The Austin Stacks Under 14 squad which travelled to the Feile na nOg competition this weekend. Photo from Austin Stacks website
THE holy grail may have eluded the senior team this year, but the Under 14s from the Rock have captured the All-Ireland title this evening in Wexford.
The Austin Stacks U14 youngsters are the best in the land as they won the Division 1 Féile na nÓg title against Naomh Eanna of Wexford.
In a tough game, the sides could not be separated at full time with the scores 0-8 to 1-5. But Stacks prevailed and went on to win by 2-10 to 1-6 to secure the title.
It makes it two years in a row that Tralee teams have won All-Irelands at the competition after John Mitchels took the Division 5 title last year.
St Pat’s made a valiant attempt to reach the Division 5 final but were beaten in the semi-final on Sunday at the hands of St Gabriels on a scoreline of 0-3 to 4-8.
Austin Stacks won their opening group games yesterday against Ballynastragh of Wexford (2-6 to 1-8), Ballyna of Kildare (5-9 to 2-2) and Dunlavin of Wicklow (3-3 to 0-9) to advance to the quarter finals.
In that tie, played in Carlow, they faced home side Fenagh and won thanks to a last minute goal (1-6 to 1-5).
Today they faced New York in the semi-final and won 1-6 to 1-1 to advance to the decider at the Wexford Centre of Excellence, Ferns.
There’ll be great celebrations to welcome the team home. Well done to all.
