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Urgent appeal for return of Trophies!!
October 10, 2011
Return of Cups / Shields!The Dublin LGFA is appealing to all competitions winners from last season and indeed previous seasons to return the cups and shields presented to them at the next County Board meeting, on Tuesday the 18th of October, meeting commences @ 7.30pm.Juvenile competitions are drawing to a close within the next few weeks with championship and shield finals pencilled in the 5/6th of November therefore it is vital that the County Board has trophies to present to the winning teams...
TESCO / Evening Herlad Club of the Month announced..
October 05, 2011
Castleknock are the TESCO / Evening Herald Ladies Football Club of the Month for September.Castleknock was established back in 1998 and have 253 females playing football and are currently fielding one adult team and 12 juvenile teams. Castleknock also have a strong girls nursery where 60 girls aged between 6-8 years are being coached the skills of Gaelic football.The club who are only 13 years in existence are moving from strength to strength in all codes with success at juvenile level now comi..
FoxRock Cabinteely magnificent at 7s
October 01, 2011
Foxrock-cabinteely win the All-ireland 7s senior shieldAll Ireland Senior 7s tournament Naomh Mearnog Gaa Club Saturday September 24th 2011.Hot on the heals from their narrow defeat to the Laois champions Sarsfields the previous Saturday, the Foxrock Cabinteely senior 7s squad set off bright and early for Portmarnock last Saturday morning, as the first group game was scheduled to throw in at 10.00 sharp.Aodh Ruadh from Tyrone put it up to the girls from the off with sharp attacking football acco..
OTooles win their first Adult Trophy
September 29, 2011
OTooles 5-7Ranelagh Gaels 2-13Tesco Junior D Championship finalThe Dublin ladies football championship season saved some of the best to last as an incredibly youthful OTooles claimed the final county title in style, denying Ranelagh Gaels back-to-back successes.The Gaels were E championship winners in 2010 and looked to have the edge in experience over a wholly teenage OTooles side whose major final experience, for the most part, was confined to a recent U-16 B shield success.But the fearlessnes..
Dublin Clubs fly the flag for the capital !!
September 27, 2011
All three Dublin club champions are in action this coming weekend in the quarter finals of the TESCO Leinster club championships.On Saturday Dublin senior champions Na Fianna will travel to Emmet Park to take on Longford champions Killoe. Killoe will be hoping that Captain Edel Quinn and Longford star Mary Kiernan will show the form that they displayed in their County final win over Ballymore. However Na Fianna has a wealth of experience and talent amongst their ranks and will look to the likes..
Landmark victory for Castleknock, Tesco Junior B Champs 2011
September 22, 2011
Castleknock 1-10St Jude’s 2-2Tesco Junior B Championship finalCASTLEKNOCK claimed their first ever adult championship title in Balreesk on Wednesday night as their young charges denied St Jude’s a treble as a string of well-worked, second half points saw them pull clear of a gritty opponent.Goals early in each half did make Jude’s serious contenders but, in the face of a superb defensive effort from Grainne O’Brien and skipper Louise Mahony, it..
Templeogue hold on, despite Crumlin fightback to claim Champions
September 22, 2011
Templeogue Synge Street 3-10Crumlin 2-7Tesco Junior E Championship finalOn a night of firsts at Balreesk, Templeogue Synge Street claimed their maiden Dublin county championship title on Wednesday night in a topsy-turvy thriller against a Crumlin side who were playing in the first of two finals this week.Leanne Dicker proved the heroine with an immense hat-trick on an evening when goal chances came thick and fast with both goalkeepers – Synger’s Gabrielle Ruane and Crum..
Brave Finians, pipped at final whistle in Junior C Final
September 17, 2011
St Brigid’s 1-13St Finian’s, Newcastle 1-10After extra-timeTesco Junior C Championship finalInseparable for 82 minutes, Fiona Clifford’s last-gasp 35-metre free caught a wicked trajectory to nestle in the back of the net and finally end this classic slugging match in St Brigid’s favour, denying St Finians, Newcastle a first championship win in Saggart on Friday night.It capped the Russell Park side’s second comeback from the dead a..
Syls are crowned Junior Champs for 2011
September 08, 2011
St Sylvesters 6-9St Maurs 4-6Tesco Junior A Championship finalLiving up to the 2010 Junior A final epic was always going to take some going but the 2011 vintage is likely to live on just as long in the memory as Fingal neighbours St Sylvesters and St Maurs served up a shoot-out for the ages.Having fallen 7-9 to 5-9 a year ago to Raheny, the Malahide women came back with a vengeance, aided by an inspirational 4-6 from Dublin star Sinead Aherne, to over-turn the painful memories in some style.They..
Level 1 - a success in Kilmacud
August 29, 2011
Well done to all the participants who took part in the Level 1 coaching course which took place in Kilmacud Crokes last Saturday.A second level 1 coaching course will take place this coming Saturday in Lucan Sarsfields GAA club from 10am to 6pm. The course fee is just €60.00 while day two of this course will take place on the 8th of October.A FUNdamentals course is also taking place this coming Saturday the venue for this course is Parnells GAA club in Coolock. The course fee is â..