Crowning glory for Bandon girls

Margins have been fine in this year’s Munster Senior Schoolgirls Cup, and it took sudden-death penalty strokes to crown Bandon Grammar as the 2012 champions in yesterday’s dramatic decider in Rosbrien.

Despite a glut of penalty corners, neither side could find a breakthrough in a low-key encounter as goalkeepers Muireann Mellett (Bandon) and Eloise Hickey (Crescent) repelled all that came their way.

A high-quality penalty shoot-out followed, with each side missing just once, but Crescent’s Clodagh Moloney — who had scored her earlier flick and had a superb game — saw her stroke brilliantly saved by Mellett.