The fantastic facilities at Gormanston College played host to the Meath Post Primary Schools Futsal Event on Friday, November 4. The competition is for first year students and 16 teams from 9 schools took part in this year’s competition which once again had a very high standard indeed.
In the girls event 6 teams competed for the title which was held by St. Peters College, Dunboyne since last year. St. Olivers, Oldcastle and Ratoath Community College along with Dunboyne performed excellently but the surprise package of the day was Beaufort College, Navan who reached the final after winning 4 of their 5 group games.
Beaufort where joined in the final by Eureka Secondary School who won all 5 group games and were the firm favourites on the day. The final was a tense and tight affair and at full-time nothing could separate the sides with both defences coming out on top in a 0-0 draw. The game went to extra-time and after chances for both sides it looked as if the game was heading to penalties until Eureka captain Niamh O’Keefe struck home a stunning volley to the delighted of her team manager Leonard Noone and to secure Eureka’s second Meath title in 3 seasons.
The boys event was contested by 10 teams and the holders were also the current Leinster champions St. Peters College, Dunboyne but the holders got off to a shaky start with a 1-0 defeat to a strong St. Olivers, Oldcastle team.
In Group 1 hosts Gormanston where unfortunate to miss out on a semi-final place by 1 point and Ratoath Community College and Dunboyne B eventually took the two semi-final spots where they were joined by Dunboyne A and Oldcastle from Group 2 after they held off stiff competition from Beaufort College and Ashbourne.
In the first semi-final which was an all Dunboyne affair the A team came out on top as 3-1 winners to set-up a showdown with the skilful Ratoath team who overcame Oldcastle by 2 goals to 1 in their semi-final.
The final was an exciting end to end affair and with scores locked at 1-1 deep into the game, Dunboyne stepped up the tempo and scored to quickfire goals to stun Ratoath and the game finished 3-1 to Dunboyne who secured their second Meath title in succession.
Both teams will now represent Meath in Leinster finals in Gormanston College on November 16.
