04 May 2010
Report, images & results courtesy of Paul Holland & Mark Scanlon
HAT-TRICK OF SUCCESS FOR THREE MEATH SCHOOLS
At the North Leinster Finals of the FAI Schools 5-a-side, it was Meath schools who dominated at the MDL grounds in Navan on Wednesday last (28 April). The boys’ teams from Boyerstown NS, Cannistown & Dunboyne made it a hat-trick of success for the Royal County when overcoming their counterparts from Louth, Longford and Westmeath and thus advancing to the Leinster Finals on 19th May at the same venue. Meanwhile two Mullingar schools Loughegar and Gaelslcoil an Mhuilinn advanced in the two sections for girls.
SECTION B BOYS (MEDIUM SIZED SCHOOLS) Cannistown NS (Navan) advanced from Section B Boys after firstly overcoming the challenge of Dean Kelly NS (Athlone) by 4-2. Keeper Marcus Mc Donagh was in sparkling form and Liam Murphy excelled with a hat-trick in the hard-fought encounter. The second game saw midfielders Robbie Cunningham and Mike O’Reilly score the crucial goals in a decisive 2-0 victory over Melview (Longford).
CANNISTOWN: 1. Marcus McDonagh, 2. Robbie Cunningham, 3. Liam Murphy, 4. Ben McEnteggart, 5. Jack Connerty, 6. Kenneth Garbutt 7. Dermot McKenna, 8. Mike O’Reilly
SECTION A BOYS (SMALL SCHOOLS) The boys from Boyerstown were particularly impressive in their first two games when they ousted their counterparts from Longford and Westmeath. Darren Reilly and Christian Lawless were magnificent in defence for Cathal O’ Bric’s charges while keeper Conor Rattigan pulled off some crucial saves in the wins over Baylin (Athlone) by 7-4 and Abbeylara (Longford) by 5-0 in which Tadhg Ratty, Ronan Clynch & Ronan Casserly excelled. The deciding game against Bellurgan (Louth) proved to be one of the games of the day with the Royals pipping the Dundalk school by 4-3.Top scorers for Boyerstown with 7 goals each were Christian Byrne and Darren Kavanagh.
BOYERSTOWN: 1. Conor Rattigan, 2. Darren Reilly, 3. Christian Lawless, 4.Tadhg Ratty 5. Christian Byrne, 6. Darren Kavanagh, 7. Ronan Clynch, 8. Ronan Casserly
SECTION C BOYS (LARGE SCHOOLS): A skilfulDunboyne team advanced to the Provincial decider but only after a nail-biting last-minute win over a gallant St. Joseph’s CBS Drogheda. Dunboyne had started off with a convincing 3-0 win over Westmeath Champions St. Mary’s Mullingar. Eoghan Dunne and top scorer Conor Keeley scored some superb goals with the South Meath school cruising past Edgewordstown with a 6-0 win. Stand-in keeper Conor Hughes and Captain David McEntee were magnificent throughout. The final was a fitting finale to a hugely entertaining competition with Dunboyne racing into a 2-0 lead before Gerard Harding from Drogheda inspired a remarkable comeback with two superb goals. The Louth Champions would have advanced with a superior goal difference only for a deflected header from Conor Keeley to put Dunboyne through in the dying seconds of the game. Seán Bannon and Luke Cormican were others to the fore for the Louth School.
DUNBOYNE: 1. Conor Hughes 2. David McEntee 3. Eoghan Dunne 4. Conor Keeley 5. Jack Cox 6. Cian O’Dwyer 7. Cian Ryan 8. Scott Crawford.
St. Joseph's CBS Drogheda “A”: 1. Luke Cormican, 2. Gerard Harding, 3. Jamie Kelly, 4. Seán Bannon, 5. Jordan Tan, 6. Daryl McDonagh, 7. Ciaran Walsh, 8. Ross Finglas.
SECTION A GIRLS Loughegar managed by Patrick Reilly and with huge support on the day, won all 3 games beating Yellow Furze (Meath) by 2-1, Lordship (Louth) by 4-0 and Ardagh (Longford) by 3-0.
Loughegar NS: Jennifer Smyth, Katie Heffernan, Hannah McGrath, Chloe Skerry. Olivia Kelleghan, Rebecca Croash, Shuana McGrath, Stephaine Tansey
Teacher/Coach: Sarah Loughray/Paddy Reilly
SECTION B GIRLS Gaelscoil an Mhuillinn from Mullingar topped the Girls Section for Large Schools after defeating Dundalk school Réalt na Mara by 5-2 and pipping Newtownforbes by 2-1.Lucy Nic Artáin, Lauren Nic Cormaqic, Michaella Ní Dhuinn, Rebecca Nic Aogáin & Sabina Nic Lochlainn were outstanding throughout. However the same girls are prominent players on the school’s Gaelic Football team that play in the County Final on the same day as the Leinster Finals. As the school have opted to choose the Gaelic Football final it is Longford’s Newtownforbes NS managed by Louise Tully, that will represent the region in the Provincial decider.
Gaelscoil an Mhuillinn: Sabina Nic Lochlainn, Michaella Ni Dhuinn, Lucy Nic Artain, Rebecca Nic Aogain, Lauren Nic Cormaic, Rebecca Ni Lorua
Teacher/Coach: Dara Feiritear
NORTH LEINSTER FINALS RESULTS
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