GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 5 - July 17, 2014 | Page 6

NEW YORK

New York girls
capture Feile title
By Simon Gillespie
The New York Feile Girls team
captured the Division 3 National
Feile Football Championship in
dramatic fashion at the recent Féile
Peil na nÓg in County Mayo, Ireland.
Trailing by four points with four
minutes to go the New York Girls
kept their composure to bag two
late goals and several points to win
the competition against a much
fancied Carryduff outfit from
County Down.
This is the second time that New
York have won National titles at
the Girls Feile winning Division 4
against Bredagh also of Down in
2012. The team was managed by
Pat Mc Govern with Selectors Celine Kelly and Vince Tyer, while
Siobhan Lyons was the group’s
Tour Manager, and Simon Gillespie
the trainer of the team.

CROKE PARK VISIT
The group arrived in Ireland last
Tuesday June 25th, and headed
straight for Croke Park in Dublin
to get a guided tour of the famous
GAA stadium. After that it was on
to Athlone, County Westmeath
where the team would be based
for the week. The team played
challenge games against two
teams who had visited New York

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NY U14 Girls captain, Mary McGinn is presented with the Feile Peil Division 3 Cup by President of the Ladies Gaelic Football, Pat Quill (center
right) at the Connacht Council Centre of Excellence in Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo, Ireland. (Claire McGinn)

in 2012 - Swinford Ladies GAA
and Tourlestrane of county Sligo.
The club was hosted by the Roscommon Gaels club and played
most of their matches at the St
Brigids Club in Kiltoom, County
Roscommon the club which won
the 2013 All Ireland Club Championship defeating Ballymun
Kickhams.

GROUP STAGE
The Feile Peil competition began
on Friday June 27th and first up for
the Girls from the Big Apple in the
group stage was the Glenamaddy/
Williamstown club from County
Galway. The New York girls were
determined to show they meant
business and they duly dispatched

the Tribeswomen 8-9 to 0-0. Next
up for New York was the St Patricks
Club from Wicklow, a team who
had put NY out of the 2013 Feile at
the group stages. Revenge was on
the mind of the New York Girls and
they outclassed the Garden County
Champions defeating them 7-07
to 1-02, firmly burying the ghost
of last year’s disappointment. New