Sarsfields Mountmellick LFC

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Sarsfields Mountmellick LFC
Na Sáirséalaigh Móinteach Milic
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Founded:1995
County: Laois
Colours:Blue and amber
Coordinates: 53°06′13.56″N7°18′14.15″W / 53.1037667°N 7.3039306°W / 53.1037667; -7.3039306
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Senior Club Championships
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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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At adult level, the club fields football teams at Senior and Junior grades. [1] The club colours are blue and amber.[ citation needed ] Sarsfields uses the same crest as Mountmellick GAA.[ citation needed ]

History

Sarsfields LFC was set up in 1995 for girls from the Mountmellick parish area (also for Rosenallis) who wished to play football. [2]

The new club was called Sarsfields, a named derived from earlier teams in the Mountmellick area in the past. [3]

Sarsfields won their first Laois Ladies Senior Football Championship in 2008. [4]

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. [5] 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. [6]

Honours

CompetitionYears won
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 Championship2000, 2022[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ McEvoy, Barry (2024-09-15). "Laois Ladies SFC: St Conleth's survive second half surge from Sarsfields to secure final spot". Laois Today. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  2. ↑ "Mountmellick". web.archive.org. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  3. ↑ "SarsfieldsMountmellick". web.archive.org. 2011-02-22. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  4. ↑ "Remember the Game: Sarsfields deny Timahoe to win historic first title in 2008". Laois Today. 2019-09-06. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ Lyons, Darragh (2022-09-24). "Extra-Time dominance sees Sarsfields claim Laois Ladies Junior Football title". Laois Today. Retrieved 2024-11-22.
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