Hockey
Senior 1 Hockey Team 2011
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Hockey has traditionally been a major sport for the girls of Mount Sackville. Approximately 250 girls play hockey in with 16 teams participating in Leinster or North Dublin leagues and cups. Training occurs every afternoon from 4-6pm with each team working with a dedicated coach.
The School's Vice Sport’s Captain, Joanna Crowley, is the 1st Team captain.
The 2011/2012 Hockey Secretaries are Sophie Boucher and Sarah Daly.
Interprovincial & International Representatives 2011
This year, Senior 1 member Sarah Hawkshaw is a member of the Leinster U18's Interprovincial Squad for 2011/2012. The squad will be participating in the Interprovincial Championships in Belfast this weekend (22nd-23rd October). We would like to wish Sarah the very best of luck.
Sarah is also a member of the Irish U16's Squad, who competed in test matches in Germany in summer 2011.
Meet the Captains
Team captains are very important to the successful running of our hockey programme. They are the link between the coach and the players and wear their captain’s armbands with pride. Congratulations to all the captain’s who are doing an excellent job this year.
Senior 1 Olivia Smartt Senior 2 Laura Peters
Senior 3 Taylor McConnell Senior 4 Denise Roche
Junior A Hannah Barr Junior B Emma Hegarty
Junior C Emma Comerford Junior D Katie Raftery
Minor A Kate Donnelly Minor B Anna Greville
Minor C Kerrie Shearan Minor D Tara Kenny
Meet the Coaches
Mount Sackville is very privileged to have an excellent team of coaches that are rcognised for their achievement and coaching ability countrywide. They work cohesively together to achieve standards of excellence, whilst also ensuring players enjoy participating in training and match play:
Ms Una McCarthy Senior 1 & 2
Junior A
Ms Sheila Carroll Senior 3 & 4
Minor A & B
Ms Mary Taffe Minor C & D
1st Years
Ms Eileen Ring 1st Years
Junior C & D
Ms Hilary Hurley 1st Years
Junior B
At Mount Sackville we are also very lucky to have two excellent fitness coaches who have all of the teams prepared for the upcoming season and also help maintain the fitness of all players on every team throughout the year:
Ms Brigid Corrigan
Mr Trevor Gethins
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March 20th
Senior 1's v's St. Andrew's College: Senior Plate Final
Mount Sackville would play without captain and centre midfield Olivia Smartt, who was injured from last Thursday game v's High School in Claudia Tierney Cup final.
St. Andrew’s dominated at the beginning of first half, winning a few corners but unable to convert. Mount Sackville defended all attacks reasonably well and absorbed the pressure, with the cool heads of left back Joanna Crowley, centres Aideen Griffen & Sarah Daly and right back Hannah Barr. Close to the end of first half, a side line ball fell to centre mid Sophie Boucher, who took the scenic route around the edge of the circle, along the base line and in past the St. Andrew’s keeper. Half time: 1-0 Mount Sackville.
St. Andrews came out strong in the second half, eager to come level again with their defenders continued to keep Mount Sackville's forwards at bay. Mount Sackville persisted and got another goal a few minutes into the second half. Aoife Jordan on a run entered the circle and slipped the ball past St. Andrew’s keeper. St. Andrew’s kept attacking and didn't let up on the pressure. But an inspired Aoife O'Connor managed to sneak in a brilliant ball from Sarah Hawkshaw's work on right hand side for goal number three.
Despite being behind, St. Andrew’s did not stop attacking, and they penetrated the circle, winning another couple of corners in the process. Andrew's pulled a goal back from open play through their captain, after numerous saves from keeper Eimear Byrne, but ended up getting past her, and hitting the back-board for the game's fourth goal.
The game became scrappy towards the end, when St. Andrew's centre-midfield saw yellow after a shove on defender Aideen Griffen with no more than 5 minutes to go. But Mount Sackville sealed the victory, the final score 3-1, and finally winning something in normal time!
Final Result: 3 - 1 win
Goalscorers: Sophie Boucher, Aoife O'Connor, Aoife Jordan
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March 12th
Senior 1’s v’s St. Gerard’s: Senior Plate Semi-Final
It was an all or nothing battle that was fought to the bitter end between Mount Sackville and St. Gerard’s. With the chance for a place in another final, Mount Sackville weren’t going to give up easily.
