Gaelfast Antrim Cup Year 9 LGFA final
St Dominic’s Grammar School v St Killian’s College
St Dominic’s Grammar School won the Year 9 LGFA Gaelfast Cup when they proved too strong for St Killian’s in Wednesday evening’s final at Dunsilly. The Falls Road school put together a highly impressive performance and though St Killian’s battled hard throughout they just could not match the over strength of the winners.
St Killians won the throw in and worked the ball well into a scoring position but couldn’t capitalise to take an early lead. St Dominics opened the scoring with a point from full forward Mia Scullion followed by a goal by Niamh Keenan. St Dominic’s continued to impress throughout the first half with their excellent team play all over the field and prolific scoring. St Killians had nice phases of play too with slick hand passing and kick passing but a strong St Dominic’s defensive display kept the north Antrim school scoreless.
St Killians did manage a well-deserved point via a free kick by their star midfielder Georgie Twigg, after a dominant 5 minutes for the ladies from Garron Tower. St Dominic’s replied with another goal and finished the first half the stronger side going in at half time with a comfortable lead.
St Killian’s came out in the second half with fire in their bellies and put in a very strong second half performance scoring 3.6. Although the ‘Tower’ girls impressed in the second half, St Dominic’s maintained their lead and saw out the remaining of the match to become winners of the Year 9 LGFA Antrim Cup 2025.
Stand out performances for St Dominic’s were corner forward Katie Clarke for outstanding ball carrying, Caragh Flynn in midfield for pin point kick passing, full forward Mia Scullion for prolific goal and point scoring, Cara McAuley at wing half forward for her link-up play and Lucia Murphy for being solid at centre half back.
St Killians midfield pairing of Eimear Black and Georgie Twigg gave battling performances in midfield showing a desire to drive forward in possession and workrate to win the ball back. Georgie had an outstanding game doing the majority of the teams scoring.
Congratulations again to St Dominic’s on a real team performance and becoming Champions of the Year 9 LGFA Antrim Cup 2025.
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