Carlow 0 Midlands 0 (Carlow win 6-5 on penalties)
Gaynor Cup Final
Carlow are Gaynor Cup champions following a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Midlands this afternoon in University of Limerick.
The shoot-out went all the way to sudden death and Killeshin’s Cara English slotted the decisive kick in the end.
She is one of 15 girls who were involved in the final between these neighbouring district.
The ten Laois players who are representing Carlow are split evenly between Killeshin and St Fiacc’s.
Ciara Milton, Laura Malone, Emma Malone, Lucie O’Rielly and Cara English all belong to Killeshin while Ashlee Smith, Hanna Kerfah, Ellie Maher, Nicole Osborne and Jasmine Doyle are with St Fiacc’s.
While there is a further Laois connection as manager Alan Smith, father of Ashlee, is also from Graiguecullen.
The Midlands were captained by Abbeyleix’s Roisin Bradley and also contain Mountmellick trio Sarah Burke, Ciara Conroy and Lilly-Mae Conroy.
While Niamh Coughlon, who plays for Killeigh, hails from Clonaslee.
Midlands finished the Gaynor Cup without conceding a goal and that is some record.
But Carlow won the quarter final and semi final following a penalty shoot-out and did the same here.
Killeshin’s Ciara Milton also scored in the shootout as English dispatched the winner in the end.
MIDLANDS GAYNOR CUP SQUAD 2023
Aoibheann Slattery (Birr Town FC)
Chloe Glynn (St Josephs FC)
Christina Waldron (Belnamulla LFC)
Alison Judge (Killeigh FC)
Roisin Bradley (Abbeyleix FC)
Erin McHugh (Temple Villa FC)
Leah Stack (Killeigh FC)
Emma Mooney (Killeigh FC)
Neasa Trainor (Ballinahown FC)
Sophie Byrne (Willow Park FC)
Leah Concannon (Ballinahown FC)
Niamh Coughlan (Killeigh FC)
Caoilfhinn Brett (Hodson Bay Celtic FC)
Kacey-Lee Finnmor (Tullamore Town FC)
Sophie Padden (Temple Villa FC)
Ellen Gorman (Killeigh FC)
Sarah Burke (Mountmellick United FC)
Ciara Conroy (Mountmellick United FC)
Lilly-Mae Conroy (Mountmellick United FC)
CARLOW GAYNOR CUP SQUAD 2023
Carla Byrne (Vale Wanderers)
Ellie Maher (St Fiacc’s)
Anna Cullen (Burrin Celtic)
Grainne Grennan (Ballymurphy Celtic)
Natalia Deka (Nurney Villa)
Siobhan Sinnott (New Oak)
Aoife Bergin (Burrin Celtic)
Nicole Osborne (St Fiacc’s)
Laura Malone (Killeshin)
Anna Gurhy (New Oak)
Jasmine Doyle (St Fiacc’s)
Abby Kepple (Burrin Celtic)
Lucie O’Reilly (Killeshin)
Cara English (Killeshin)
Ciara Milton (Killeshin)
Emma Malone (Killeshin)
Eimear Bolger (Burrin Celtic)
Keelie Doyle (Burrin Celtic)
Ashlee Smith (St Fiacc’s)
Hanna Kerfah (St Fiacc’s)