St. Gerard’s almost raced ahead early in the first half when the defensive line went into uncharacteristic pandemonium and the ball was put past goalie Eimear Byrne. Thankfully for Mount Sackville, there was a ball on a Gerard’s foot in the circle before entry, and the goal was disallowed. Mount Sackville were the ones to break the deadlock mid-way through the first half, when a well worked ball down the right hand side of the pitch landed on the stick of Sarah Hawkshaw, who sent the ball past the keeper on the reverse. A shaky start, but Mount Sackville maintained the lead going into the half time break.
The second half started better for Mount Sackville, with good spells of passing down the right hand side. Several penalty corners were given to Mount Sackville, but were unlucky to put them away. St. Gerard’s caught Mount Sackville on the break, causing the ball to get past Eimear Byrne and draw the two sides level again. Full time and extra time finished with nothing between the sides, and it went to the illusive penalty shuttles.
Four of the same five from the Loreto Beaufort were selected to step up, with Seana Carty stepping in for Sophie Boucher who was ready to collapse at the stage. Sarah Hawkshaw, Sarah Daly and Seana Carty coolly got past the Gerard’s keeper. It was Gerard’s that continue to test keeper Eimear Byrne, who kept two shots out, but it was Gerard’s that managed to get three penalties past her. Joanna Crowley and Aideen Griffen uncharacteristically shot wide of the goal, and so normal penalty shuttles were left at 3-3. It was the final gasp for both teams, and sudden death would decide the fate of both teams. Mount Sackville were up first, and it was Sarah Daly who stepped up to take the penalty, who expertly put the ball past the keeper. Eimear Byrne did the job at the other end, and kept Gerard’s top player out. Another final for the Senior 1’s, and to Marley they march to play St. Andrew’s College in the final.
Result: 1-1 draw AET (Mount Sackville win 4-3 on penalty shuttles)
Goalscorers: Seana Carty, Sarah Hawkshaw x2, Sarah Daly x2
5/3/2012
Senior 1’s progress to final:
The Senior 1 team are through to the final of the Claudia Tierney Trophy following a very close match against Loreto Beaufort on Saturday when Clodagh Fulston and Eimear Byrne were the heroes. With Beaufort 1-0 up and four minutes remaining on the clock, Clodagh Fulston scored a tremendous goal with a great strike from the top of the circle to send the game into extra time. With no change to the scoreline following extra time, the teams headed for the exciting 1 V 1 penalty shoot out. Joanna Crowley, Sarah Hawkshaw and Sarah Daly confidently converted their attempts, and Eimear Byrne in goal saved each of the Beaufort attempts to put the team through to the final on Thursday 15th March.
Meanwhile the team will play Santa Sabina away in the 2nd round of the Senior Plate competition
Other team news:
The Senior 2 team were unlucky to loose out to Mount Anville after their quarter-final match was decided on penalties also.
The Minor B team are through to the semi-final of their league following a 1-0 victory over St Columba’s College. Jean Kavanagh was the scorer of the only goal but it was enough to put them through to the semi on Monday 5th March at home to Muckross at 3.30pm.
The Minor A team had a comfortable 3-0 win over Loreto Beaufort on Saturday in the Minor plate competition.
However the following teams were unsuccessful at quarterfinal stage and exited their competitions but had done extremely well to get to the quarterfinals.
Senior 3, Junior A Cup, Junior C and Minor C teams.
March 3rd
Senior 1’s v’s Loreto Beaufort: Claudia Tierney Cup Semi-Final
An early start for the Senior 1’s on a bright and lovely March morning. The opposition was Loreto Beaufort, the stage was set and it was all to play for.
A shaky ten minutes for Mount Sackville, with Loreto Beaufort’s forwards making some good breaks with their lightning fast forwards. Their continuous attacking paid off as a breakdown in communication saw the ball on a Beaufort stick and then in the back of the goal. Mount Sackville settled for the remainder of the first half, creating some good chances, but were just unlucky to convert them. At half time the score lay at Beaufort 1 Mount Sackville 0
A stern half time talk gave us all a reality check, and put perspective into the game for us all. We went out to fight to the bitter end, come level with our opposition and finally win. Coming level took its time, and four minutes from the end of the game, Clodagh Fulston took matters into her own hands, and smashed the ball straight past the keeper and into the far corner. Full time ended Mount Sackville 1 Loreto Beaufort 1.
