About The ESB Kate Russell Cup All-Ireland (Girls) Schools Championship

About the ESB Kate Russell.

The ESB Kate Russell Cup brings together the top school talent in a play-off tournament to decide the All-Ireland Schools (Girls) Champions of the year and winners of the Kate Russell Cup.

The winners of each provincial school cup from each of the Branches (Ulster, Leinster, Munster, Connacht and South-East) and the previous winner's branch who gets two entries (the winner and runner up of their provincial cup) play-off in two pools of three with the winners progressing through to a final.

The event is a highlight in the schools sporting year and is feverishly attended and supported by pupils from the competing schools.

2010

The 2010 Tournament will be hosted by Connacht as Colaise Iognaid won the Tournament in 2009. The Tournament will take place in Galway at Dangan. The format will remain the same with the Pools seeded based on last years final positions.

Pool A	Pool B
Connacht (1) Colaiste Iognaid	Ulster Royal School Armagh
South East Loreto Kilkenny	Leinster St Andrews College
Munster Crescent Comprehensive	Connacht (2) Salerno

THURSDAY 18th March

TIME	POOL	TEAM		TEAM
09.00	A	Colaiste Iognaid Niamh Codyre, Lynsey Trainor. Nimah Codyre	3-0	Crescent Comprehensive
10.30	B	Royal School Armagh Joanne Orr, Sarah McMahon, Leah Ewart, Beccy Anderson	4-0	Salerno
12.00	A	Loreto Kilkenny Aisling O Grady, Aine Curran	2-1	Crescent Comprehensive
13.30	B	St Andrews Niamh Atcheler, Laura Stephens, Hayley Sarratt, Chloe Watkins, Sophie Marshall, Joanne Lavery	6-0	Salerno
15.00	A	Colaiste Iognaid Elaine Carey, Michelle Carey, Eavan Murphy	3-2	Loreto Kilkenny Grace Walsh, Aoife Murphy
16.30	B	Royal School Armagh Leah Ewart, Anna-Mae Morton, Jill Johnston	3-3	St Andrews Laura Pinder, Niamh Atcheler, Chloe Watkins

FRIDAY 19th March

TIME	POOL	TEAM		TEAM
09.30	5/6	Crescent Comp Karen McGrath 2, Ciara Moloney	3-0	Salerno
11.30	3/4	Loreto Kilkenny Aine Curran	1-5	Royal School Armagh Joanne Orr x 2; Jill Johnston; Ana Mae Morton x 2
13.30	1/2	Colaiste Iognaid Tara Melvin	1-3	St Andrews Harriet Kingsman; Niamh Atcheler; Sarah Woodroft

TABLES

Pool A	JES	CRES	LOR	GF	GA	GD	PTS	POS
C Iognaid		2 (3-0)	2 (3-2)	6	2	4	4	1
Crescent	0 (0-3)		0 (1-2)	1	5	-4	0	3
Loreto KK	0 (2-3)	2 (2-1)		4	4	0	2	2

Pool B	RSA	SAC	SAL	GF	GA	GD	PTS	POS
RS Armagh		1 (3-3)	2 (4-0)	7	3	4	3	2
St Andrews	1 (3-3		2 (6-0)	9	3	6	3	1
Salerno	0 ( 0-4)	0 (0-6)		0	10	-10	0	3

SULTS

6th	Salerno
5th	Crescent Comprenhensive
4th	Loreto Kilkenny
Bronze	Royal School Armagh
Silver	Colaiste Iognaid
Gold	St. Andrews

TOURNAMENT OFFICIALS

Tournament Director	Paula Jenkins
Umpires Manager	Ingeborg Bever
Umpires	Liz Clifford, Alison Keogh, Christine Reid, Emma Douglas, Toni Higgins, Andrew Kinsella

2009

This year the ESB Kate Russell will be held on 19th & 20th March, in Three Rock Rovers H.C. and televised by Setanta Sports. The Tournament will be played in two Pools of three as follows:

