Shelbourne Complete Double with FAI Cup Victory – Weekly Roundup

Shelbourne Win FAI Women’s Cup Shelbourne won the EVOKE.ie FAI Women’s Cup Final with a 2-0 victory over Athlone Town in front of a record crowd for women’s domestic soccer — 5,073 — at Tallaght stadium on Nov. 6th. Player of the Match Jessie Stapleton scored a goal just six minutes into the match and club captain Pearl Slattery followed …

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Shelbourne Win 2022 EVOKE.ie FAI Women’s Cup

Shelbourne completed the domestic double by lifting the EVOKE.ie FAI Women’s Cup following a 2-0 victory over Athlone Town in front of a record crowd in Tallaght Stadium. For the second year in a row, there has been a new attendance record for the FAI Women’s Cup. The 2021 attendance record was 3, 053 fans in attendance. This year, the …

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WNL Award Nominees Announced

The nominees for the 2022 SSE Airtricity Women’s National League Awards have been announced ahead of the Award Ceremony on Thursday, November 24th. Athlone Town striker Emily Corbet, Peamount United veteran Áine O’Gorman and Wexford Youths midfielder Ellen Molloy are all in the running for the Player of the Year. O’Gorman previously won this award in the 2014/15 season. Corbet …

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3 Gold for Ireland at European Boxing Championship – Weekend Roundup

Women’s European Boxing Championship – Three Gold for Team Ireland! Team Ireland swept the Women’s European Boxing Championship this week, with Kellie Harrington, Aoife O’Rourke, and Amy Broadhurst winning gold. Caitlin Fryers and Christina Desmond took home silver medals and Michaela Walsh and Shannon Sweeney brought home bronze medals. Dublin’s Olympic gold winner Harrington won gold in the lightweight category …

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Ireland Qualifies for the World Cup- Weekend Roundup

Ireland through to World Cup The Republic of Ireland’s WNT qualified for the FIFA World Cup after a historic 1-0 victory over Scotland in Hampden Park on Tuesday. After scoring the key goal Donegal’s Amber Barrett kissed the black armband she wore to commemorate the Creeslough victims and later dedicated her goal to them. Goalkeeper Courtney Brosnan was another star, …

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Katie O’Brien Wins Gold- Weekend Roundup

KPMG Women’s Irish Open- Maguire and Walsh Miss Out The Irish Women’s Open returned to the Ladies’ European Tour after a ten-year hiatus. Ireland’s Leona Maguire made a remarkable comeback from a difficult beginning which had left her ten shots behind, but missed making the 14-under-par required to make it into the play-off by just one shot. This left a …

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Athlone Town to meet Shelbourne in EVOKE.ie FAI Women’s Cup Final

The line-up for the 2022 EVOKE.ie FAI Women’s Cup Final is set with Athlone Town to take on Shelbourne in Tallaght Stadium on Sunday, November 6th. Last year’s runners-up Shelbourne booked their place in the showpiece event thanks to a converted penalty from Noelle Murray in their semi-final joust with Bohemians. Athlone made it through to a first ever Final after …

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KPMG Irish Open is Back for the First time Since 2012 Weekend Roundup

The WNL Highlights   The Wexford Youths take the lead in the SSE Airtricity Women’s National League to wrap up a big weekend for the WNL. With Shelbourne, Peamount United and Athlone Town not closely behind, it will be tough to see who keeps at the top of the leaderboard next week. The results from this weekend are:   Athlone …

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SSE Airtricity WNL Round-Up

The title race in the SSE Airtricity Women’s National League had an interesting twist on Saturday as Wexford Youths took over from champions Shelbourne at the top. Shels lost narrowly to Peamount United in an entertaining Dublin Derby, which was broadcast live on TG4, while Wexford stormed back against Cork City to claim three vital points. Bohemians and Galway also …

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