Extra time could not break the deadlock between the two sides, and so it was to the heart-breaking penalty shuttles. Joanna Crowley was up first, followed by Sarah Hawkshaw and Sarah Daly. Three takers were all that were required, as super calm keeper Eimear Byrne kept Loreto Beaufort out of contention.
Result: 1-1 draw AET (Mount Sackville win 3-0 on penalty shuttles)
Goalscorers: Clodagh Fulston, Joanna Crowley, Sarah Hawkshaw, Sarah Daly.
Hockey Update: 22/2/2012
The Senior 1 team have progressed to the second round of the Senior Plate competition having beaten Mount Temple 5-0 before midterm.
They also had a great 3-2 win over Holy Child Killiney on the 10th Feb to put them through to the semi-final of the Claudia Tierney Cup. The game was tied at 2-2 when Clodagh Fulston was fouled in the circle and won a penalty stroke. Up stood Sarah Daly and coolly put the ball in the back of the net for a hard fought win. They now have to travel to Loreto Beaufort for what should be a very exciting fixture.
The Junior A team have to play Wesley in the quarter final of the Junior A Cup on Sat 25th away. Another tough fixture so best of luck to Hannah Barr and her team.
Also in a quarter final on Saturday is the Minor A team who have to play Muckross away also.
The Minor B team had a tremendous win over Rathdown on Tuesday by the tightest of margins after a very exciting penalty shootout. Mount Sackville won by the single goal after 10 penalties were taken. This puts them through to the quarter finals also and a home fixture against St Columba’s College.
The Senior 2’s will play Mount Anville next Thursday 1st March in their quarterfinal match.
Hard Luck to the wonderful Senior 3 team who lost in extra time to Holy Faith Clontarf, but it was a fantastic game and the team were terribly unlucky not to win having absorbed a lot of pressure early on only to concede a goal early in extra-time. Congratulations to Taylor Mc Connell and all her teammates on a great season and especially to Jenny Byrne for stepping into goal for this match and doing the school proud.
Good luck to all teams this weekend and also to the teams setting out to compete in the North Dublin Leagues.
Goalkeepers Training
February Midterm Hockey Update
Senior 1 team: Very unlucky to lose to High School in the first round of the senior cup in a penalty shoot out. But congratulations to Eimear Byrne in goal on a great match, and to Joanna Crowley who was player of the match. The Senior A team now play Mt Temple in the senior plate before midterm and also Holy Child Killiney in the league to book a place in the last eight of that competition.
Senior 2 team: Laura Peters led her team to a hard fought 1-0 victory over Mount Anville on Saturday to qualify for a play-off in the senior 2 league. Congratulations to Molly Higgins-Jackson who scored the winning goal.
Senior 3 team: Through to a quarter final match against Holy Faith Clontarf. Congratulations to Taylor Mc Connell and her great team and fingers crossed they make it through to the semi-final.
Senior 4 and 5: Unfortunately both these teams have finished their league programmes without coming out of their sections. But both teams had some great matches and congratulations to both team captains Denise Roche and Laura Horgan.
Junior A team: Hannah Barr lead this team to a great 1-0 win over Newpark on Saturday in the second round of the Leinster Cup and now advance to the quarterfinals. Seana Carty scored a fantastic goal to take the lead in the first half but Eimear Byrne in goal again and all the defenders played superbly keep Newpark out.
Junior B: Another team who have been unlucky not to progress to the playoffs but good luck to them in the North Dublin league in the next few weeks.
Junior C: Through to the quarterfinals this week against St Wolstans. Best of luck and let us hope we get our first team through to the semi-finals!
Junior D team: Unfortunately the Junior D team didn’t get through their league but had a few very tight matches and were unlucky not to qualify.
Minor A: Lost the 1st round of the cup to Our Lady’s Terenure in extra time but may get to the quarterfinals of the league. They had a great win over Newpark on Saturday but have to await other results to see if they have qualified.
Minor B team: Unbeaten so far in the league so have one more game to play on Wednesday against local rivals Kings Hospital. Let us again hope they can progress to the semi-finals as winners of their group.
Minot C team: Another great team captained by Kerrie Shearan who are unbeaten in the league and heading for the quarterfinals. Congratulations to everyone on this team.
