Bish advance to Connacht finals

St Joseph’s College (the Bish) will represent Galway in the Connacht finals of the Post Primary Schools Boys First Year futsal competition in the NUIG Sports Centre this coming Thursday after seeing off the challenge of eight other teams in the Galway finals last week.

There was heartbreak for the Salerno B girls’ side, however, after they lost the final of the First Year Girls’ competition, having beaten Salerno A in the semi-final 4-3 on penalties to make it to the decider.There were nine teams participating in the Boys’ event – which was held in Ballygar Community Centre, representing seven schools – St Joseph’s College, The Jes, Colaiste na Corribe, St Mary’s College and Galway Community College, Presentation College Headford and the hosts, Colaiste Mhuire, Ballygar.

The nine teams were split into three groups of three, with old rivals The Bish and The Jes A in Group 1, along with Ballygar A, and the Bish advanced with wins over Ballygar A (3-1) and the Jes (4-1), with the Jes finishing second thanks to a 3-0 win over Ballygar A.The Jes B side won Group 2 with wins over Colaiste na Coiribe (5-1) and Ballygar B (2-1), while Colaiste na Coiribe finished second in the group with a 4-2 win over Ballygar B.

Both St Mary’s College and Presentation College Headford advanced to the semi-finals from Group 3 after they drew their opening Group game 3-3. St Mary’s won the group on goal difference by virtue of their 4-0 win over Galway Community College, with Pres Headford beating the city school 3-0.

For more, read this week's Connacht Sentinel.