Victories for Kentstown and Yellow Furze
Kentstown girls won the inaugural Kiera Duncan Memorial Cup for the Meath Primary Schools Olympic Handball Premier League at Claremont Stadium, Navan on Thursday. The trophy was presented by the late Kiera Duncan's mother, Audrey, and for the first year of the competition the cup which the Meath u-16 girls won when they competed in a tournament in Malta in 2003 was presented. The late Kiera Duncan was a member of that Meath team. She was also a former pupil at Kentstown and the girls made a determined effort to win the trophy this year. Last week they recorded a 10-6 victory over Carnaross who were appearing in the premier decider for the first time after some excellent performances in the qualifying rounds. Yellow Furze boys won the Kyle Gavigan Memorial Cup for the first time when they defeated St Paul's, Navan by 8-7 while the boys from St Joseph's, Navan won the Div 1 trophy. GIRLS Kentstown 10 Carnaross 6 Roisin Commons and Jamie O'Meara scored five goals apiece as Kentstown won the Premier League title for the Kiera Duncan Memorial Cup. Carnaross kpet battling and got back into contention after a poor start, but they were unable to close the gap sufficiently. Kentstown - Rhian Holohan; Alana McCarthy, Sarah Donnelly, Jamie O'Meara, Roisin Commons, Lauren Rooney, Megan Barry, Niamh McCormack, Mary Kate Foran, Sarah Clarke, Ciara Drummond, Ciara Hollywood, Emma O'Connor, Tara Hanlon, Zara Williams, Nora Kilmartin, Melissa Matthews. Carnaross - Sophie Fagan; Gillian Moloney, Jillian Brogan, Mary Carpenter, Rose Finnegan, Lauren Gibney, Latasha Carr, Lea Carr, Eadaoin Yore. BOYS Yellow Furze 8 St Paul's 7 This was a fantastic game which produced a couple of stints in the sin-bin for Yellow Furze players in the opening half and they trailed by 2-5 at the interval. Daire Creavin was the top scorer for St Paul's, but he was edged out by Conor Hand for Yellow Furze who grabbed the winning goal in the final minute to take the Kyle Gavigan Memorial Cup to the school for the first time. Yellow Furze - Louie Healy; David Gordon, Caellum Daly, Ruairi Keogh, Daniel O'Reilly, Ryan O'Dowd, Conor Hand, Shane Mulvany, Tadhg Waddington, Simons Owens. St Paul's - Ross Treacy; Gary Gibney, Niall Kearney, Aaron Duddy, Daire Creavin, Scott Imode, Ciaran O'Hanlon, Tom Duignan, Ross Gibney, Dylan Gavin, Dylan Fitzgerald, Jamie Murphy-O'Shaughnessy, Christopher Rennicks. Other results: Boys Div 1 final - St Joseph's, Navan 10, Carnaross 6; Girls Div 3 semi-finals - Yellow Furze 2, St Paul's 1, golden goal extra-time; St Joseph's, Navan 10, Gaeilscoil na Rithe, Dunshaughlin 2. Community Games finals: boys - Carlanstown 6, Moynalty 2; girls - Carlanstown 6, Moynalty 3. FIXTURES THURSDAY, 22nd APRIL U-10: Boys Plate - Skryne v St Paul's 9.45; Girls Championship - St Anne's v Yellow Furze, 10.10; Boys Plate - Drumconrath v Skryne 10.35; Girls -Championship - Carlanstown v Yellow Furze 11.0; Boys Plate - Drumconrath v St Paul's 11.25; Girls Championship - Carlanstown v St Anne's 11.50; Boys championship - Carlanstown v Yellow Furze - 12.30; Girls Plate - Gilson NS, Oldcastle v St Joseph's 12.55; Boys Championship - Carlanstown v Dunshaughlin - 1.20; Girls Plate - St Joseph's v Dunshaughlin 1.35; Boys Championship - Dunshaughlin v Yellow Furze - 2.10; Girls Plate - Gilson NS, Oldcastle v Dunshaughlin, 2.35. THURSDAY, 29th APRIL Senior League - Yellow Furze v St Joseph's, girls Div 3 final, 10.0; St Mary's, Trim v St Oliver Plunkkett's, Navan, girls Div 1 final, 10.45; St Oliver Plunkett's, Navan v Scoil Cholmcille, Skryne, boys Div 2 final, 11.40; Scoil Mhuire, Navan v Scoil Cholmcille, Skryne, girls Div 2 final, 12.30.