Minor D: Very unlucky not to qualify from their group also.
First Year Red: Have played in the first year A league and played really well in all matches. Are a very promising team with a lot of talented athletes.
All the other first year teams have played friendly matches and have made great progress all season. These teams will now play in the North Dublin League also. Best of luck to them in the coming weeks.
Meanwhile our goalkeepers have been working away at lunchtimes with Mr Dave Williamson on their technique and it has certainly paid dividends so far with all our goalies making some excellent saves in the past few weeks.
I would like to wish all the players and coaches the best of luck in the next few weeks as we enter the play-off stages of all the competitions.
Ms. Una Mc Carthy
February 10th
Senior 1’s v’s Holy Child, Killiney
The final game of the Leinster League for the Senior 1’s came back to back with the first round of the Senior Plate. And after the success of that match, maintaining momentum was essential.
The first half started with both teams creating good chances in scoring opportunities. Mount Sackville threatened more but just couldn’t but it away, despite getting several penalty corners. Holy Child took the lead mid-way through the first half when well worked passing down the right hand side got the ball into the circle and past keeper Eimear Byrne. Mount Sackville continue to put pressure on, and it paid off after an attacking corner broke down and the ball fortunately landed on Sarah Hawkshaw’s stick, who willingly put it in the back of the goal. Half time: 1-1
Mount Sackville came out after half-time with more aggression and ready to win. Continuing to attack, but still couldn’t bang it in after getting a couple more penalty corners. Unlike us, Holy Child took their chances and got another goal past the defensive line. Mount Sackville pulled another one back after good play down the right hand, and a ball across the goal face to a waiting Clodagh Fulston who put it away. Both teams had their fair share of chances, with Holy Child almost getting another goal on a couple of occasions. But it was Clodagh Fulston again who got the ball into the circle and threatened to score, when the opposing goalkeeper took measures to try and keep her out, resulting in a penalty stroke, which Sarah Daly calmly took and slotted it past the keeper. Holy Child threatened to equalise but were unable to put it away.
Result: 3-2 win
Goalscorers: Sarah Hawkshaw, Clodagh Fulston, Sarah Daly.
Player of the Match: Sophie Boucher
February 9th
Senior 1’s v’s Mount Temple: Senior Plate 1st Round
The Senior Plate brought a different competition and opposition for the Senior 1’s. After the performance against High School in the Senior Cup, the only way they could continue to go was up. From the very onset, play was controlled by Mount Sackville, with countless entries into the Mount Temple circle, but just unable to come out with reward. Patience is a virtue they say, and Mount Sackville kept attacking and finally got a result. A well worked passage of play between Sarah Baird, Sophie Boucher and finally to Sarah Hawkshaw who put it away. Any breaks by Mount Temple were dealt with by the back four. Half time: 1-0 to Mount Sackville.
After a half time talk, Mount Sackville went back out, determined to maintain the momentum they started in the first half. Great passages of play in the back and midfield lines, along with good movement from the forwards created brilliant opportunities for goals. After winning a couple of penalty corners, a well taken one finally got a result. A slip left from Joanna Crowley to Olivia Smartt saw her bullet of a shot saved by the keeper, but then hammered into the goal by Sarah Daly. More great play saw Aoife Jordan and Danielle Palmer sneak goals past the keepers into the corners off the base line. Aoife O’Connor then added salt to Mount Temple’s wounds by getting to brilliant goals past the keeper. Full time: 6-0 to Mount Sackville, with a place booked in the last eight of the Senior Plate.
Result: 6-0 win
Goalscorers: Sarah Hawkshaw, Sarah Daly, Aoife Jordan, Danielle Palmer, Aoife O’Connor x2
January 25th
Senior 1’s v’s High School: Senior Cup 2nd Round
After receiving a bye into the second round, Mount Sackville headed out to Rathgar for what was to be an interesting and end to end battle against High School.
After a lovely tour of the school building, it was pitch side for an intense battle. High School came out with their cheerleading squad, ready for action to support their school. This did not daunt the Mount Sackville girls one bit. Mount Sackville started strong in the first half, holding most of the possession. Patience and persistence reaped the rewards as Olivia Smartt expertly flicked the ball over the keeper out of her reach. High School continued to battle through the rest of the second half and got a result, getting the ball past Eimear Byrne. At the end of full time and extra time, there was nothing between the teams, despite Mount Sackville creating many chances, but we unable to convert them. And so, we went to penalties.
