Kukri Sports Ulster Ladies Football Schools All Stars Named

The cream of Ulster schools football gathered in Kelly’s Inn recently to receive their Kukri Post Primary School All Star awards. Ulster Ladies secretary Mary Keegan was MC for the evening and welcomed everyone, informing them that there were 4000 girls playing schools football in the province and they had been selected as the top 25. Mary thanked Kukri for their continued sponsorship of the schools competitions. Ulster schools Chairperson Louis O’Donnell presented each of the players with their awards while Bronagh McClenaghan from Kukri presented them with their playing gear for the tournament.

18 schools from 7 different counties are represented on the panel:
• Catherine Hamilton (Assumption Grammar)
• Sarah Haughey (Rathmore)
• Rebecca Barker (St Patrick’s Academy Academy)
• Nicole McLaughlin (Loreto Letterkenny)
• Alex Hurst (Our Lady’s Newry)
• Nicole Kelly (St Genevieve’s)
• Niamh Henderson (St Michael’s Lurgan)
• Deirdre O’Kane (St Louis Ballymena)
• Megan Doherty (Assumption Grammar)
• Joanne Mullen (St Catherine’s Armagh)
• Jessica Foy (Our Lady’s & St Patrick’s Knock)
• Kirsty McGuinness (St Genevieve’s)
• Lauren McConville (Our Lady’s Newry)
• Amber Barrett (Loreto Milford)
• Aimee Mackin (St Paul’s Bessbrook)
• Sarah Jane McDonald (Moville Community College)
• Laura Kilpatrick (St Patrick’s Academy Dungannon)
• Emma McKenna (Our Ladys Castleblayney)
• Kaneshia McKinney (Loreto Letterkenny)
• Naomi Smith (Virginia College)
• Maédhbh Laverty (St Dominic’s)
• Aoibheann Kiernan (Loreto College, Cavan)
• Cara McCrossan (Loreto Omagh)
• Rose Boyle (Loreto Letterkenny)
• Shannon McGroddy (Loreto Milford)

The panel of players managed by Fionntán O’Dowd and Gary Mallon will compete in the Inter-Provincial Competition in Kinnegad on 26th January.