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Danske Bank NI Women’s Premiership

The top two continued their fast start to the new season and Cliftonville Ladies hold on
to the leadership after beating Crusaders Strikers 4-1. Amy McGivern did give Crusaders
a second minute lead but a goal in each half from Caitlin McGuinness, plus a Marissa
Callaghan penalty and late Toni-Leigh Finnegan strike, gave Cliftonville a third straight win.
Glentoran also maintained their 100% start as they won 7-1 against local rivals
Linfield. Casey Howe and Lauren Wade each scored twice for the Glens and they were
joined on the scoresheet by Makyla Mulholland, Jessica Foy and Nadene Caldwell, whilst
Linfield’s second half consolation came from Rachel McConnell.
Sion Swifts are heading the teams chasing after the top two, moving themselves up
to third by beating Mid Ulster Ladies 3-0. Cora Chambers put Sion in front midway
through the first half and Aime Durn made it two ahead of half time, before Naomi
McLaughlin rounded off the scoring
from the penalty spot, seven minutes P W D L F A Pts GD
from time. CLIFTONVILLE LADIES 3 3 0 0 14 1 9 13
Lisburn Ladies meanwhile GLENTORAN 3 3 0 0 14 2 9 12
SION SWIFTS 3 2 0 1 8 5 6 3
secured their first Danske Bank NI
LINFIELD LADIES 3 1 1 1 8 8 4 0
Women's Premiership point as they CRUSADERS STRIKERS 3 1 1 1 5 5 4 0
battled out a scoreless draw with Derry LISBURN LADIES 3 0 1 2 1 9 1 -8
City, who are also off the mark for the DERRY CITY 3 0 1 2 0 9 1 -9
season. In an evenly contested match, MID ULSTER LADIES 3 0 0 3 1 12 0 -11
the best chance of the encounter came Cliftonville 4 Crusaders 1; Derry 0 Lisburn 0; Glentoran 7 Linfield 1;
four minutes from time as Lisburn’s Sion 3 Mid Ulster 0.
Jessica Hall saw her penalty saved by
Candystripes goalkeeper Clare Friel.

Durham FA girls football event
Following interest received, the Durham CFA are delighted to announce that we will be
organising a Durham FA Girls Football event to be held over the summer holidays on
Wednesday 3rd, Thursday 4th and Friday 5th August 2022.
This is an ideal opportunity to introduce your new Under 7's to organised games (All
players must be at least 6) as well as Under 9's playing in the 7v7 format for the first time.
For Under 8's and Under 10's this is a brilliant opportunity to play in friendly fixtures in a
safe and controlled environment in preparation for the new season. AGE GROUPS AS PER
SEASON 2022-23.
The Under 7's and Under 8's (5v5) will kick off on Wednesday 3rd August with the
under 7's games commencing at 10am and finishing at approximately 12noon. The Under
8's will begin their fixtures at 1pm finishing at approximately 3pm.
The Under 9's (7v7) will play on Thursday 4th August 2022 with fixtures
commencing at 10am and finishing at approximately 1pm.
The Under 10's (7v7) will play on Friday 5th August 2022 with the games
commencing at 10am and finishing at approximately 1pm.
Entry fee for U7's & U8's is £20 per team with the U9's & U10's paying £25 per team.
Entries are strictly limited to 12 teams per age group.
The focus of this event is for girls to enjoy playing football. Therefore there will be no
overall winners, no finals arranged and no results recorded however ALL players who
compete will be given a medal of participation.
To enter your team please visit www.durhamfa.com and complete an online entry
form.
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