Goal of the season contender from Snoddy sees off Omagh

Larne's Leigh Snoddy scored the winning goal against Omagh. Photo: Phillip Byrne

The victory means it’s 10 points out of 12 so far this season for the local side.

Omagh began brightly and their early efforts were rewarded when Larne keeper Trish Neill brought down an Omagh forward, giving away a penalty stroke which they made no mistake in converting.

With Larne pressing for an equaliser it was against the run of play that Omagh got their second. An unlucky deflection off a Larne foot in the circle sent the ball flying into the bottom corner of the goal.

However, the home side soon pulled a goal back with Craig smashing the ball into the back of the net from a well-worked penalty-corner. Larne continued to dominate and this time it was Russell who slotted the ball in for the equaliser before the break.

Spurred on, Larne began the second half as they finished the first and, as they continued to press the Omagh team. They and were soon rewarded with another penalty-corner from which Snoddy fired a powerful drag flick into the top corner - a real contender for goal of the season so far.

Omagh started to pile players forward but Rebecca Dalton, who was having an excellent game, made some brave last-ditch tackles.

Larne: T. Neill, G. Russell, R. Beggs, Rebecca Dalton, M. Finlay, G. Rennix, Ruth Dalton (c), C. Holmes, I. Carmichael, K. McIlwaine, L. Craig, L. Snoddy, S. McGookin, N. Kempton, C. McIlwaine.

Zoe Purdy scored both goals as Larne 2nd XI got the better of their North Down counterparts in a 2-0 win in Comber.

Larne: C. Morrow, J. Wilson, P. Crawford, C. Blair, T. Martin (c), Z. Purdy, L. Coburn, A. Snoddy, L. Carroll, C. Greenwood, R. McIlwaine, S. Russell, T. Maguire, S. McGookin, L. Snoddy.

Larne Ladies 3rd XI won 1-0 away to Grosvenor on Friday. Stand-in captain Tracey Martin slotted home a loose ball in the second-half to break the deadlock.

Larne: L. McClelland, J. Wilson, E. Beggs, C. Maguire, T. Maguire, T. Martin (c), C. Blair, L. Coburn, J. Birkett, S. Evans, R. Henry, L. Liddle.

Fixtures (Saturday, October 26): Cookstown v Larne, Larne II v Carrick I (2:30pm); Owls II v Larne III.