Once again only three teams entered this year's Sout East Division play-offs. The matches were played on Thursday 5th March 2009 at 7pm in Willowfield. St Andrews went through to represent the division at Belfast County semi-finals after beating St Finnians 31-1 and Willowfield 35-0. The semi-finals will be held at Willowfield on Thursday 19th March at 7pm with the two strongest teams qualifying for Belfast County Finals in St Matthew's, Shankhill Road, on Wednesday 1st April.
As a fairly young and inexperienced team our girls did their best but were unable to hold their own against a much taller and older St Andrews team. We were down 24 goals at half time but fought harder in the second half only letting in a further 11. A few more inches in height and another year wiser and the girls will be ready to take on the challenge again next year. We finished the night with a friendly game between our Willowfield team and St Finnians. This was a much more even pairing as the girls were of similar ages and heights and the final score reflected this. St Finnians scored first with a single goal in the first half of the match but our girls came back to equalize with a goal of their own in the second half. The final score, a 1-1 draw, reflected just how close the game was. A big thank you to all the girls who turned out to play especially our newest enrolled Guides ... Naomi, Niamh, Megan and Alice.
Our 2009 Guide Captain Ball team photo will be posted shortly.
GUIDER CAPTAIN BALL: As only two Guider teams entered the 2009 competition South East Guiders played Mersey Street Guiders in the Belfast County final on 1st April 2009 at St Matthews, Shankill Road and WON!!!