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Local girls make Republic squad 11.03.09

MOVILLE Community College striker Gemma McGuinness and Carndonagh Community School midfielder Georgina Gordon have been selected for the Republic of Ireland’s under-15 squad of 22. International selectors first spotted the girls when they played for Ulster in an Interprovincial tournament in Athlone in November. Several training sessions followed, and the girls learned that they have been selected for the Bob Docherty Tournament at the weekend.
Republic of Ireland under-15 assistant manager Margaret Mulhall congratulated both girls on making the team and said she hoped the Republic would retain the Bob Docherty Cup which features the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and will be staged in Belfast on 6-9 April. The squad of 22 will be cut to 18 for the tournament with four reserves and the girls will learn if Gemma McGuinness and Georgina Gordon.
they’ve made it at their final training weekend on 21-22 March.
Gordon was a member of the Carn CS team that defeated Loreto Convent Letterkenny in the Ulster senior schools final last week, gaining a measure of revenge for losing the under-16 decider to the same opposition earlier in the season.
Carn’s reward for winning the Ulster title is a national semi-final against Mercy Convent, Roscommon, in Ballyshannon on Thursday where the kick-off is 12.30pm.
Meanwhile, Greencastle FC’s Niamh McLaughlin (Jack) travelled with the Republic of Ireland under-17 team to Portugal at the weekend for a warm weather training camp. The Republic will play the United States in three friendly internationals from 10-14 March. (Inishowen Independent)
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