Ladies Club . . .



U-11 girls team Posted: November 21st, 2007

Ladies minor team Posted: November 21st, 2007

Ladies senior team Posted: July 5th, 2007

Feis Cup v Kilbride. Back (l/r): John Bradley (manager), Niamh Clery, Natalie Lawes, Anne Currane, Rachel Garvey, Emily McAteer, Marie Yvonne Hegarty, Miriam Dungan, Sarah Conlon, Enda O'Reilly (asst manager). Front (l/r): Ailbhe McHugh, Fiona Feeney, Karen Folan, Rachel Flynn, Ger Reilly, Grainne Harrington, Eve Wardick.

Ladies sponsorship Posted: May 24th, 2007

The ladies section of the club recently unveiled a new jersey sponsorship deal with McGuirks Spar of Blackcastle Shopping Centre.

The club would like to thank Sean and Marie Therese McGuirk of Spar for their support.

Sponsorship picture - McGuirks Spar, Blackcastle Shopping Centre. Back (l/r): Collette O Connor, Louise Egleston, Rachael Garvey, Sinead Dooley, Aoife Lally, Aisling Clery. Middle (l/r):: Jane Smith, Niamh Kane, Marie-Therese McGuirk (sponsor), Sean McGuirk (sponsor), John Bradley (manager), Sarah Garvey, Michelle McGirr. Front (l/r):: Sarah Conlon, Sinead Donegan, Karen Foran, Eve Wardick (capt.), Trish Garvey, Miriam Dungan, Anne-Marie Carragher

Do you want to get fit?

Ladies and juvenile training Mondays and Wednesdays at 7.30pm. All ages and abilities are welcome.

U-16 squad 2007 . . .

The girls U-16 squad for 2007. Back (l/r): Miriam Dungan, Ciara Farrell, Ciara Mooney, Sarah Conlon, Niamh Clery, Rachel Garvey, Emily McAteer, Sinead Donegan, Michelle McGirr. Front (l/r): Niamh Murray, Aine O'Reilly, Lisa O'Donnell, Ailbhe McHugh, Niamh Kane, Karen Foran (capt) Jane Smith.

Sinead Dooley - Meath Ladies Player of the Year 2006

Congratulations to Sinead Dooley who was honoured with the Meath Ladies Player of the Year Award for 2006. Meath manager Geraldine Sheridan presented Sinead with her trophy.

Ladies Executive 2007

The Simonstown Ladies held their AGM on Monday, January 22nd and the election of officers for 2007 resulted as follows.

Ashling Clery is PRO for the coming year

Chairperson: Jackie Sheridan

Secretary: Joan Cunningham

Asst. Secretary: Sara Shiels

Treasurer & Registrar: Mary Carragher

Asst Treasurer & Registrar: Ann-Marie Carragher

PRO: Aisling Clery

Asst PRO: Miriam Dungan

Injury Claims Secretary: Sara Shiels

Irish Language Officer: Grainne Harrington

Co. Board Delegates: Jackie Sheridan, Sara Shiels and Joan Cunningham

Delegate to Club Executive: Jackie Sheridan

Childrens Liason Officers: Sara Shiels, Aisling Clery

Managers:

Senior: John Bradley

U-16: Aisling Clery

U-14: Jackie Sheridan

U-12: Jackie Sheridan

U-10: Sandra Gardiner

Best of luck Sinead & Jackie

Best of luck to Sinead Dooley and Jackie Shiels in the International Rules Ladies series versus Australia which gets underway in Breffni Park on Tuesday, October 31st.

Click here to view a poster for the upcoming series. More...

The Irish squad and mentors. Sinead Dooley is eight from the left in the front row while Jackie Shiels is seventh from the right in the front row.