Pool A	Pool B
Foyle and Londonderry	St. Andrews
Bandon Grammar	Colaiste Iognaid
Loreto Wexford	Ballymena Academy

THURSDAY 19th MARCH

TIME	POOL	TEAM		TEAM
09.00	B	Andrews Chloe Watkins	1-1	Ballymena Catherine McGivern
10.30	A	Foyle Megan Frazer Leanne Orr	2-1	Loreto Wexford Amy Rossiter
12.00	B	Colaiste Iognaid Katie Codyre	1-1	Ballymena Catherine McGivern
13.30	A	Bandon	0-1	Loreto Wexford Steffie Bowe
15.00	B	Andrews Chloe Watkins Gillian Pinder	2-2 (2-4)	Colaiste Iognaid Katie Codyre Brenda Flannery
16.30	A	Foyle Megan Frazer	1-1	Bandon Olivia Roycroft
FINALS DAY	POOL	TEAM		TEAM
09.30	5th / 6th	Ballymena	0-1	Bandon Kate Murphy
11.15	3rd / 4th	St Andrews Niamh Atchelor Jenny Doran Chloe Watkins	3-1	Loreto Wexford Katrina Parrock
13.00	FINAL	Colaiste Iognaid Katie Codyre Elaine Kerry Isobelle Mortimer	3-2 GG	Foyle & Londonderry Megan Frazer Olivia Jones

Pool A	Foyle	Bandon	Wexford	GF	GA	GD	Points	POS
Foyle		1 (1-1)	2 (2-1)	3	2	1	3	1
Bandon	1 (1-1)		0 (0-1)	1	2	-1	1	3
Loreto Wexford	0 (1-2)	2 (1-0)		2	2	0	2	2

Pool B	SAC	JES	BMENA	GF	GA	GD	Points	POS
SAC		1 (2-2) PS 2-4	1 (1-1)	3	3	0	2	2
JES	1 (2-2) PS 4-2		1 (1-1)	3	3	0	2	1
BEMAN	1 (1-1)	1 (1-1)		2	2	0	2	3

RESULTS

6th	Ballymena
5th	Bandon
4th	Loreto Wexford
Bronze	St. Andrews
Silver	Foyle & Londonderry
Gold	Colaiste Iognaid

SETANTA TV will film all the girls classification matches on Friday and the Boys Final on Friday. There will be no TV coverage on Thursday. The matches will be shown at the following times:

· Girls 5 v 6 playoff = Tuesday 24th March 18:00
· Girls 3 v 4 playoff = Wednesday 25th March 18:00
· Girls FINAL = Thursday 26th March 18:00
· Boys FINAL = Saturday 28th March 14:00

Previous Winners

1980 Our Ladys Terenure (Leinster)

1981 Newtown School, Waterford (South East)

1982 Loreto Beaufort (Leinster)

1983 Wesley College (Leinster)

1984 Wesley College (Leinster)

1985 St Columbas College (leinster)

1986 Wesley College (Leinster)

1987 Wesley College (Leinster)

1988 Taylors Hill, Galway (Connacht)

1989 Ursuline Convent, Cork (Munster)

1990 Ballymena Academy (Ulster)
1991 Mount Mercy Cork (Munster)
1992 Strahearn (Ulster)
1993 Ursuline Convent Cork (Munster)
1994 Kilkenny College (South-East)
1995 Royal School Dungannon (Ulster)
1996 Ursuline Convent Thurles (Munster)
1997 Enniskillen Collegeate (Ulster)
1998 Regent House (Ulster)

1999 Mount Anville (Leinster)
2000 Loreto Bray (Leinster)
2001 Ballymena Academy (Ulster)
2002 Royal School Armagh (Ulster)
2003 Lurgan (Ulster)
2004 Royal School Armagh (Ulster)
2005 Omagh Academy (Ulster)

2006 Mount Mercy (Munster)

2007 Royal School Armagh (Ulster)
2008 Royal School Armagh (Ulster)

2009 Colaiste Iognaid (Connacht)