Suzuki NFL Division 4 Final Preview

SUZUKI LADIES NATION FOOTBALL LEAGUE FINAL
WICKLOW V WESTMEATH O’ TOOLE PARK, 2.00pm

Wicklow’s senior ladies footballers have one more
hurdle to cross if they are to crowned Suzuki
NFL Div. Four champions, guarding that hurdle
are the ladies from WestMeath. Despite having
a poor start to their league campaign the girls
from the lake county have turned in a couple of
good performances of late, notably a three point
semi-final win over Carlow, who would have been
favourites to meet the garden county ladies in
the final. Wicklow’s inspirational captain Aishling
O’hAnnaidh will lead her side out on Sunday next,
hoping that all of the hard work that the girls
and the management team have put in over the winter
months will pay dividends on the day.

Aishling commented that “having tasted defeat
in last years final against Offaly, the girls
know the sound of coming second, and they will
not want to experience that ‘silence’ in the dressing
room again this year”. O’hAnnaidh believes that
this present team can go that extra step and says
“once we step on to the field its up to us to
perform as a team, like we did against the Dubs
in the semi-final,if every player gives one hundred
percent for sixty plus minutes we will not be
far off the mark at the final whistle”. Aishling
along with Bray Emmets team mate Eadaoine Lenihan,
and An Tochars Chrissie Shortt, played with this
years UCD’s O’Connor cup winning side, and she
admitted that “winning the league would be a a
great boost for ladies football, a sport that
has really blossomed over the past number of years
in the Garden County, and hopefully a positive
result on Sunday will ensure its future well in
to the future”.

Wicklow’s path to the final was as follows.
Wicklow 4-11 Westmeath 1-08.
Wicklow 1-08 Carlow 1-07
Dublin(c) 2-06 Wicklow 2-06.
Kilkenny 1-09 Wicklow 2-11
Semi-final Wicklow 3-13 Dublin 0-09
Final. WestMeath v/s Wicklow

Wicklow mentor Dominic leech has put a call out
to all the Juvenile,Junior and Senior Clubs in
the county to travel up to the match to cheer
on the Senior County Ladies team in this very
important game on Sunday next.

Michael Forde. PRO, Wicklow Ladies football. 10
Lamberton Heights. Arklow. Co. Wicklow. 0402-39457(H).
087-6422658(M)
E-mail: wicklowladiesfootball@eircom.net