St Oliver's Girls - Cumann na mBunscol champions 2005

Meath Cumann na mBunscol Primary Schools Allianz Football Finals at Pairc Tailteann. Girls Div. 1 Final St. Oliver Plunkett P.S. v Our Lady of Mercy P.S. Kells. The St. Oliver's team winners L to R. Back: Orlaith Furey (Mentor), Emer O'Neill (Manager), Isobel Traynor, Jessica Lane, May Smith, Maeve Lorton, Rachel Flynn, Nadia Smith, Aoife Davis, Nicole Hanratty, Danielle Connolly, Kristy Hayden, Niamh Hughes, Sinead Butler, Megan Laverty, Orla Donegan, Ronan Carley (Mentor) Front: Clara McKeever, Elenor Lane, Megan McDermott, Niamh Conaty, Sophie Ighola, Hailey Gibney, Hether Smyth, Clare Brennan, Niamh Lister, Eadaoin Keys, Niamh Burke, Danielle Goss.

November 2005 - Congratulation to the St Oliver's Girls team that captured the Cumann na mBunscol Div 1 title. Check out more pics and the final match report here on this link to www.stop.ie - the school's website. More...

AIB Meath Green Stars Ladies Football Nominations 2005

Eve Wardick	Grainne Harrington	Celine McLarney

November 2005 - Congratulations to Simonstown players Eve Wardick, Grainne Harrington and Celine McLarney who have been nominated for the inaugural AIB Meath Green Stars ladies football team.

The ladies senior panel that reached the championship semi-final - August 2005. Back (l/r): Aoife Lally, Collette O'Connor, Lisa Keenan, Fiona Feeney, Debbie Reynolds, Eve Wardick, Ann Marie Carragher, Eimer Flanagan, Celine McLarney, Celestine Keaveney, Grainne Harrington, Mary Gormley, Grainne Grimes, Louise Egleston, Kerry McDonagh, Paul Connell. Front (l/r): Trish Garvey, Ann Curran, Pauline Flanagan, Emily McAteer, Jackie Shiels, Sinead Dooley, Marion Sheehy, Ciara Quinn, Natalie Lawes, Zoe Gray, Ashling Clery.

The girls U-10 panel and coach Jackie Shiels that participated in the club's U-10 tournament in June 2005

Simonstown Ladies AGM 2004

Executive Officers

Chairperson: Ann Dungan 086 6087494
Vice-chairperson: Mary Gormley 086 6024893
Secretary: Ashling Clery 087 9401151
Asst secretary: Peggy Barry
Treasurer: Doreen Grimes 087 9896287
Asst treasurer: Mary Carragher 086 8531193
Registrar: Mary Carragher
Development Officers:
Fiona Feeney 087 6140021
Jackie Shiels 086 4093490
PRO: Celine McLarney 086 0636971
Injury Claims Officer: Sara Shiels 086 1933864

Team Mentors

U-10 manager: Not appointed yet
U-12 manager: Not appointed yet
U-14 manager: Ann Dungan 0866087494
U-16 manager: Colette O'Connor 086 8615082
Senior manager: Joanne McGuirk 086 3051825

Training Schedules

U-12 & U-14, Monday evenings, 6.30pm - 7.30pm

U-16 & Seniors, Thursday evenings, 7.30pm - 9.15pm

Simonstown Ladies - Update (April 2003)

SImonstown Ladies' season has just kicked off. The big news this season is the arrival of new coaches, Padraig Farrell and Gareth Burns. Padraig hails from Longford and Gareth from Galway. Both are former students of St Pat's Teaching College in Drumcondra, Dublin. They are now living in Navan and both teach at St Oliver's Primary School. Both Padraig and Gareth have had successful terms in coaching the St Pat's Ladies College team. Simonstown Ladies would like to wish them every success in their venture with the Ladies.

Former manager Brendan Egleston has taken a 'Career Break' so to speak. No doubt Brendan will continue with his support of the Ladies and we wish hm a very well earned break. Brendan has been with the Ladies since they formed almost seven years ago.

