VIRGINIA U/18 AND U/15 GIRLS ENJOY A GREAT DAY OF RUGBY IN ARMAGH
Virginia under 18 and under 15 girls travelled to Armagh on Sunday for an afternnon of rugby. Armagh the hosts, Belfast Harlequins, Cloghervalley, Enniskillen, Lurgan, Malone, Monaghan and Virginia all participated in the end of season blitz, and the sun shone for the duration.
Virginia under 18’s first match was against Malone and following a fast and furious game of rugby ended in a scoreline of 2-0 in Virginia’s favour. Their second seen them play our hosts Armagh, and in a tightly contested match they emerged the victors 3-2. The girls then played Harlequins and this match ended 2-0 to Virginia. Their last match was against our near neighbours Monaghan, and after a very competitive match which seen two tries denied to the g irls, Monaghan came out on top with a win of 2-0. This final result seen the blitz end in both Monaghan and Virginia on the top of the board having lost one match each, but as Monaghan had scored two tries more than Virginia in the competition, they emerged the worthy victors. Well done to the Monaghan under 18 girls.
TEAM: Sara Whitley, Megan Higgins, Victoria Whyte, Diana Whyte, Megan Brodie, Cáoilinn McCormack, Keelin Brady, Tara O’Reilly, Amy Whitley, Laura Keogan, Leah Gregory, Ciara Brown
Virginia under 15 girls met Enniskillen in their first game, and emerged the easy winners with the score finishing at 9-0. Their second match was against Cloghervalley and the girls gave another brilliant dispaly of rugby, never allowing their opponents out of their twenty two with the score ending 5-0 in their favour. Their final match was against Armagh/Lurgan and again the girls remained undefeated with the score finishing 9-0 at the final whistle.
The Virgina under 15 girls had a clean sweep and emerged the overall blitz winners with ease. Well done girls, who were presented with a beautiful trophy in recognition of their efforts.
TEAM: Sarah Drumm, Sorcha Higgins, Ava Fannin, Sorcha McCormack, Edel Campbell, Rebecca Snell, Nicole Higgins, Rachael McEnroe, Amanda McQuade, Lisa Mullen, Ciara Byers, Amber Redmond, Eimear McEnroe, Ruth Gilsenan.
Both under 15 and 18 girls were also presented with their league medals on the day, having both won their respective leagues earlier in the year.
Our thanks to Armagh RFC who once again were great hosts on the day, and provided a great venue for some very enjoyable girls rugby. Great to see the game of rugby going from strength to strength for girls, with so many teams now participating.
