REMEMBER the name Ciara Milton.

Tully’s Travel Division 1 St. Fiacc’s 4 Dolmen Celtic 2 It’s been some week for the parish of Graiguecullen after St. Fiacc’s followed in the footsteps of their neighbours St.

MSL U/15 League  Banagher Utd 3 Portlaoise Rovers 0 Banagher United U15 secured a 3–0 home victory over Portlaoise Rovers on a bright afternoon at Middle Road.

CCFL U/17 League Semi-Final 1st Leg  Portlaoise 4 Walsh Island Shamrocks 1 A PLEASANT afternoon set the scene for this semi-final tie in Rossleighan Park on Saturday.

Bob Docherty Cup U/15 Girls’ International tournament  THE Republic of Ireland U/15 girls’ team sit top of the table after two game in the Bob Docherty Cup U/15 Girls’ International tournament.

AOIFE Kelly signed off her Ireland U19’s career last week with her final appearances for the side as she played in the Euro Qualifiers against Serbia, Wales and France.

The career of Ciara Milton continues to skyrocket. Having made the move to Shamrock Rovers to play with their U17’s in January, she’s scored five goals in four games, including a hat-trick on her debut.

MSL U/16 Girls League Temple Villa 3 Portlaoise AFC 0 PORTLAOISE AFC U/16 girls headed to Temple Villa for their final away game of the season. A sunny breezy day and a firm pitch would make for tricky conditions for both teams.

MSL U/11s Girls East  Killeigh 0 Portlaoise 0 PORTLAOISE eventually got the opportunity to play Killeigh this season having had three previous fixtures called off for different reasons.

A NUMBER of clubs from Laois, Carlow, Kilkenny, Wicklow and Wexford met last week at the Woodford Dolmen Hotel in Carlow to discuss the next steps following the FAI vote in December to implement Calendar Football across the country.

Ballybrittas Utd 2  Cappakeel Utd 0 CCFL Division 3A A JOURNEY that began back in September has this week culminated with the crowning of Ballybrittas United as CCFL Division 3A champions.

U/16 Girls League

Ben is a graduate from the sports coaching and business management course in SETU Carlow

Ireland U16 international Ciara Milton will be part of a strong Leinster squad competing in the the 2024 FAI Schools Under 15 Girls’ Interprovincial series in Athlone Town AFC during the Mid Term Break next week, Tuesday, October 29 to Thursday, ...

SFAI Cup Under-16 Girls  Portlaoise AFC 0 Tullamore Town 1 PORTLAOISE AFC U/16 Girls came out on the wrong side of a 1-0 scoreline in the first round of the SFAI U/16 Girls Cup on Saturday in Rossleighan.

Portlaoise AFC 3 Portumna 1 AFTER a fine win away last week Portlaoise started their home campaign with the visit of Portumna to Rossleighan Park.

MSL U/16 Girls League  Portlaoise AFC 2       Birr Town 3 PORTLAOISE AFC U/16 Girls were at home again for their second league game of the season with Birr Town as the visitors.

Mountmellick had two opportunities to find an equaliser midway

Denis Byrne took some wonderful photos on the day

Some serious soccer skills were in action