De La Salle Reach Quarter Finals of Feile Na nGael 2016

This All Ireland club competition took place over 3 days on Fri 17th, Sat 18th & Sunday 19th June. On day 1 we travelled to play 2 games in Portlaw. At 4pm our first game took place against the recently crowned county B champions Portlaw-Roanmore.

Our girls showed there through form with a great display of camogie running out victorious 4-0 to 2-4. At 545pm we played Four Roads of Roscommon. We never hit the same form as in the earlier game but we battled right to the final whistle losing out 0-1 to 2-4. At the end of day 1 the group standings were 1. Portlaoise 2. Four Roads 3. DLS 4. Portlaw.

Day 2 began with a game against our visiting club Portlaoise who had won there 2 games on the Friday. Our girls showed great spirit throughout this game against good opponents, but came up short at the final whistle 0-1 to 2-4. 

When news filtered through from the other group game that Four Roads had lost there final group game without even scoring unbelievable the calculators had to be taken out. It had been confirmed that we had finished 3rd & were into the Shield Competition, but something didn't sit right at our end (we don't do the soft option).

After an hour of waiting & wondering where to next it was then confirmed after all due to a miscalculation on the scores in the committee room & the "results from the 3rd round games lol" we were now heading to An Rinn after finishing 2nd in the group & qualifying for the Cup Competition. Round 1 results: DLS 4-0 Portlaw-Roanmore 2-4, Portlaoise 2-3 Four Roads 1-0. Round 2 : DLS 0-1 Four Roads 2-4, Portlaw-Roanmore 0-1 Portlaoise 8-2. Round 3 : DLS 0-1 Portlaoise 2-4, Portlaw-Roanmore 7-8 Four Roads 0-0.

We headed down to An Rinn feeling proud having qualified for the 1/4 finals of the Cup Competition knowing we were facing tough opposition in Myshall of Carlow who had won all there 3 group games impressively. Our girls battled hard throughout this game losing out 0-0 to 5-6 at the final whistle. Myshall eventually losing out in the final to Naas 1-3 to 1-1.

Afterwards the girls & family headed back to Gracedieu for the Saturday night entertainment & BBQ.  Many thanks to Kinny, Stewart & Anthony for all the hard work put in with this squad over the last number of months. Many thanks to all the families who hosted the visiting Portlaoise girls who were a credit to themselves, there families & club over the weekend. A big thank you to all the parents, family members & supporters of DLS camogie club for your support in Portlaw, Gracedieu & An Rinn during the girls matches.

A very big thank you also to all the DLS GAA club for everything on the Friday night & all day Saturday in Gracedieu especially Charlotte Brenner & Rose Madigan for all there hard work within the camogie club. Many thanks to Ciara Twomey, Beth Carton, Taylor Healy & Katie O'Keeffe for helping out with the umpiring at Sunday's Div 3 camogie final in Walsh Park.

Finally a massive well done & thank you to our Feile squad of 2016 who conducted themselves superbly over the weekend carrying on a fine tradition from previous Feile squads of 2012, 2014 & 2015 from within our camogie club. Roll on 2017 when we will try do it all over again. ???? 

Panel : Sarah Heery, Clare O'Connell, Lucy O'Donnell, Layla French, Charlotte O'Loughlin, Saoirse Kinsella (capt), Ava Murphy, Sarah Hunt, Holly Ryan, Ella Murphy, Emer McGlynn, Lily McGrath, Ellen Riordan, Caoimhe Mulvaney, Frances Drohan, Sophie Fowler, Jade O'Keeffe, Aoife O'Keeffe, Nicole Power. Absent due to holidays Sharna Cremmin and Zara Nolan. Caitlin Kelly was unavailable due to her participation in the World Karate championships where she performed superbly.
Training:

U-8, 10 & 12 squads on Weds 22nd June @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

U-14, 16, 18, & Intermediate squads on Weds 22nd June @ 7.15pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in.

Fixtures:

U-12 league round 4 on Tues 21th June away v Lismore throw in 7pm.

Results:

The U-12 girls lost at home to Portlaw in round 3 of the league played in Gracedieu on Tues 14th June.

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