THE Year 8 footballers of St Paul's Junior High School put the perfect end on the sporting year for the Francis Street school by collecting the Armagh Vocational Schools' Under 13 title after going through the competition undefeated.
On their way to the title they defeated St Paul’s, Bessbrook, St Patrick’s, Keady, St Joseph’s, Crossmaglen before winning their final game against St Patrick’s, Armagh.
The Armagh School got their revenge however in the final of the Armagh Iarbun
scoileanna ‘Blitz’ when they defeated the Lurgan side by five points.
The captain of the Lurgan side, Niall O’Neill, provided a link with the past as his father, Martin, was full forward on the first St Paul’s side to win the Under 13 Championship back in 1977.
The team panel was: Niall O’Neill(Clann Eireann), Joseph Mulholland (Clann Eireann), Tiarnan Farquahar (St Paul’s), Shea Heffron (Clann Eireann), Cormac Moore (St Peter’s), Nathan Bell (Clann Eireann), Daniel Thompson (Clann Eireann), Kyle Cooney (St Paul’s), Caolan Skelton (Sarsfields), Alex Mackey (St Peter’s), Stephan Toland (St Paul’s), Conal Patterson (Clann Eireann), James McDade (St Mary’s, Aghagallon), Aaron Casey (Clann Eireann), Jack Wilson (Clann Eireann), Fintan Curran (Wolfe Tones), Ryan McEvoy (Clan-na-Gael), Michael Corden (Clann Eireann), Thomas Turley (St Peter’s), Caolan Boyle (St Paul’s), Jack Crealey (Wolfe Tones), Cameron Dummigan (St Paul’s), Conor McPeake (Clann Eireann), Ciaran Sweeney (Wolfe Tones), Jason McAreavey (St Paul’s), Ryan McAlinden (Sarsfields), Jamie McAtavey (Clann Eireann), Shea Tighe (Clan-na-Gael)Kevin McCann (Clans)
The full article contains 267 words and appears in Lurgan Mail newspaper.
