APRIL 2010

High Hopes for Greencastle Girl in European Championships

Greencastle girl, Niamh McLaughlin is bidding for European glory with the Republic of Ireland U17 soccer squad which travels to Ukraine this month to take part in the UEFA Championships.

The Irish girls have been placed in a tough qualifying group of Sweden, Poland Ukraine with only one team eventually getting through to the semifinals of the competition.

Irish coach Noel King is confident of the girls progression as long as they play to their full potential. He said, "There's no doubt about how tough this competition is. We have a very experienced squad as a lot of the players have been with us for a couple of seasons. We can only benefit from that experience which will give us every chance of progressing but chance and achievement are to very different things at this level."

The girls will be begin their campaign against hosts Ukraine, followed by the games against Sweden & Poland.

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