KILDARE 2-11 DUBLIN 2-8
WAYNE Fitzpatrick turned in one of the most memorable individual performances seen in St Conleth’s Park in recent times as he scored 2-7 to guide the Kildare Vocational Schools team to Leinster glory – despite playing with a broken little finger on his right hand.
GMIT 1-17 KILDARE 1-16 AET
KILDARE manager Willie Sunderland was a picture of frustration after watching his side lose out by a point after extra-time in their opening game of the season.
ATHLONE CC 1-8 PATRICIAN NEWBRIDGE 1-6 (AET)
THE PBS bowed out of the Leinster Colleges championship last Wednesday on their on own pitch but they could hold their heads up high after a battling performance against Athlone CC.
NEWBRIDGE COLLEGE 15 KING’S HOSPITAL 0
NEWBRIDGE College moved into the final of the Vinnie Murray Cup and booked their place in the Leinster Senior Cup in the process with a gruelling victory over King’s Hospital at rain-soaked NUI Maynooth on Wednesday (25 January).
CPC KILCULLEN 41 LORETO COLLEGE MULLINGAR 36
CROSS and Passion College Kilcullen secured the All Ireland under-16 ‘C’ girls title with a hard fought 41-36 victory over Loreto College Mullingar.
LIFFEY RAVENS 3 NAAS COBRAS 2
(25-21, 22-25, 25-22, 14-25, 15-14)
NAAS Cobras were in action this weekend against Dublin team Liffey Ravens in the Ladies Division Two National Volleyball League.
DONADEA Forest Park basked in sunshine from daybreak on Sunday, 22 January for the first event of the year. The event was organised by CNOC, the orienteering club serving Kildare and surrounding counties.
LAST weekend the Newbridge Wildcats played Aer Lingus Hawks in the Women’s First Division Volleyball League.
By Eve Talbot
ST MARY’S Secondary School, Naas made history at Hawkfield by winning their first Kildare Camogie schools league titles with a two point win in the minor final and a convincing win in the junior final.
By Brendan Coffey
CHRIS Phelan calls them the little family and this Friday three Ryston boxers will fight for the right to be called an Irish senior champion.