It seems that no sooner has it started than the Women’s AIL League regular season is wrapping up and it’s been very much mixed fortunes for Ulster sides.
Cooke, for so long the premier Women’s side in Ulster, have finally lost their fight to stay in AIL League 1 following a 5 – 79 defeat by UL Bohs and while there will undoubtedly a few tears on Sunday their relegation to League 2 has to be looked at an opportunity to continue the rebuilding of their young squad with the pressure off.
Knowing the calibre of the girls at the club I’m sure it wont be long until they are knocking at the door for entry back into the top flight. The great failing for the club over the years has been their inability to sustain a development side and perhaps now the time is right for a merge with the likes of Malone.
While one door closes another opens and if I was a betting man I would be putting a few bob on Queens University replacing Cooke in the top flight.
It’s been an extraordinarily successful season for the students who finished the . . .
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