Cavan and holders Down will contest this year’s intermediate decider on Sunday in O'Neills Healy Park Omagh at 3:30. Cavan are riding high at the moment. They had a brilliant league campaign winning 6 of their 7 games and securing the Division 3 title with a 2-10 to 0-9 win over Wexford. One of their six victories was against Down however this was back in round two in early February. A fortnight ago, the Breffni side played Monaghan in the TG4 Ulster semi-final, and one couldn’t help but be impressed by them. After a slow start where they missed a penalty, they found their rhythm and went on to win by 4 points. Captain Shauna Lynch was awesome at centre back and kick started their revival with a goal. Upfront they were immense. Lauren Mc Veety fired over 5 points and corner forward Aisling Gilsenan contributed 1-7. While only scoring a point, the highly experienced Aishling Sheridan caused all sorts of problems with her intelligent runs. Cavan blew Monaghan away and finished the last quarter of the game with nine (1-8) unanswered scores. Down have also been in fine form and have a fitness level to match any team in the country. Their league campaign was reasonable winning four, drawing one and losing two. One of their defeats as mentioned earlier was a 13 loss to Cavan however that was 13 weeks ago and is long since forgot about.
The Mourne girls are the holders and will not want to surrender that title. In the semi final they played Tyrone who had operated in Division 1 of the league and were favourites ahead of the game. While Down trailed by three points at the break, the match finished level however in extra time Down won it, 2-10 to 1-12. The hero on the day was Eimear Fitzpatrick. The Burren star hit 1-5 including the winning point. Substitute Shanna Fettes also scored an important goal while in midfield former captain Megan Doherty was immense. Down have a very experienced team with most of last years winning side still involved.
