2025 is an exciting year for St Mary’s Aghagallon as our Senior ladies embark on their first season in ladies’ football. This is something our club has been working towards for a number of years, and we are thrilled with the opportunity for our girls to represent the club at senior level.
Our coaches have dedicated a considerable amount of their time and effort over a number of years coaching our junior ladies and ensuring that they have skills necessary to compete with the best that Antrim has to offer. We entered teams up to U16 level in 2024 and our girls have made significant progress over the last few years. In 2024, we have also established our Gaelic for Mothers & Others (G4MO) team, which was very well supported by the community. This strengthened our belief that there was a healthy appetite for ladies’ football in Aghagallon and with that the decision was made to establish a Senior team for the first time.
Senior training began two weeks ago, and the girls are working incredibly hard to get themselves ready for the season ahead. The coaches are confident that by the start of the season, the skills will be sharpened and the fitness in place to allow us to compete in the league and championship.
The establishment of a Senior LGFA team is a major milestone for the club as we now have senior teams representing the club across 3 different codes (GAA, Camogie & LGFA). We are positive that the girls will make us proud, and we wish them luck on their journey for this year and beyond.
As part of the preparations Fionnuala Murphy the Chairperson of Referee Committee Antrim LGFA was invited to Aghagallon to take a rules workshop with the players and management.
Then the girls had an in-house game to help implement the rules which Fionnuala refereed.
Great to see yet another LGF senior team in Antrim.
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