Monday Lunch Sport Update, with Joe Mallon Motors, Sallins Rd., Naas

Kildare women are Div 3 football champions; This evening, at 6.30pm, Kildare Scoreboard will review the weekend Kildare sport: GAA, including manager interviews, Leinster Senior League and KDFL Soccer results, rugby and racing

Four county hurling and football teams were in championship action over the weekend.

Pride of place goes to the women footballers who are the Lidl Division 3 League champions and are promoted to Division 2

Yesterday in Parnell Park, they beat Clare after extra time by 2-11 to 2-10; the Kildare goals from a Nessa Dooley penalty on 10 minutes and team captain Grace Clifford on 44 minutes.

But, it was three points in extra time by player of the match Róisín Byrne, along with heroic efforts by all, that clinched the title.

At half time, Kildare led by 1-2 to 0-3.

Kildare led all the way until four minutes from time, when Clare equalised 1-10 to 2-7 to send the game to extra time.

At half time in extra time:  Clare 2-10 Kildare 2-8

Two Roisín Byrne points levelled the match with 6 minutes remaining.

Two minutes later, Player of the Match Byrne put Kildare into the lead with a huge pointed free 2-11 to 2-10.

Despite Kildare finishing with 13 after two more yellow cards, they held on to win by a single point  and are Division 3 champions and promoted to Division 2 next season.

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The senior hurlers lost to  Offaly in the Joe McDonagh Cup in Hawkfield by 2-22 to 3-11.

Kildare’s 3rd goal came from a last minute goalkeeper Paddy McKenna penalty.

Before that game Kfm broadcast live the Draw for this years UPMC senior hurling championship

The four pairings are:

Holders Naas vs Celbridge; Confey v Ardclough; Clane v Coill Dubh; Eire Og Corra Choill v Maynooth

The minor hurlers continued their Leinster championship vs Laois in Clane yesterday, but lost by 4-15 to 2-13

Eoin Stapleton’s U 20 hurlers had a 1-13 to 1-7 win over Carlow on Saturday.

They will play Offaly in the preliminary quarter final next Friday evening at 6.30pm in Tullamore

We’ll review those games on this evening’s Kildare Scoreboard from 6.30pm, including manager interviews

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Next Sunday,  Glenn Ryan’s footballers  play Wicklow in Netwatch Cullen Pk at 2.30pm.

The winners of that game will play either Dublin or Laois in the Leinster semi final.

Tomorrow night:

Eirgrid Leinster Under 20 FC Semi Finals   -   Winner on the Day

Pairc Tailteann Navan            (6.30)                                      Meath   v   Dublin

Laois Hire O Moore Park Portlaoise  (7.30)                          Laois   v   Kildare

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In the United Rugby Championship, on Saturday, Suncroft’s Sam Prendergast scored a last minute penalty, as Leinster beat Emirates Lions 39-36 Johannesburg.

In the A.I.L. final day of the season, Old Wesley beat Naas 38-35; MU Barhall lost 21-29 to Old Crescent.
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There's racing at Tramore this evening, with the first off at 4.15pm.

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Finally, a reminder that this evening, at 6.30pm, Kildare Scoreboard will review the weekend Kildare sport: GAA, including manager interviews, Leinster Senior League and KDFL Soccer results, rugby and racing.