For a new season, a new penalty system was introduced, known as the penalty shuttles. A player has eight seconds to get the ball from the twenty-five yard line into the goal, while going head to head with the keeper. It was a new experience for all, so much so that Captain Olivia Smartt spent two minutes trying to score with no comment from the umpire, much to the confusion of all. Despite Joanna Crowley pulling one exceptional penalty back for Sackville, it was High School that edged past into the next round.
Result: 1-1 draw AET (High School win 4-1 on penalty shuttles)
Goalscorers: Olivia Smartt, Joanna Crowley
January 19th
Senior 1’s v’s Wesley College
With Mount Sackville’s floodlights out of action for evening matches, the Senior 1’s headed out to North Kildare, our home away from home, for game five of the Leinster League.
Mount Sackville had a promising start, with Sarah Hawkshaw nearly putting the ball away after landing in the circle. After that, Wesley began to show their speed and skill. Excellent play by them down the left hand side caused havoc for Mount Sackville. Wesley created good chances, and got a couple of penalty corners which they converted well. The defensive line tried to outlet, but Wesley’s pace made that difficult. Wesley continued to apply pressure, and continued to create chances. Half-time: 3-0 to Wesley
After a stern half time talk, Mount Sackville went out into the second half to put up a fight. Wesley continued to apply pressure in all areas of the pitch. Mount Sackville did start to come into the match and created a couple of good chances, but were just unable to convert them. Lessons learnt from the match were definite, the match ended at full time: Wesley 3, Mount Sackville 0
Result: 3-0 loss
Christmas Update
All teams are midway through their league programmes and also preparing for the cup competitions which begin in January. Due to the bad weather and the astro-turf pitch being closed a number of matches have had to be postponed until January also which means all teams will be very busy come the New Year.
We would like to thank St Bridget's GAA club and North Kildare Hockey Club for their help during the time our pitch was closed. North Kildare Hockey Club became our home venue for a number of Saturdays and St Brigid's was our training pitch during the week. Their assistance meant we were able to continue with our programme and get our teams out to play each week. We now look forward to playing on our own pitch again in January following the work that has being done.
We wish all the hockey players in Mount Sackville a very happy and peaceful Christmas but remind them all to keep up their fitness levels.
Follow the link on the right for a fitness schedule during the holidays.
26th November
Senior 1's Match Report v's Muckross Park
With the home grounds at Mount Sackville out of action, the Senior 1's saw themselves heading out to North Kildare HC for game four in the Leinster league, in an all or nothing clash against Muckross.
From the starting whistle, Mount Sackville was strong in both attacking and defending departments. Continued circle penetrations caused untameable chaos for the Muckross defence. Persistence prevailed when a ball from nowhere landed on Sarah Hawkshaw's stick and ended up in the back of the goal. A couple of minutes later, from some great play between the midfielders, Olivia Smartt entered the circle and sent the ball flying past the keeper, leaving Muckross dumbfounded. At half-time: Mount Sackville 2, Muckross 0.
Muckross came out in the second half hungry for a goal. And they almost got one when miscommunication in the back line led to a Muckross forward ending up in the circle sending the ball past keeper Eimear Byrne. Fortunately, the umpire's decision was contested, and the goal was disallowed due to the ball hitting the forward's foot at the edge of the circle. Muckross continued to test the Mount Sackville defence with good two-v-one work down the wings, but the pressure was absorbed extremely well. The "home" forward and midfield lines kept creating opportunities in the circle, but just couldn't put it away. Opportunity, and luck, came when Seana Carty took the ball in the circle, and magically (in every sense of the word) put it into the goal.
Final Score: 3-0
Goalscorers: Sarah Hawkshaw, Olivia Smartt, Seana Carty
Player of the Match:
19th November
Senior 1's Match Report v's High School
Game three of the Leinster league meant another early start for the Senior 1's out in Rathgar last weekend. In an exciting battle, and three points up for grabs, it was all to play for.
Mount Sackville started extremely strong, leaving High School stunned for the opening minutes of the game. Continued attacks and circle penetrations from the forward and midfield lines proved tricky for High School to deal with, but couldn't get a result from this hard work. Mount Sackville was rewarded with a penalty corner mid-way through the first half. A switch right from Olivia Smartt to Aideen Griffen saw High School defenders jump out of the way as her shot went flying in to the goal. Unfortunately it missed the backboard by millimetres, and it was disallowed.
