Sarsfields LFC Laois is a Ladies' Gaelic Football Association club based in Mountmellick in County Laois. It fields teams in Ladies' football from juvenile up to adult.
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| Founded: | 1995 | ||||||||
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| County: | Laois | ||||||||
| Colours: | Blue and amber | ||||||||
| Coordinates: | 53°06′13.56″N 7°18′14.15″W / 53.1037667°N 7.3039306°W | ||||||||
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At adult level, the club fields football teams at Senior and Junior grades.[citation needed] The club colours are blue and amber.[citation needed] Sarsfields uses the same crest as Mountmellick GAA.[citation needed]
History
editSarsfields LFC was set up in 1995 to cater for girls from the Mountmellick parish area (also caters for Rosenallis) who wished to play football.[1]
The new club was called Sarsfields, originating from teams in the Mountmellick area in the past and Sarsfield Street in Mountmellick which includes the Catholic church, concert hall and Mountmellick credit union.[2]
Sarsfields won their first Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship in 2008.[3]
Sarsfields are one of the most successful ladies football clubs in Laois having won the Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship 9 times during which they set won a record 7 years in a row from 2013 to 2019.[4] They also made 16 consecutive appearances in the Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship final from 2006-2021.[citation needed]
They have won the Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship 3 times (2008,2013,2014).[citation needed]
In 2022, their second team won the Laois Junior Football Championship.[5]
Honours
edit| Competition | Years won |
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| Leinster Ladies' Senior Club Football Championship| | 2008, 2013, 2014,[citation needed] |
| Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship | 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019[citation needed] |
| Laois Ladies Junior Football Championship | 2000, 2022[citation needed] |
References
edit- ^ "Mountmellick". web.archive.org. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "SarsfieldsMountmellick". web.archive.org. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
- ^ "Remember the Game: Sarsfields deny Timahoe to win historic first title in 2008". Laois Today. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
- ^ Egan, Andrew (2019-09-08). "Sensational second-half helps Sarsfields bring home seventh Senior title in-a-row". www.leinsterexpress.ie. Retrieved 2024-11-21.
- ^ Lyons, Darragh (2022-09-24). "Extra-Time dominance sees Sarsfields claim Laois Ladies Junior Football title". Laois Today. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
External links
edit- Sarsfields Ladies Football club (archived 2011)