Cappagh Ladies has become well established within Killyclogher GAC since 2003 where we initially entered competitive games at U14, U16 and Senior levels. It continues to grow throughout the years along with the talent of the many players representing our club.
The success of Cappagh ladies was evident from its 2nd year in formation in 2004 when our U14’s reached the Grade II championship final against Sigersons, narrowly missing out after extra time. That same year we hosted the U14 team from Bishop Challoner Catholic School in Birmingham as part of the U14 Feile. The senior and U16 team soon followed suit in being promoted to Grade II in 2005. However, our minors took competition to a new level in 2006 by progressing to Grade I football, setting the standards for all other age groups. The talent of our players was soon acknowledged when our first representatives where selected at County level in 2005 with Naomi McAnulla playing for U14 county team and Tracey Wallace being selected for the minor panel.
Cappagh contributed even further to the county teams with girls being selected at all levels. In 2006, Grainne McGread and Teri McCusker where selected for U14 county team and Donna Donnelly gained a place on the minor county panel. In 2007, Teri McCusker, and Aisling Porter represented us in the U14 county panel, Naomi McAnulla, Aideen O’Neill and Naoise Devlin were selected for the U16 county team and Clodagh Poyntz, Stephanie Patterson, Stephanie McGinn and Naomi NcAnulla were selected for the minor county team. This trend continued last year with Teri McCusker representing Cappagh Ladies in the U14A county team that won the Ulster Championship and Molly Keenan and Aoibhean Bradley playing for the U14B county team.
A noteable success in 2008 was our players who were on the winning Loreto Grammar team that participated in the U16 All Ireland Schools final (Naomi McAnulla, Teri McCusker, Naoise Devlin, Una Mc Cullagh and Leanne McCrossan with Naomi gaining the title of ‘player of the match’) and our representation on the County minor team that won the Ulster Championship and missed out in the All Ireland final to Dublin.
Cappagh Ladies continuing to progress and grow on its strengths of having such a large number of talented footballers. We have started the year with large numbers in attendance at training, guided by the support from some of our senior men, Gary Wallace, Ciaran Carland and Eoin Bradley, who kindly agreed to manage the minor and senior panels in 2009.
