Tinahely proud of their battling under-14 stars
THE Tinahely under-14 girls set off on Friday, June 23, to represent Wicklow in Féile Peile na nÓg.
The team travelled to Emyvale Co. Monaghan and on Friday evening they played Westport in their first match.
The final score was Tinahely 2-8, Westport 0-7.
Up next for the County Wicklow side was Castleblayney in their last match of the evening and this finished Tinahely 3-1, Castleblayney 1-8.
On Saturday morning the Tinahely team played the Emyvale team they were hosted by and Tinahely triumphed by 3-8 to 0-0.
Tinahely were off to a flying start and some super football played by all girls.
Up next was Cup quarter-final against a strong Killucan of Co. Westmeath.
Tinahely got off to great start by half-time the score was 1-3 to 0-1.
Then Killucan got in two goals and the game had changed.
The girls fought hard and to the bitter end but it wasnt meant to be, on the final whistle the score was Killucan 2-2, Tinahely 1-4.
A powerful performance of football all weekend from the girls who worked so hard and left everything on the pitch.
The Tinahely girls should be so proud of themselves as the club is proud of each and everyone of them.
The club would like to offer a sincere thanks to parents and supporters who travelled to support the girls, to Fiona Mallick for driving them all weekend and thanks to Emyvale for being fantastic hosts to the girls.
Thanks also are offered to the under-14 mentors Angela, Declan and Michael.
The work these guys have done is unbelievable and the club and girls really appreciate all their hard work and time.
“Thanks to all who sponsored our team and to our main sponsor Darcy Sands,” said a lcub spokesperson.