Player of the Year : Alex Casey Most Improved Player of Year : Joy Collins Awards presented by team mentors Mike O'Dwyer and Kevin Byrne [widgetkit id=599]

  [widgetkit id=578] Congrats to the ★U13 girls football team★ on winning their final in Rathcoffey this morning. 31-Oct, versus Balyna. Our thanks to the management team of Sean Gallagher & Brendan Pimlott for their hard work with the team. Thanks to Paul Lynch for sending in these images without water marks or copyright for us to enjoy & share.  Match Report by Brendan Pimlott.  Date: 31st Oct 2016 For every winner, there must be a loser. Gaelic Football can be a cruel game at times, and unfortunately for Balyna, they were on the back foot from the best U13’s Celbridge Girls performance of this year. On paper, this game was supposed to be different from all the other matches played in this league this year, for all the girls concerned on both sides. As their last encounter (Celbridge vs Balyna) was only barely won, from last few minutes’ goal, in Celbridge’s favour, which separated the two teams in the end, only by a two-point margin. In every game before today’s final, both teams have shown a ruthless streak within this league beating other teams, which many believed would see them battle into extra time come this final day, like the Rathcoffey vs Na Fianna final also played today in another division.  Click article title to read more...

★Celbridge U13's Girls footballers before their convincing win today (22-Oct) over Milltown ★ in the league semi-final Celbridge U13's Girls GAA VS Milltown U13's Girls GAA Football  League Division 6a (SEMI-FINAL) Played - Saturday 22nd Oct 2016 @12pm The weather was good, the pitch was in good shape, and both Celbridge & Milltown had fully fit and ready squads, so it had all the ingredients needed for a good game.  Now with a full team, it gave the two Celbridge Mentors - Sean and Brendan, some opportunities to change the layout for the starting team. Milltown U13's girls’ team looked ready and well prepared for this Semi-Final encounter against Celbridge U13’s girls. The game kicked off and it was a real battle in the midfield from both teams. With an opening point scored from one of the Celbridge midfielders, this was followed by a goal from the Celbridge centre half forward, followed by another point from another Celbridge midfielder.  Milltown scored a point just before half time from there midfielder.  The game seemed to be flow well, despite the score line, with the Celbridge defence holding very strong and the Celbridge forwards attacking well and most of the game seemed to be focused on the midfield area. The Celbridge centre half forward scored another goal, along with another goal from the full centre forward. But! Milltown didn’t give up and scored a goal from a rewarded free-kick to their centre forward, followed by another point from a free kick. But it was Celbridge girls who held strong and scored a goal from there midfielder, from free kick (which seemed to be disallowed from the referee at the end of the game), but this didn’t matter in the end, as it was followed a few more points and the game was at its end. A good battle from the two sides, but Celbridge seemed to have the edge on the day!  It was great to see all the Celbridge girls playing as a team and fully supporting each other when needed. It was also worth noting all the parents and great family support, from both teams was excellent! On one small note, everyone commented on how well the Celbridge defence held/played on the day! So full credit to girls on the day playing in the defence positions, who were: Emma Lynch (Captain & CDEF), Meabh O’Donovan (LDEF), Nikki O’Keefe (RDEF), Leah Gallagher (RHB), Leah Murphy (CHB), Laura Syrbit (LHB) and Subs who also filled defence positions - Lucy O’Reilly, Emma Russell and Tara Nevin. Both Mentors – Sean & Brendan were delighted for the girls and happy to be in the Final on the 31st of Oct 2016. Also, full credit must be given to Milltown, for making it to the Semi-Finals and then for an excellent game. Well done to all of the girls, who all played their part, both on and off the pitch.   Final Score (As Recorded by the Referee): Celbridge 3-7, Milltown 1-2 Scorers for Celbridge on the day were: Megan Quinn (MF), Niamh Mortell (MF), Abbie Pimlott (CHF), Laoise Mimnagh (FCF) The Final will be played in: Rathcoffey GAA Club - @11.15am, Pitch 2, Monday 31st Oct 2016, with GAA Referee: Caroline Sexton Celbridge Vs Balyna - U13’s Girls Football Division Final  

U15 Ladies Football - Great Performance and Fantastic Match. Commiserations to the Celbridge Ladies U15 Football team who lost out narrowly to league leaders Kill, in a thrilling league encounter on Tuesday 18th October. From the throw in both teams were fully committed and the pace of the game never dropped throughout the sixty minutes. The tackling was tough was but fair and the range of skills displayed by both sets of players was top class. In the end Kill just shaded it winning by three points so congratulations to them and their management team. Both teams were a credit not only to their respective clubs but Kildare Ladies Gaelic Football in general. Special mention to the referee who kept the game flowing throughout which contributed to an exciting encounter which was thoroughly enjoyed by all the supporters on what was a cold autumn’s evening. So hard luck to Celbridge Ladies and their mentors Tommy, Paul, Darren and Jason, but you did us proud!  Final Score Celbridge (4-6) V Kill (3-12) — at Celbridge GAA.

League Division – SEMIFINAL Good luck to mentors Brendan Pimlott & Sean Gallagher & the Girls! Saturday 22nd Oct 2016 @12pm in Celbridge GAA – Junior Pitch (Beside Camogie/Hurling Training Wall) Celbridge U13's Girls finished Top of their league, with 12 points clear and will now face face 4th placed Milltown in the scheduled Semi-final. The winner of this will meet the winner between 2nd & 3rd Placed: Balyna or Ballymore Eustace in the final, also being played this weekend. The Final will be played in the neutral ground of: Rathcoffey GAA on the 31st of Oct 2016 (Bank Holiday Monday). All 4x of these teams are very experienced and have excellent players, so it promises to be a tough battle by all concerned. There can only be one winner! May the best team win!

Well done to the Kildare U12 Girls Football team who won the Div 1 Leinster Championship on Saturday 17th of September.  Celbridge GAA are represented by Méabh O'Donovan. Méabh is in the back row of this picture, beside the manager in the Kildare top.