team ran out comfortable victors against a battling Bonagee, who never gave up.
Swilly had the game to bed with a flurry of first-half goals.
Catherine Grier showed her quality when she curled in the opening goal straight from a corner in the early moments.
Soon after, Swilly doubled the lead when Chloe Kerr fired home.
From another Grier corner, Swilly made it 3-0 as Orla Connolly headed to the net.
Connolly had the game out of reach for Bonagee with a well-taken fourth goal while an unfortunate Bonagee defender put through her own goal just before half-time.
Bonagee never stopped with Caoimhe Kelly, Rachel McCarron and Shannon Doherty – all of whom have experience of the senior set-up at Dry Arch Park this year – woking hard, while Kathryn Patton and Colleen Hume helped take the fight to Swilly in the second half.
Bonagee held firm, with Mary Rose Gallagher among their best performers throughout, but a second own goal added to their woe in the second half.
Donegal Women’s League Chairman Dessie Kelly – who had worked tirelessly on readying a flooded Leckview for the game with hours of work all afternoon – presented Swilly Rovers captain Aisling Irwin with the Shield.
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