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The replay was set for the Athletic Grounds on 13 August and Fermanagh were in bonus territory coming into that game. Antrim were too strong on this occasion and they claimed a big 3-15 to 0-11 success in the sun. Smyth and Bogue combined for 0-9 but Fermanagh missed out on the opportunity to bounce right back. Nevertheless, when the TG4 Junior Players' Player of the Year Award nominations came out, Fermanagh had two of the three involved, with Bogue and Smyth competing against Cathy Carey. And Bogue's stunning year was enough to seal her place in the history books after she picked up the prize at the Bonnington Hotel in Dublin. "It's nice to get a personal award, I really wasn't expecting it at all," said Bogue. "We were chatting to the ones at the table and the name was called out and we were like: 'Oh'. But it was great to get an award. As a team, it didn't happen for us but hopefully next season it will come good." Bogue was named the junior winner on the same day that her Fermanagh teammate and fellow sharpshooting forward, Smyth, was in action for Derrygonnelly in London. The Fermanagh club beat Round Towers 4-13 to 1-8 in the currrentaccount.ie All-Ireland Intermediate Club Championship quarter-final, and Smyth scored 2-9, another phenomenal personal haul. "It's brilliant to see. At the end of the day they are representing Fermanagh, they are representing Ulster," said Bogue. "It is great to see the likes of Eimear sticking in goals, doing what Eimear does. "She is brilliant, you can always rely on Eimear to get some scores. It's brilliant to watch." 56 | WINTER 2022 / JANUARY 2023 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie PLAYER FOCUS "WE WERE CHATTING TO THE ONES AT THE TABLE AND THE NAME WAS CALLED OUT AND WE WERE LIKE: 'OH'. BUT IT WAS GREAT TO GET AN AWARD. "AS A TEAM, IT DIDN'T HAPPEN FOR US BUT HOPEFULLY NEXT SEASON IT WILL COME GOOD." Above: TG4 Intermediate Players Player of the Year Mo Nerney of Laois, left, TG4 Senior Players' Player of the Year Niamh McLaughlin of Donegal, centre, and TG4 Junior Players Player of the Year Bláithín Bogue of Fermanagh during the TG4 All-Ireland Ladies Football All Stars Awards banquet.