The Cork Area Finals of the Xtra/vision FAI Schools 5-a-side competition took place last Wednesday and Thursday at Turners Cross (28, 29 April):
All the teams who participated over the two days had come through the various County Qualifiers which were held in various venues over the preceding weeks: Entries were up again in Cork this year with many Schools making their debut in the Competition:
There were some cracking games over the two days with thrills and spills galore on the pristine Turners Cross surface:
The Boys Medium Sized Schools Competition went down to the wire with Clogheen and St Johns Mayfield in an end to end titanic sporting battle: The City side prevailed with the solitary goal ensuring they would progress to the Munster Finals: They will be joined there by Greenmount Girls who qualified in the Medium Sized Girls Schools Category recording three victories while conceding just a solitary goal:
The Boys Large Size Schools Competition was as competitive as ever with no more than a single goal between the sides in any of the games: St: Anthony’s Ballinlough, who won the National Finals in 2008, came through with wins over Scoil Barra Ballincollig and the North Mon before finally drawing with Glasheen: The girls representing Scoil Barra went one further than the Boys when they qualified in the Girls Large Schools Category: The Ballincollig side were pushed all the way by debutants St Johns Carrigaline and Beaumount and last years winners Whitechurch:
The last Competition played was the Boys Small Sized Schools and here Scoil Iosagain Aghada were simply awesome: Bweeng, Ringaskiddy and St Marks from the Glen played superbly but couldn’t get close to the prolific East Cork side: Next on the agenda for the Cork Winning Schools is the Regional Sports Centre in Waterford which plays host to the Munster Finals on May 12th:
RESULTS
Boys Small Schools
St Marks 2, Bweeng 2; Scoil Iosagain Aghada 5, Ringaskiddy 0;
St Marks 0, Scoil Iosagain Aghada 5; Ringaskiddy 3, Bweeng 1;
Scoil Iosagain Aghada 6, Bweeng 0; Ringaskiddy 1, St Marks 2:
Boys Medium Schools
St Johns Mayfield 2, St Marys Carrigaline 1; Blarney Street 0, Clogheen 3;
St Johns Mayfield 2, Blarney Street 0; Clogheen 3, St Marys Carrigaline 1;
Blarney Street 0, St Marys Carrigaline 0; Clogheen 0, St Johns Mayfield 1:
Boys Large Schools
St Anthonys 4, Scoil Barra Ballincollig 3; North Mon 2, Glasheen 1;
St Anthonys 2, North Mon; Glasheen 0, Scoil Barra Ballincollig 1;
North Mon 3, Scoil Barra Ballincollig 3; Glasheen 1, St Anthonys 1:
Girls Medium Schools
Ballyheada 0, Scoil na nOg Glanmire 3; Greenmount 2, Gaelscoil Cloich na Coillte 1;
Ballyheada 0, Greenmount 3; Gaelscoil Cloich na collilte 1, Scoil na nOg 0;
Greenmount 6, Scoil na nOg 0; Gaelscoil Cloich na Coillte 0, Ballyheada 0:
Girls Large Schools
Scoil Barra 3, Whitechurch 0; Beaumount 1, St Johns Carrigaline 0;
Scoil Barra Ballioncollig 2, Beaumount 0; St Johns Carrigaline 1, Whitechurch 2;
Beaumount 1, Whitechurch 1; St Johns Carrigaline 1, Scoil Barra 1:
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