In the Women’s Development League Tralee Warriors won 53-34 away to St. Paul's Killarney.
End Q1 - St. Paul’s Killarney 5 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 22
HT - St. Paul’s Killarney 14 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 36
End Q3 - St. Paul’s Killarney 22 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 47
Alan Cantwell reports
FT Score St. Paul’s Killarney 34 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 53
Garvey’s Tralee Warriors Women got their 2025/2026 BIDL campaign off to a great start with a decisive 53-34 in over local rivals St.Paul’s Killarney at Kilcummin National School on Saturday.
The opening quarter set the tone for the game with the Warriors launching an offensive blitz on the hosts board to build a 22-5 lead by quarter time. A hat trick of three pointers from Aisling Counihan, Priya O’Donovan and Mary Kate Smith saw the visitors build a 9-4 lead early with Jade Potts twice on the mark for St. Paul’s. The Warriors then added 13 unanswered points to spread the game with a score from Kelly Fitzgerald, Priya O’Donavan with 4 points and Louise Galvin with 7 combining effectively to see the Warriors lead 22-5 at quarter time.
A double from Emily Flynn early in the second was quickly added to by a score from either side of the arc from Priya O’Donovan to put the Tralee side 31-9 up. Jade Potts and Liadh Tobin cut the advantage back to 18 for Paul’s but Orla O’Mahony followed O’Donovan’s lead with a major and minor effort to see the Warriors lead 36-14 at half time.
Meábh Barry opened her account with a basket early in the third and by the time Orla O’Mahony had added a hat trick of scores the contest was effectively settled with the gap blown out to 31. Jade Potts again was the score getter for the Killarney side with a double and despite a score each from Ciara Moynihan and Ava Sheahan, St. Paul’s were still chasing a 47-22 deficit going into the final quarter.
To St. Paul’s credit they finished the game with a 12-6 final quarter with Amanda Brosnan impressively bagging 7 points and Mags Cronin chipping in with a three. However at the other end Emily Flynn, Mary Kate Smith and Louise Galvin capped a dominant display by the Warriors to see out the win by 53-34 in the end.
Scores:
St. Paul’s: Jade Potts 14. Amanda Brosnan 7 and Siobhan Burn 4
Warriors: Priya O’Donovan 15, Orla O’Mahony 11 and Louise Galvin 9
Next up for Warriors is a home date with their other Kerry rivals St. Mary’s Castleisand in Mounthawk Gym on Friday 7th November with tip off at 8.00pm.
Warriors Women Team Photo caption:
Back L to R: Louise Galvin, Aisling Counihan, Mary Kate Smith, Anna O'Sullivan, Emily Flynn, Priya O'Donovan, Meábh Barry
Front L to R: Kelly Fitzgerald, Gracie O'Sullivan, Rachel Creedon, Orla O'Mahony, Niamh Ní Chonchuir
