Wicklow Minors beaten by Louth

THE Wicklow Ladies Minor footballers lost out to Louth in their opening game of the 2019 Leinster Ladies Minor Football Championship on a 6-8 to 3-10 scoreline in Bray last weekend.

The home side showed remarkable resillience to fight back from a 5-7 to 0-4 half-time deficit, but battle back they did and they managed to score 3-6 over the course of the second half with Louth down to 14 for a period.

Wicklow will now look forward to facing Kilkenny at home on March 18 and another home clash for their third outing, this time against Carlow on April 14.

Scorers for Wicklow: Niamh Caffrey 1-3, Emer McNulty 1-0, Sinead McGettigan 0-2, Kerryann Hamilton 0-1, Grace Hurley 0-1, Siofra Byrne 0-1, Lauren Byrne 1-1, Megan Quigley 0-1.