ULSTER U19 A FINAL

ULSTER UPDATE (1)

ULSTER U19 A FINAL
St. Louis 4-12 St. Columba’s 1-7

St. Louis Convent, Monaghan retained their
Ulster U19 A title on Friday last, when they defeated St.
Columba’s, Glenties 4-12 to 1-7. In reality the score doesn’t
reflect the closeness of the tie as the champions scored
two goals in injury time. St. Louis led at the break 1-5
to 0-4 with their goal coming from Bonnie Fleming. All of
St. Columba’s first half scores came from free’s with the
excellent Aoife Mc Donnell sending over three of them. At
the start of the second half Carol Graceland found the net
for the Donegal side, however St. Louis responded with a
goal of their own through Aine Mulligan. St. Columba’s did
throw everything at the champions but the Monaghan defence
stood firm. In the final quarter St. Louis grew stronger
and in the dying minutes Catherine West and Aine Mulligan
both found the net.

Scorers: St. Louis – A.Mulligan 2-2, C.West
1-2, B.Fleming 1-1, L.Hughes, G.Mc Nally, C.Connolly 0-2
each, T.Mc Nally 0-1 St. Columba’s – C.Graceland 1-1, A.Mc
Donnell 0-3, C.Mc Hugh, C.Boyle, M.Mc Hugh 0-1 each.
Referee – Aidan Cassidy (Fermanagh)

CHAMPIONSHIP DRAWS
All draws for this seasons championships were made at the
February Ulster Council meeting. The draws are as follows:

Senior Championship
In this competition all four teams will play each other
with the top two playing in the final. The first round of
games is as follows:
Donegal v Tyrone
Down v Monaghan

Junior Championship
Six teams have entered the junior championship. They have
been split into two groups of three and each will play each
other with the top two in each section meeting in the semi
finals. The groupings are as follows:
A – Derry, Monaghan and Antrim
B – Cavan, Derry and Armagh

Minor Championship – First Round	U16 Championship – First Round
Armagh v Donegal	Fermanagh v Armagh
Quarter Finals	Quarter Finals
Cavan v Antrim	Donegal v Fermanagh/Armagh
Tyrone v Down	Derry v Down
Monaghan v Derry	Monaghan v Cavan
Fermanagh v Armagh/Donegal	Antrim v Tyrone

U14 Championship
Seven teams have entered the U14 championship. They have
been split into a group of four and a group of three. They
will play each other with the top two in each section meeting
in the semi finals. The groupings are as follows: A – Armagh,
Tyrone, Fermanagh and Monaghan B – Down, Cavan and Derry

INTERPROVINCIAL MANAGEMENT
Seamus Braniff (Down), Paddy Donnelly (Tyrone) and John
Joe Brady (Cavan) have been appointed as managers of the
Ulster team. The side will compete in the Inter-provinical
tournament in Mullingar on the weekend of the 29th/30th
May. This management team have led Ulster to the last two
finals, winning the competition in 2002.

MEDIA TRAINING COURSE
Calling all club and county PRO’s. The Women’s Sports Network
is holding ‘Media Training Courses’ in Omagh on the 4th
and 11th March and in Belfast on 23rd and 30th March. The
courses will run from 7pm to 9-30pm each night. Further
information is available from Diarmuid Cahill At 07718205764
or diarmuid.cahill@womens-sport.com

WIN A SUZUKI CAR
The Monaghan Ladies County Board have announced details
of a major fund raising draw. In all there will be twelve
prizes with the top prize a Suzuki Liana car. The runner
up will receive a holiday or E2,500. Third place will receive
E1,000 and then there will be nine prizes of E500. Tickets
for the draw are excellent value at E50 each. Further information
is available from Pauline Dempsey at 00353429742316

SCHOLARSHIPS UP FOR GRABS
Ulster Council have agreed to provide four half scholarships
to the Gaeltacht. County Boards will be asked to run interviews
internally with the view to sending two girls forward for
a competitive interview at Ulster Council. This is the first
year such an initiative had been run and is seen as helping
to promote the Irish language and culture

Paul Swift
Ulster Ladies
PRO 042 9741208 / 07703594984 / pswift5@eircom.net