Monaleen Juvenile GAA Club

Club Notes

June 27th 2011

Monaleen U14 Ladies GAA Club ( Limerick):
The Monaleen Ladies Football Club came into being in the middle of the Summer 2003. Monaleen Ladies went on to win the Junior Championship in 2003 and 2008. The Juvenile Section started in 2005 with an Under 14 team when we participated in Feile and won the Development League.
Always working closely with the club, Monaleen National School went from strength to strength in girls football, reaching six City Finals in a row from 2005 to 2010. Squad numbers in the school went from 18 talented youngsters in 2003 to 45 in 2005 (and increased every year since then!), and U12 Football was added to the strong U14 set up in the club in 2008 on the back of the large numbers of girls playing the sport. The U12s won the Novice County Championship in 2009 before winning the A County Championship in 2010, and many of those girls are involved in the Feile 2011 team.
The numbers in the club and school continue to grow, with good numbers now playing U10 girls football, and a very successful U11 ½ team set up in the school (they have won the last two city championships). The club now has active and dedicated teams from U10 all the way to intermediate, and the future for Monaleen Ladies Football looks bright!

The Feile is on in Cork from June 30th to July 2nd. Monaleen are in Division one this year so the competition will be tough as they face St Vals and Eire Og – both clubs are in the final of the Cork U14 Championship, and also PortLaoise. They will be based in Cloughduv in County Cork. It is a great honour for the girls to represent the club , community and county. They would like to thank all of those parents, sponsors, the club members and mentors who have helped to get them prepared for this event. We wish the team every success in this year Feile.