Young Dubs overcome their nerves and Kildare ...
- Mar 05,2012
The young Dublin U14 girls commenced the U14 Leinster Championship with a comprehensive win over Kildare in O'Tooles GAA Club last Saturday afternoon. The girls in blue were understandably a little nervous prior to the start of the game but the nerves quickly disappeared as they entertained their supporters and the Dublin U16 ladies team with some fine fast flowing scores from play.
To date Dublin have played challenge games against Waterford and Galway and they dominated the first half of the Kildare encounter, claiming the majority of possession and leading at half time by 4-4 to no score.
It is a credit to the current management team that all 29 players available made a contribution to the game and 9 of those players made a contribution to the scoreboard to secure a final score of 7-5 to 0-4 in favour of Dublin.
It wasn't a magnificent game but the Dubs have the opportunity to attend a couple of mid-week training sessions to develop their skills before they travel to Wexford on March 23 to compete in the second round of the Leinster campaign.
On behalf of DLGFA we extend a special word of thanks to Rhonda and her colleagues in O'Tooles for the hospitality shown to both teams on Saturday and in addition we wish a speedy recovery to the talented Kildare midfielder who required medical attention in the first half.
Report Paul Nolan (Team Selector)
Images from the game can be viewed on GAApics.com