Girls Schools League Finals Programme
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junior and senior girls schools<br />
league finals<br />
wednesday, 6th march<br />
at dexcom stadium
fáilte go dtí<br />
dexcom stadium<br />
Connacht Rugby and Dexcom<br />
announce historic naming<br />
rights partnership
Chair of schools<br />
On behalf of the Connacht <strong>Schools</strong> committee<br />
it is my great pleasure to welcome everyone<br />
to Dexcom Stadium today for the 2023/24<br />
Connacht <strong>Schools</strong>’ Cup and <strong>League</strong> finals.<br />
Dexcom Stadium will play host to11 Connacht<br />
<strong>Schools</strong>’ Cup and <strong>League</strong> finals this year. The<br />
number of schools playing rugby in Connacht<br />
continues to grow with 80 boys schools teams<br />
and 41 girls schools teams participating across<br />
18 competitions.<br />
I wish to express my appreciation to all the<br />
principals, teachers, coaches, and staff in<br />
our schools for their continued support of<br />
the game. Your hard work has not gone<br />
unrecognised. I also wish to thank the<br />
members of the Connacht Rugby <strong>Schools</strong><br />
Committee for their work and help over the<br />
past year.<br />
If I may, a brief word to those who will be<br />
proudly donning their school jersey for<br />
the final time: this is only the start of a new<br />
journey. Join a local club or university team<br />
next year. The camaraderie and friendships<br />
forged through rugby will endure long after<br />
you have hung up your boots.<br />
in providing referees and other officials,<br />
without whom, we would not have any games.<br />
Therefore, I urge anyone who loves rugby to<br />
consider further contributing to the game by<br />
taking up the whistle.<br />
I know that today’s finals will provide an<br />
exciting conclusion to the season, and<br />
regardless of the results, I hope everyone<br />
thoroughly enjoys the day, creating magic<br />
memories to last a lifetime in the home of<br />
Connacht Rugby.<br />
Ádh mór oraibh go léir,<br />
Jean Mc Connell<br />
Connacht Rugby Chair of <strong>Schools</strong><br />
I would like to thank the Association of<br />
Referees Connacht Branch for their dedication
2022/23 Snapshots
Club and Community<br />
A word from Head of Club and<br />
Community, Joe Gorham<br />
<strong>Finals</strong> Day at the mecca that is<br />
Dexcom Stadium is the pinnacle<br />
of our Club and School players’<br />
ambitions. It is a day of celebration for<br />
the whole of Connacht Rugby.<br />
It is truly a memorable occasion for all<br />
concerned which, undoubtedly, will<br />
be a source of conversation with your<br />
teammates in the many years ahead.<br />
The sport of rugby allows for all our<br />
players to realise the limits of their<br />
ambitions, it allows us to create lifelong<br />
memories, however, most importantly,<br />
it is the maker of lifelong friendships.<br />
There is no better feeling than to lift<br />
a Cup, Plate or Bowl alongside your<br />
teammates while representing your<br />
club or school. It is all about People and<br />
Place.<br />
Sport also reflects life, in that, with<br />
every cup final there must be a winner
and a loser. Regardless of winning<br />
or losing, the hope is that everyone<br />
involved on <strong>Finals</strong> Days will have a<br />
quality experience on their big day.<br />
The advent of the new pitch at<br />
Dexcom Stadium has allowed Club<br />
and Community the opportunity to<br />
host additional Cup and <strong>League</strong> <strong>Finals</strong><br />
(male and female/Club & School)<br />
this season. In fact, we are hugely<br />
excited to host over 40 Club & School<br />
finals over the course of the next few<br />
months.<br />
Volunteers, Coaches and Managers<br />
to get you to this day. Volunteers<br />
are the life-blood of our sport and it<br />
would be remiss of me, on this day of<br />
celebration, not to say a huge thank<br />
you to each and every Club & School<br />
Volunteer for the magical work you<br />
put in day in and day out for the cause<br />
that is rugby in Connacht.<br />
Finally, we at Club & Community<br />
rugby wish all our finalists and their<br />
loyal supporters the very best of luck<br />
on the day.<br />
On <strong>Finals</strong> Days, we must never<br />
forget the huge amount of work and<br />
personal sacrifice put in by all the<br />
Connacht Abú.
Junior girls schools <strong>League</strong> Final<br />
Referees: Mark Callanan<br />
sacred heart school westport
Junior girls schools <strong>League</strong> Final<br />
Referees: Mark Callanan<br />
Convent of Mercy Roscommon
MANAGEMENT teams<br />
Margaret Martin<br />
Teacher/facilitator<br />
Clarie Coghlan<br />
Coach<br />
David Conway<br />
Coach<br />
Des Reidy<br />
Coach<br />
micheál glennon<br />
Coach<br />
dave purcell<br />
Coach<br />
Grace Keenan<br />
Teacher/facilitator<br />
Kathryn Finn<br />
Teacher/facilitator
school Well-wishes!<br />
sacred heart school MESSAGE<br />
“We are so proud of our junior team for the strength<br />
and courage they‘ve shown in this competition. We<br />
are grateful to the teachers and the coaches involved<br />
for the support and encouragement they‘ve shown the<br />
girls. All of SHS Westport are behind you girls, best of<br />
luck to all the team!“<br />
convent of mercy MESSAGE<br />
“The School is very proud that both our Junior and<br />
Senior <strong>Girls</strong> teams have qualified for the Connacht<br />
<strong>Girls</strong> 10’s finals in Dexcom Stadium.<br />
We wish all the Players and Coaches the very best of<br />
Luck. May your determination, Teamwork and skills<br />
shine on the pitch. Play your hearts out and most<br />
importantly enjoy the moment!”
