Gourmet Food Parlour Ladies HEC All-Stars and Rising Stars Announced

THE Gourmet Food Parlour O’Connor Cup All-Stars and Rising Stars have been announced following a mammoth weekend of action at IT Blanchardstown and the National Sports Campus, which saw seven different champions crowned in the Gourmet Food Parlour Ladies Football Higher Education Championships.

The teams were announced via the Ladies HEC Social Media channels on Tuesday evening and GFP O’Connor Cup Champions DCU were the big winners with seven players on the All-Stars selection, while they also have one player on the GFP Rising All-Stars.

Goalkeeper Emer Ní Éafa, defenders Laura McGinley, Deirdre Geaney and Leah Caffrey, midfielder, captain and final player of the match Aishling Moloney, and forwards Niamh Kelly and Sarah Rowe all pick up accolades.

 

Beaten GFP O’Connor Cup finalists UL have five recipients. GFP Giles Cup winners Waterford IT have defender Emma Murray included, while GFP Lynch Cup holders UU Jordanstown have Armagh forward Aimee Mackin recognised.

Meanwhile, beaten GFP semi-finalists UCC have Marie Ambrose honoured.

 

Mayo sisters Niamh and Grace Kelly, who featured for DCU and UL respectively in the GFP O’Connor Cup Final, are among the All-Star winners.

The GFP Rising Stars selection recognises the efforts of players in the fourth, fifth and sixth tier competitions.

 

GFP Moynihan Cup champions St Marys University College Belfast provide five of the selection, with four of those chosen in the forwards, including Claire Canavan, daughter of Tyrone legend Peter. 

 

GFP Donaghy Cup winners RCSI have two players chosen, including Player of the Match in the final Eva Gilmore from Galway, and Cork’s Melissa Duggan.

GFP Lagan Cup champions have three recipients with goalkeeper Laura Kane and defenders Aoife McGough and Caoileann Conway honoured.

Athlone IT duo Aisling Sorohan and Amy Louise Dempsey; DCU’s Emma Kevany and IT Tralee pair Kelly Gorman and Katelynn O’Sullivan are also chosen in the Rising Stars 15.