Bonagee Girls aiming for FAI Cup semi-final

Bonagee United are aiming to succeed in the semi-finals of the FAI Girls’s Beginner Cup this weekend.

On Sunday, Bonagee welcome Ballingarry AFC from Limerick to Dry Arch Park (kick-off 3pm).

There’s a double carrot on provide this weekend with the winners of the quarter-finals additionally set to get a spot within the FAI Girls’s Senior Cup.

Bonagee have began the brand new season properly, however supervisor Chris McNulty has warned {that a} powerful afternoon awaits his aspect.

“We’ve began this yr positively, though it has been considerably stop-start,” the Bonagee supervisor stated.

“We’re delighted to have the sport at dwelling, initially. We had quite a lot of large away days final yr so it’s improbable for the gamers and the membership to get a recreation of this magnitude at our personal floor.

“We’ll must be at our greatest on Sunday. Nothing lower than the ‘A’ recreation will get us over the road. We’ll must battle arduous and work arduous. Ballingarry are a properly skilled and well-drilled outfit.”

Bonagee reached the semi-finals final season, dropping out to Douglas Corridor in Cork and likewise performed within the Senior Cup, falling to League of Eire aspect Cork Metropolis.

Bonagee have added some new faces this yr with GAA All-Star Geraldine McLaughlin returning to the membership alongside goalkeeper Roisin McCafferty.

Irish Deaf Lady’s Futsal ace Catherine Grier – who will go to the World Cup in Brazil later this yr – was introduced in to bolster the rearguard.

“We now have some younger gamers who’re additionally biting on the senior gamers’ heels for involvement in these video games,” McNulty stated. “We’re very happy with our personal conveyor belt – final yr, ten gamers who got here by our personal ranks gained League and Cup medals with the membership.”

Bonagee have risen steadily in recent times, successful the North West Girls’s Tremendous League in 2019 and including a home League and Cup double in 2022.

“We’re trying to construct and enhance on a regular basis,” McNulty stated. “The membership has given us the backing and a platform to do this and the gamers we’ve introduced in slot in so properly.

“We stated final yr that we needed ‘large’ video games to change into the norm at Bonagee United. We now have an opportunity to get a pair extra with a win on Sunday.”

Bonagee Girls aiming for FAI Cup semi-final was final modified: Could twenty sixth, 2023 by Employees Author