Congratulations to our girls football teams who had a very successful outing in the FAI Schools Football competition in Dundalk last Wednesday. Our blue team won all their games, conceding no goals at all and scoring 21 goals. All of the team’s players scored, including 9 goals for Wendy! They have become the first girls team from the school to qualify for the county finals, which will take place later in the year.

Our red team also played fantastically, winning three of their four games, just missing out on joining the blue team in the county finals. Nadine made numerous saves as goalie while Smilte, Ameerah and Martha Katie got stuck in. Melisa was splendid in defence while also managing to score a couple of goals at the other end. Marta, Firdaus and Kate were also in the goals, with Kate scoring the goal of the competition as she dribbled Messi-like between 3 opponents before burying the ball into the corner of the net.

The girls have been practicing hard since January and are rightly very proud of their achievements. Kind thanks to Des and Lisa for their work in preparing and coaching the teams. We wish our blue team the best of luck in the county finals later in the year!