The threatening attack continued, and it wasn't long before a wonderful ball through from Sarah Hawkshaw to Danielle Palmer saw her one on one with the keeper in a prime scoring position. Unfortunately the umpire had to see the ball hit her foot on the goal line before it went in and it was disallowed goal number two. Mount Sackville persisted throughout the rest of the first half and all the way through the second half, with forwards causing havoc in the circle, and midfielders making life very difficult for the opposition. Counterattacks from High School were dealt with brilliantly thanks to the calm heads of the back four. It was unfortunate that the goals in the first half were disallowed, and that second half opportunities weren't taken, leaving it nil all and both teams taking away one point each.
Result: 0-0
Player of the Match:
15th October
Well done to all the teams that went out and played matches over the weekend. A particular congratulation goes out to the Senior 2's, Junior C's + D's, Minor C's + D's and 1st Year Orange who all had wins over the weekend.
Senior 1's Match Report v's Alexandra College
It was game two for the Senior 1's last Wednesday as they went out to Milltown to face league favourites Alexandra College. Mount Sackville went into the match as underdogs, but with a good solid first half of soaking up the opposition's pressure and creating a few decent in chances in the D, the odds began to turn 50/50. However Alex must have got a serious half time talk because they came out all guns blazing and put the ball in the back of the goal twice. Mount Sackville responded with an act of serious bravery from Sophie Boucher who took on the keeper and put the ball in the Alex goal (falling to her knees in the process). Alex responded again just before full time and ensured their win and that they took full points. Final score: Mount Sackville 1; Alexandra College 3.
Result: 1-3
Goalscorer: Sophie Boucher
Player of the Match: Amy Farrell
1st October
Congratulations to all the teams who braved the awful weather conditions and played on Saturday and especially the Senior A team who began their league campaign with a draw against Loreto Foxrock to give them 2 points.
Senior 1's Match Report v's Loreto Foxrock
Mount Sackville began brightly enough and while dominating play could not get the score they needed and Amy Farrell our goalie was called on a number of times to keep the score at 0-0 at half time. 10 minutes into the second half Joanna Crowley struck a short corner shot which sailed into the net and we took the lead which was well deserved at the time. However Foxrock fought back and scored just before the final whistle and had been denied other scores by Amy who was fantastic in goal. So a hard earned 2 points to begin the campaign.
Result: 1-1
Goalscorer: Joanna Crowley
Player of the match: Sarah Daly
24th September
Senior 1's Hockey Trip to Ballyclare High School
On Friday 23rd September, thirteen members of the Senior 1 squad piled into a small mini-bus and headed for Ballyclare High School, County Armagh for a two day hockey trip to gain playing time and experience (as well as a bit of team bonding).
We arrived in Ballyclare at about four o'clock, after a journey of a lot of sleeping, ready to play game one of a two match series. It was an interesting game to play in. As a team, it was only the second game we had played together. The game finished 1-0 to Ballyclare. They showed us what a team that works together can do.
Once we left the school, we arrived at our hotel, assigned to our rooms, and got ready for a team meal with the Ballyclare girls. At first we were all a bit wary about this dinner, as only a couple of hours earlier, we were tackling and elbowing the people we were now sitting down to have a meal with. Although it wasn't as bad as we initially thought it would be. Afterwards, we headed out with the Ballyclare girls, as they were going to provide entertainment for us. We arrived at what has to be the smallest cinema in the country. With our team, the Ballyclare team and two (unfortunate) young couples, the cinema was nearly full. It was a lot of fun, and it will be an evening that we'll all remember for a long time.
Saturday morning came far too quickly, and I think we all would have liked another couple of hours of sleep in the unbelievably comfortable beds in the hotel, but it wasn't to be. Breakfast was a very interesting affair to say the least, but no sooner had we finished, we were out to the school to play game two. It was certainly no easy battle, and throughout the whole, we just couldn't find the momentum to really get us going. The game ended 3-0 to Ballyclare, but despite this, we learnt a lot as a team and as individuals.
Action pictures from the Senior 1 trip to Ballyclare High School in September 2011 are now in the photo gallery.
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