Leinster Futsal title for Eureka girls

Eureka Secondary School, Kells took the Girls Leinster Futsal title at Gormanstown College last week where St Peter's, Dunboyne finished in the runner-up position in the boys section. At the end of an entertaining day it was the girls who took the main stage first, with Eureka taking on Dublin champions St. Finian's Community College, Swords. Both sides went into the final with the 100 per cent records from their groups, with Eureka making it five wins from five. “We are very impressed and happy with the girls,†said Eureka coach Leonard Noone after the final. The boys' final featured St Peter's College Dunboyne against Confey and the Kildare side shaded the decider by 1-0. Eureka now progress to the All-Ireland Futsal Finals which will be held on Tuesday 7th December at Gormanston which will be co-ordinated by National Development Officer Ian Carry from Navan. Eureka - Sarah Gilson, Megan Foley, Niamh O'Keefe, Hannah Quinn, Amy Smith, Aoife McKeever, Edith Lynch, Kara O'Rourke, Shianne Suarez, Catherine Dolan, Laura Keoghan. St Peter's - Cian O'Dwyer, Eoghan Dunne, Dylan Malone, Conor Keeley, Scott Crawford, Jack Cox, Jack Delaney, David McEntee, Andy O'Connor, Alex O'Reilly, Cian Ryan. Primary schools Gormanston also hosted the Meath Primary Schools Futsal tournament and FAI Meath Development Officer Mark Scanlon was full of praise for the superbly organised tournament. “I am delighted with the success of this year's tournament and the increase in schools taking part was very positive. It is great to see 612 players getting a chance to represent their schools,†said Scanlon. “The big plus for this year was the use of Gormanston College and the sports hall which is the finest in the county. The transition year students who refereed the games were excellent.†The small schools competition kicked-off and the girls section was very competitive with Kiltale and Cortown eventually reaching the final where Cortown came out on top by the narrowest of margins winning 1-0. The boys section was equally as exciting. Rathregan and Cushinstown reached the semi-final from where they were joined by Lismullen and Carnaross. Rathregan held off Carnaross in a high-scoring 4-3 game and Lismullen also qualified for the final after a tight 3-2 win against Cushinstown. In the final both teams had spells where they were on top, but in the end Lismullen secured victory with a 3-1 win to the delight of team manager Pat Sheridan. Next up was the medium schools and the girls section provided plenty of drama with eventual winners Stackallen coming through both the semi-final and final with extra-time golden goals. In the semi-final they defeated St Joseph's Mercy from Navan 2-1 and they then met Dangan, who had defeated Kentstown 3-0 in the semi-final. The final was scoreless at full-time, but Ashling Martin's troops dug in deep to score the golden goal and secure the title for the Stackallen school. The boys section also went right to the wire. Rathbeggan beat Kentstown 1-0 in the semi-final to set-up a tie against Kilcloon who defeated Dangan 3-1. The final certainly didn't disappoint and after a pulsating 2-2 draw, which saw some great goals and fantastic goalkeeping, the game went to penalties. Rathbeggan held their nerve to come out victorious 3-2 and team manager Kieran Rushe was delighted with the spirit shown by his team throughout the tournament. The large school section finished off the three days of action with probably the best football of the week. The girls section was not for the faint-hearted with penalty kicks deciding one of the semi-finals and the final. It was Dunshaughlin's Gaelscoil na Rithe that proved to be the penalty kings defeating the highly-fancied Whitecross NS in the semi-final. That set-up an all Dunshaughlin final after St Seachnall's had earlier beaten Duleek 3-0 in the other semi-final. With no goals for either side in normal or extra-time Gaelscoil na Rithe earlier won 2-1 to win the local battle and emerge victorious. The competiveness of the Boys section was shown by the fact that there was only one goal separating the teams in both semi-finals and the final. Realt na Mara from Donacarney defeated Gaelscoil na Rithe 2-1 in the first semi-final and Enfield defeated Whitecross by the same scoreline in the second semi-final. In the final the highly-skilled Enfield team shaded the game to overcome Realt na Mara who were unlucky to lose the final for the second successive year.