Douglas Royal had won six of the fourteen finals to date but had been without success in the last half a dozen seasons and had a battle to stay in the game, as Peel twice took the lead.
Vanessa Christian’s opener was cancelled out by Donna Shimmin and although Eleanor Gawne restored the lead, Shimmin replied a second time.
There was no further addition to the score until late on in the game, when Rebecca Cole’s six-minute hat-trick – apparently the fastest ever in the final – proved decisive.
Peel still kept going through and Sarah O’Reilly added an injury-time third for her side.
Photo – Paul Hatton
