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34 | SUMMER 2023 | www.ladiesgaelic.ie CLODAGH MCCAMBRIDGE REFLECTS ON THE ARMAGH'S PERFORMANCE IN THE LIDL LEAGUE FINAL. By DAIRE WALSH H aving come away disappointed on her most recent trip to Croke Park, Armagh full-back Clodagh McCambridge was determined that her side's Lidl National Football Division 2 decider against Laois would go down as one to remember. In the equivalent match at GAA HQ a little over 12 months earlier, Armagh came out on the wrong side of a 1-12 to 0-12 scoreline against Kerry. This year however, Armagh ensured that the second-tier title rested in the Orchard County for the first time since 2015. It was a dream start to the action for the Ulster women, who had registered four goals by the ninth minute of the play - including a hat-trick for star forward Aimee Mackin. Although a gallant Laois outfit dug deep to bring the gap back down to three points in the third-quarter, Armagh rallied once again to make it a pleasant outing in north Dublin for McCambridge and her inter-county colleagues. "I think in the past we've probably been a bit inconsistent in our league performances. I think just after the INTERVIEW defeat in the final last year one of the targets was to, yes, hopefully get to a league final, but in order to do that it was to take every game as it comes. We've just been working on trying to get a performance every game and hopefully get a result at the end of that," McCambridge said. "Finals are just for winning. I know we started really well, all those goals going in at the start, but then we probably took our foot off the gas a wee bit. We came out flying, but it was very early on. You always knew they were going to come back and they did. "We knew the second half they had a bit of a wind and they were always going to come out hunting for it. We were just trying to keep things simple and do the right things. Just grateful to get over the line eventually." With the likes of Erone Fitzpatrick, Sarah Anne Fitzgerald and Mo Nerney within the Laois ranks, McCambridge and her fellow backs were always going to be kept on their toes throughout the