St. Columba’s Senior Girls Win Cricket Final
Congratulations to the Senior Girls Cricket XI who have won the Cricket Leinster Schools Senior Girls final, defeating a strong Wesley side in the final at Railway Union. This was the first time St. Columba’s have won this trophy since 2006.
Wesley opened the batting scoring 155 runs despite some excellent St. Columba’s fielding. AJ Ediale took three wickets, Molly Mann two wickets, Sophie Pollock also took two while Safia Walker nabbed another.
As they began the chase, St. Columba’s lost an early wicket but rallied with Safia Walker scoring 44 runs and Sophie Pollock 30. Hollie Murray came in at number four, scoring a hard hitting 42 unbeaten runs to secure victory with an over to spare. Safia Walker was awarded the Player of the Match Award. Congratulations to all the players and their coaches.
It was a poignant win for St. Columba’s. As a small school, it isn’t surprising to learn that most of the team were involved in two hockey finals, in both league and cup, earlier in the season and sadly lost both, so it was fantastic to see them achieve success after working so hard all year, across multiple codes.
