Action from the Kate Russell Championship match between Royal School Armagh and Wesley College on Thursday 21 March 2024. Photo: John McMurtry. © FRU SPORTS 2024.

Kate Russell Championship: Day 1

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We caught up with the 2024 Kate Russell Championship, hosted by the Royal School Armagh, on Thursday and Friday last week.

The competition featured the Irish Senior Schoolgirls Regional Champions. Colaiste Iognaid (Connacht), Kilkenny College (South East), St Angela’s College (Munster) and Wesley College (Leinster) took on Ulster representative The Royal School Armagh with each team playing four games over a 10 game tournament.

The Day 1 matches were as follows:

MatchHome Team Away Team M01Royal School Armagh7Colaiste Iognaid1M02St Angela’s College1Kilkenny College0M03Wesley College0Royal School Armagh2M04Kilkenny College5Colaiste Iognaid1M05Wesley College1St Angela’s College1
2024 Kate Russell Championship Day 1 Fixtures and Results.

RSA got off to the best of starts with a 7 – 1 win against a lively Colaiste Iognaid.

Daisy Nicholson opened the scoring for RSA and wend on to score a hat trick. Annie Cunningham and Hannah Redmond completed the scoring with two each.

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