Holders are beaten in ‘A’ decider at the Connacht GAA Air Dome in Bekan

SAINT Attracta’s Community School were beaten finalists in the Connacht LGFA Post Primary Schools Junior ‘A’ Championship decider that took place at the University of Galway Connacht GAA Air Dome, Bekan, on Wednesday of last week.

The Tubbercurry secondary school, last season’s champions, were beaten by Westport’s Sacred Heart School, 3-12 to 2-10, with the game switched from Swinford Amenity Park to the indoor setting of the Connacht GAA Air Dome. The change of venue was because of a frozen pitch in Swinford. Last week’s clash was a repeat of the 2023 final (held in Swinford) that saw St Attracta’s win by three points.

Holders St Attracta’s produced a defiant second-half, having trailed by 10 points at half-time, 2-8 to 0-4, and they outscored their opponents by five points in the second period, 2-6 to 1-4.

Team captain Ellen Giblin supplied 2-7 for the runners-up, with Lucy Henry, Grainne Cooke and Siofra McGuinness contributing a point each. The main scorers for Sacred Heart School were Katie Hughes and Larissa Kelly.

Eight members of the St Attracta’s squad were part of the Sligo LGFA panel that reached last year’s LGFA All-Ireland U-16 Championship ‘B’ final (a game they lost to Kerry).

Rebecca Davey, Sinead Walsh, Aoibhe

Cooke, Amy McCarthy, Caoimhe Crawley, Anna Kate Davitt, Rachel Brennan, Lucy Henry, Kate Mullarkey, Aoibheann Durcan, Ellen Giblin (c), Grainne Cooke, Sarah O’Kane-Kelly, Siofra McGuinness, Mary-Peig Horkan, Eillis Feely, Hannah Kelleher, Michaela Connolly, Abby McDonagh, Aoife Scanlon, Aoibhe Gormley, Clodagh Giblin, Rachel Spellman, Tara Queenan, Erin Walsh, Arlin Barrett, Caoimhe Fearon, Moya McCarrick, Katie Egan, Kate Buckley Management: Kathleen Coleman, Aiden McLoughlin, Alanna Murtagh, Adele Feely, Anne Brady