The Ladies got off to a good start in the Division 1 League against 2002 champions Seneschalstown. Although they went down by 2-11 to 1-8, they had one of their best performances to date. It is with great excitement that we look forward to our next challenge against Summerhill. This game is to be played on Wednesday April 2nd 2003.

The first round of the championship is a home fixture for the Ladies and will be played on Monday April 7th 2003. This will be one of the games of the round and Simonstown ladies are eager to get revenge for their defeat in the league. Good luck girls.

Best wishes to new captain Mary Gormley and vice-captain Jackie Shiels.

Keep an eye on this page for results and news about SIMONSTOWN LADIES.

Yours in sport,

Ann Dungan
Chairperson/PRO Simonstown Ladies

Simonstown Ladies - A Brief History

There had been ladies football activity in Simonstown in the late seventies/early eighties but it had fallen by the wayside up until being revived in the early nineties.

Simonstown Ladies Gaelic Football club was started in 1994/'95 by Brendan Egleston. Three local girls were the first to ask for a club to be formed; they were Lorraine Dunne, Elaine Laverty and Kathleen McCabe. The then Simonstown chairman John Howard and treasurer Eric Brady were two of the people who helped the club get off it's feet.

While starting up in 1994, Simonstown ladies did not compete in competitions until April 1995. Our first game was against Skryne. That first ear we competed in the Ladies Division 3 League and the Junior B championship. We also competed in the U-16 championship. Although not winning a lot, the initial ground was broken and Simonstown Gaels had a ladies club.

The next few years were spent building up underage and senior ladies teams. 1996 saw the club competing at all levels from U-12 to senior. It was during 1996 also that the first piece of silverware was won by the club; the inaugural U-12 County blitz competition.

Nineteen-ninety-eight was by far the most successful year in the club's short history. A culmination of four years hard work led to the winning of the Junior B championship and the Division 3 League. The U-16 championship was also captured that year while the U-12 reached the final of their championship and the U-14s won the Feile Blitz competition.

Nineteen-ninety-nine was another successful year for Simonstown Ladies. The U-14 team were to prove the success of the year winning the championship in style against a formidable Seneschalstown team. This team also won the County Blitz competition and progressed to represent Simonstown and Meath in the All-Ireland Feile Blitz competition which was held in Ennis, Co. Clare.

This year proved to be one of the most frustrating for the club as the U-16s, Minors and U-21s all reached their individual championship finals but ended up on the losing side in each.

The adult team suffered a similar fate, qualifying for the finals of the Intermediate and Division 2 finals but still there was no trophies to show for all their efforts. There was some comfort, however, in the fact that we had gained promotion to Division 1 for the first time.

The year 2000 was to be a quiet onefor us. The U-16s have reached the final of their competition but due to the success of the county U-16s and the bad weather this final has yet to be played.

Over the years Simonstown have been very well represented at all levels on county teams. Jackie Shiels, Fionan Feeney and Celestine Keaveney, for instance, were members of the Meath team which won the All-Ireland title last year.

The club are very proud of all those who have represented the county, these include:
Emma Wall, Cathy-Ann McManamon, Lauren Gavin, Laura McManamon, Eve Wardick, Grainne Harrington, Jane Brady, Kerry O'Brien, Sarah Breen, Michelle O'Brien, Sinead Flanagan, Sinead Dooley, Lisa Moroney, Lisa Lyons.


Simonstown Ladies Officers 2002

Chairperson - Brendan Egleston
Secretary - Celine McLarney
Asst. secretary - Sarah Shiels
Treasurer - Doreen Grimes
PRO/Registrar - Ann Dungan
Irish Language Officer - John Dooley
Senior/U21/Minor manager - Brendan Egleston
U16 manager - Deborah Reynolds
U14 managers - Deborah Reynolds/Ann Dungan
U12 manager - Ann Dungan

Anyone wishing to join Simonstown Ladies club should contact either Secretary Celine McLarney at 086 8173225 or PRO/Registrar Ann Dungan at 086 6087494.