First outings in the football field
The first week of October saw teams from Colaiste Ide agus Iosef enter competitive competitions for the first time. On Monday October 3rd, the ladies footballers had their first outing when they took on Colaiste na Sceilge in Munster Ladies Senior A Football. The Abbeyfeale team had an early setback when Laura Sheeran was injured, however her replacement Tara Zgaga competed very well in the middle of the field. Other strong performances by Barbara Browne and Tina Mangan helped to ensure the school held on for a convincing victory. The final score Colaiste Ide agus Iosef 4-8 Colaiste na Sceilge 0-11. On the Tuesday the under 16 boys had their first outing in the Munster Vocational Schools Junior Football competition. Played in Bruff the panel was depleted by the absence of Abbeyfeale based players who were participating with their club in a county semi final that night. Their opponents from Scoi Ruain in Killenaule, Co Tipperary dominated the early proceedings before Colaiste Ide agus Iosef stamped their mark on the game with some fine long range points against a stiff wind. The half time scoreline of 2-8 to 1-2 gave the Abbeyfeale team a cushion to try out some changes and indeed the half time subs would combine to score 2-4 in the second half as the school ran out easy winners on a scoreline of 6-15 to 1-7
Junior Boys football team list
Maurice O Keefffe, Killian Fitzmaurice, Keith Murphy, Darragh Mangan, Cillian Keane, Chris Browne, Pierce Horgan, Aaron O Connor, Shane Fitzmaurice (1-1), Daniel Lyons (0-1), Thomas Sexton, Conor Moroney, Kieran O Donnell (1-4), Eamonn Prendiville (2-5), Michael Keane, Subs: Timmy Finnegan (1-1) (for Michael Keane) , Gavin Dillon (1-2) (for Daniel Lyons), Jamie Lenihan (for Chris Browne), Daniel O Callaghan (for Cillian Keane), Thomas Scanlon (0-1) (for Conor Moroney).
