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Division Four Minor champions - Robert Emmets
Robert Emmets are Donegal Division 4 Minor champions after they survived a second half fight-back from Glenfin to hold on for victory on Thursday night.
Robert Emmets . . . 4-05
Glenfin . . . 3-05
On a night when there were three divisional finals taking place, this Division 4 decider served up great entertainment for the big crowd.
The match was played in Castlefinn after Robert Emmets won the toss for venue earlier in the week.
It was the visitors however, who started best and Abigh McMenamin struck the game’s first goal.
But Emmets responded well with points from Abbie McGranaghan and Iona McDaid before McGranaghan found the net after a brilliant team move.
McDaid kicked two more points and suddenly the Robert Emmets lead was out to four, 1-04 to 1-0.
Glenfin were always dangerous in attack and with points from Aibhe Ward and Jamie-Lee McMahon they kept in touch.
But Robert Emmets showed their quality before the break scoring two goals through Aoife Tinney and Abbie McGranaghan to lead at half-time by 3-04 to 1-03.
Glenfin came out fighting in the second half with scores from McMahon, Brenda Carr and a goal from Aibhe Ward.
Rebecca McColgan scored a good point for Emmets to put them 3-05 to 2-05 ahead.And when the same player found the net from a free, the lead was out to six with time running out.
Lauren Carroll scored a third goal for Glenfin before the end but despite four minutes of injury time, Glenfin were unable to find an equalising goal and it was Robert Emmets who celebrated a brilliant win on the final whistle.
Robert Emmets scorers: Abbie McGranaghan 2-1, Rebecca McColgan 1-1, Iona mcDaid 0-3, Aoife Tinney 0-1
Glenfin scorers: Lauren Carroll 1-0, Abigh McMenamin 1-0, Aibhe Ward 1-2, Jamie-Lee Mcmahon 0-2, Brenda Carr 0-1
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