Nenagh F:C: was the venue for the Munster Finals of the EA SPORTSTM FAI Schools 5-a-side Competition on Wednesday last, 13 May:
Last year the Munster Schools participating in the competition did incredibly well with 2 Schools picking up All Ireland glory: Soil Iognáid Ris, An Daingean were victorious in the B Boys Section and St: Anthony’s School in Cork won the elusive C Schools Section: Scoil Iognaid Ris had qualified again this year and werehoping to defend their Provincial & All Ireland crowns:
Broadford National School in Limerick were also hoping to continue their fine form which saw them capture the Munster title in 2008: The school had a fantastic run of form at the National Finals with the boys snatching an All Ireland runners/up medal last year:
This year, 30 teams descended on the Tipperary venue for the competition and things were hotting up for the Semi Final stages:
In the Boys A Section Ringaskiddy NS from Cork and Douglas NS Killorglin made it to the final: The final was a real tense affair but the Cork boys just edged it 2/1:
Section A Girls was also very keenly contested: Owning NS, the Waterford winners looked very good in their group but lost 2/1 to Greenmount in the semi final: Powerstown NS from Clonmel defeated Quilty NS from Clare in the other semi final: There was literally nothing between the teams in the final and it was no surprise that it finished 1/1: Laura Grace became the toast of Clonmel when she netted the golden goal to take the title:
In Section B Ballymacarbry NS from Waterford and Scoil Iognáiod Rís from Dingle qualified from Group A with the Co: Waterford boys winning both their matches: Goggins Hill NS from Cork and Drumtrasna NS from Limerick qualified from their group: Ballymacarbry and Scoil Iognáid Rís continued their winning ways to set up another encounter in the final: The Dingle boys reversed the earlier result with a great 3/0 victory:
There was a local victory in Section B Girls with St: Mary's Convent NS winning and in some style too: Having qualified in second place in their group they took off in the knock/out stages: They defeated Convent NS from Listowel 6/2 in the semi final: This set up a decider against Piltown NS, the Waterford champions who defeated Whitechurch from Cork 2/1 in the other semi final: The Nenagh girls won 4/1:
Despite some great football from Scoil Mhuire Fatima (North Monastery) from Cork and St: Paul's from Limerick this C Section was all about St: Declan's NS from Waterford and CBS Tralee: In their group the Waterford and Tralee boys both defeated Ennis NS: They drew 1/1 with each other: They won their semi finals comfortably: The final ended 2/2 after normal time despite the fact that St: Declan's led 2/0: Tralee fought back magnificently to level the match with the last kick of normal time: It seemed destined for penalties but St: Declan's got a dramatic late golden goal to take the title:
MUNSTER PROVINCIAL FINALISTS:
“A” Schools:
TEAMS
Cahermuprhy NS, Clare
Scoil Mhuire, Tallow, Waterford
Douglas NS, Killorglin, Kerry
St: Patrick’s SNS, Drangan, Thurles, Tipperary
Broadford NS, Limerick
Ringaskiddy NS, Cork
RESULTS:
Group 1
Douglas NS 2/1 Cahermurphy
Cahermurphy 1/1 Scoil Mhuire, Tallow
Scoil Mhuire 2/2 Douglas NS
Group 2
Broadford NS 2/2 Ringaskiddy NS
Ringaskiddy NS 4/1 St: Patrick’s NS Drangan
St: Patrick’s NS 2/2 Broadford NS
Semi Final
Douglas 3/3 Broadford NS
Broadford won on golden goal
Ringaskiddy 3/0 Scoil Mhuire Tallow
Final
Ringaskiddy NS, Cork 2/1 Douglas NS, Kerry
“A” Girls Schools:
TEAMS
Quilty NS, Clare
Owning NS, Waterford
Ballyduff Central NS, Ballyduff, Kerry
Powerstown NS, Clonmel, Tipperary
Killinure NS, Limerick
Scoil Mhuire na nGrast, Greenmount, Cork
RESULTS:
Group 1
Ballyduff NS 1/1 Quilty NS
Quilty NS 0/1 Owning NS
Owning NS 4/1 Ballyduff NS
Group 2
Killinure NS 1/2 Scoil Mhuire na nGrast
Scoil Mhuire na nGrast 1/3 Powerstown NS
Powerstown NS, Clonmel 3/1 Killinure NS
Semi Final
Owning NS 1/2 Scoil Mhuire Na nGrast
Powerstown NS 3/1 Quilty NS
Final
Powerstown NS, Clonmel 2/1 Scoil Mhuire Na nGrast
“B” Schools:
TEAMS
Liscannor NS, Clare
Ballymacarby NS, Waterford
Scoil Iognaid Ris, Dingle, Kerry
Scoil Eoin Naofa, Roscrea, Tipperary
Dromtrasna, Limerick
Goggins Hill, Ballinhassig, Cork
RESULTS:
Group 1
Scoil Iognaid Ris 4/0 Liscannor NS
Liscannor NS 2/5 Ballymacarbry NS
Ballymacrabry NS 2/0 Scoil Iognaid Ris
Group 2
Dromtrasna NS 2/2 Goggins Hill, Cork
Goggins Hill 3/0 Scoil Eoin Naofa, Roscrea
Scoil Eoin Naofa 1/1 Dromtrasna NS
Semi Final
Ballymacarbry NS 3/1 Drumtrasna NS
Goggins Hill NS 0/4 Scoil Iognaid Ris
Final
Scoil Iognaid Ris, An Daingean 3/0 Ballymacarbry NS
Girls “B” Schools:
TEAMS
Barefield NS, Ennis, Clare
Piltown NS, Kilkenny
Convent Primary School, Ballybunion Road, Listowel, Kerry
St: Mary’s Convent, Nenagh, Tipperary
Kilmallock NS, Limerick
Whitechurch NS, Cork
RESULTS:
Group 1
Convent Primary School 4/1 Barefield NS
Barefield NS 2/2 Piltown NS
Piltown NS 1/1 Convent Primary School
Group 2
Kilmallock NS 2/2 Whitechurch NS
Whitechurch NS 3/2 St: Mary’s Convent
St: Mary’s Convent 3/1 Kilmallock NS
Semi Finals
Convent NS 2/6 St: Mary’s Convent
Whitechurch 1/2 Piltown NS
Final
St: Mary’s Convent NS, Nenagh 4/1 Piltown NS
“C” Schools:
TEAMS
Ennis NS, Clare
St: Declan’s NS, Waterford
CBS Tralee, Kerry
Monastery CBS, Tipperary Town
St: Paul’s NS, Dorradoyle, Limerick
Scoil Mhuire, Fatima North Monastery, Cork
RESULTS:
Group 1
CBS Tralee 6/1 Ennis NS
Ennis NS 1/5 St: Declans NS
St Declans NS 1/1 CBS Tralee
Group 2
St: Pauls NS Dooradoyle 1/3 Scoil Mhuire Fatima
Scoil Mhuire Fatima 4/0 Monastery NS, Tipperary
Monastery NS 0/5 St: Pauls NS
Semi Final
CBS Tralee 2/1 St Pauls NS
Scoil Mhuire 1/6 St: Declans NS
Final
St: Declans NS 2/2 CBS Tralee
St: Declan’s NS, Waterford won on golden goal