Longford ladies chasing Leinster Minor ‘C’ glory
Title decider v Wicklow in Athy on Sunday, throw-in 2pm
Longford ladies football have enjoyed a fair amount of success in recent years and the current bunch of U-18 players are chasing Leinster title glory on Sunday, throw-in 2pm.
Providing the opposition in the provincial decider will be Wickow with the Minor ‘C’ championship final in Athy, the curtain-raiser to the Minor ‘B’ final between Laois and Westmeath (4.15pm).
Captained by Zara Drake from the Ballymore club, Longford dropped down from the ‘B’ grade and will be confident of coming out on top at the Co Kildare venue on the basis of their draw against Laois in the remaining group fixture in the higher grade.
The Longford team manager is David Tiernan from the Ardagh Moydow club and he is working with a talented squad who scored a convincing 3-10 to 1-8 win over Carlow in the ‘C’ semi-final on Sunday last