Senior girls schools <strong>League</strong> Final<br />
Referees: katie kilbane<br />
mount saint michael claremorris
Senior girls schools <strong>League</strong> Final<br />
Referees: katie kilbane<br />
Convent of Mercy Roscommon
management teams<br />
Williams Ganley<br />
Director of Rugby<br />
Brendan Hession<br />
School Mentor<br />
Stephanie Hogan<br />
School Mentor<br />
dave purcell<br />
Coach<br />
micheál glennon<br />
Coach<br />
siobhan purcell<br />
Coach<br />
Grace Keenan<br />
Teacher/facilitator<br />
Kathryn Finn<br />
Teacher/facilitator
school Well-wishes!<br />
Mount Saint Michael school MESSAGE<br />
“Mount Saint Michael Claremorris wishes to thank<br />
everyone for their continued support of rugby<br />
in the school. The school is very proud of all our<br />
junior and senior players and we look forward to<br />
a great final today!“<br />
convent of mercy MESSAGE<br />
“The School is very proud that both our Junior and<br />
Senior <strong>Girls</strong> teams have qualified for the Connacht<br />
<strong>Girls</strong> 10’s finals in Dexcom Stadium.<br />
We wish all the Players and Coaches the very best of<br />
Luck. May your determination, Teamwork and skills<br />
shine on the pitch. Play your hearts out and most<br />
importantly enjoy the moment!”
finals preview<br />
This Wednesday, 6th March sees the<br />
next day of Club and <strong>Schools</strong> finals<br />
in Dexcom Stadium. The Junior <strong>Girls</strong><br />
<strong>Schools</strong> <strong>League</strong> Final will take place at<br />
11:00 AM followed by the Senior <strong>Girls</strong><br />
<strong>Schools</strong> <strong>League</strong> Final at 1:00 PM.<br />
The first final of the day is the Junior<br />
<strong>Girls</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>League</strong> Final which will<br />
see Sacred Heart School Westport take<br />
on The Convent of Mercy Roscommon.<br />
The Convent of Mercy will see both of<br />
their Junior and Senior <strong>Girls</strong> <strong>Schools</strong><br />
teams in the finals. With a standout<br />
<strong>League</strong> campaign so far and three<br />
for three wins, The Convent of Mercy<br />
will be looking to make it a clean slate<br />
with a win in the final. Winning against<br />
Carrick CS, Calasanctius Oranmore, and<br />
Abbey CC saw them straight through<br />
to the final. However, Sacred Heart<br />
School won’t make it that easy for the<br />
experienced side. With an incredibly<br />
impressive performance in the Junior<br />
<strong>League</strong> campaign, their only loss was<br />
to St. Mary’s Ballina where they fell by a<br />
mere 2 points. After a 61-0 win against<br />
last year’s Junior <strong>Schools</strong> winners, The<br />
Convent Claremorris (Mount St. Michael),<br />
they faced Gort CS in their <strong>League</strong> Semi-<br />
Final in Gort where they won 24-15 to<br />
see them into the final.
These two sides are both incredibly<br />
talented Junior <strong>Schools</strong> teams and all<br />
of their hard work and the hard work<br />
by the coaches and teachers on and off<br />
the pitch have led them to Dexcom this<br />
coming Wednesday. As these teams<br />
haven’t met before, it’s going to be a<br />
thriller of a final and is either teams’ to<br />
win. The Junior <strong>Girls</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>League</strong><br />
Final is at 11:00 AM on Wed, 6th March<br />
in Dexcom Stadium.<br />
The second, and last, final of the day will<br />
see a rematch of last year’s Senior <strong>Girls</strong><br />
<strong>Schools</strong> final between The Convent of<br />
Mercy Roscommon and The Convent<br />
Claremorris (Mount St. Michael). This is<br />
going to be an amazingly competitive<br />
clash between two very strong sides<br />
who are by no means strangers. The<br />
Convent of Mercy won last year’s Senior<br />
<strong>Girls</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>League</strong> Final against<br />
The Convent Claremorris in Dexcom<br />
Stadium. They have won all of their<br />
<strong>League</strong> matches to date this season,<br />
producing wins over St. Mary’s Ballygar<br />
and Athlone CC to see them into the<br />
Semi-Final this past Monday against a<br />
strong Ballinrobe CS team where they<br />
won 35-19. The Convent Claremorris have<br />
also had an impressive <strong>League</strong> campaign<br />
to date with wins over Calasanctius<br />
Oranmore and Dunmore CS before facing<br />
Mercy College Sligo in the Semi-Final in<br />
what proved to be their closest contest<br />
yet. The Convent Claremorris were able<br />
to claim the victory with a scoreline of<br />
22-12 and are ready to face their old rivals<br />
in Dexcom this Wednesday. The Senior<br />
<strong>Girls</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> <strong>League</strong> Final is at 1:00 PM on<br />
Wed, 6th March in Dexcom Stadium.<br />
Fans are encouraged to buy their tickets in<br />
advance as all 2024 finals will be cashless.<br />
Tickets can be purchased here.
Upcoming <strong>Finals</strong><br />
WEDNESDAY, 13th MARCH<br />
11am: Junior boys a schools cup FINAL<br />
1:00pm: senior boys C schools cup FINAL<br />
3:30pm: senior boys b schools cup FINAl<br />
6pm: senior boys a schools cup FINAl<br />
SUNDAY, 24th MARCH<br />
11am: bank of ireland Men’s Junior Plate FINAL<br />
1:30pm: bank of ireland MEN’S Junior Cup Final<br />
SUNDAY, 7th April<br />
11am: bank of ireland Women’s Plate Final<br />
1:30pm: bank of ireland Women’s cup final