St John’s NS go through
Arklow students claim final spot in ‘C’ division
BUNCLODY AFC played host to the South Leinster Finals of the SPAR FAI Primary School 5s Programme on April 21. 196 students from 26 schools participated with just six schools progressing to the provincial finals.
The ‘A’ Cup, open to boys and/ or mixed teams, had four highly competitive schools with the final between the impressive St Joseph’s NS, Carlow and Ballyellis NS, Wexford.
It proved a thrilling encounter with Ballyellis scoring an early goal and defending valiantly against the St Joseph’s team who came forward in waves of attacks led mainly by Killian Walsh. Ballyellis held out until the end to win by the slenderest of margins.
The ‘B’ Cup again proved to be a tense affair with five teams involved in this division. The final was eventually decided on by penalties on a score line of 3-1 after the game had ended 2-2 after normal time. Ballon NS, Carlow proved a little too strong over a talented St Kevins NS, Wexford.
The penalties were all converted excellently by Eamon Lalor, Alex Kelliher andCallum Fisher for Ballon while Rian Fitzpatrick provided the consolation penalty for a despondent St Kevins NS.
The ‘C’ Cup was another hard fought contest between five passionate schools. St Johns SNS, Wicklow eventually came out on top by the single late goal to defeat St Fiacc’s NS, Carlow.
The winners will now progress to the Leinster finals in Navan.
The girls ‘A’, ‘B’ and ‘C’ Cup finals were held on Thursday last with Clongeen NS, Wexford defeating Ardattin NS, Carlow in the Girls ‘A’ Cup by 4-0. Gorey Educate Together NS, Wexford was victorious over Old Leighlin NS, Carlow in the Girls ‘B’ Cup Final by 2-1. While St Fiacc’s NS, Carlow sealed qualification in the Girls ‘C’ Cup for large schools.