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.[1] 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 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
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "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)