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Athletes from local schools had considerable success at the Leinster Schools track and field finals in Santry last week.

Kilkenny Ladies Juvenile Footballers added another crown to their haul this year when they won the Leinster Under 16 ‘C’ Shield by beating Carlow at Tinryland by 5:6 to 3:10.

Kilkenny’s under 16 girls travelled to Askea to face Carlow in the first round of the Leinster football championship. Backboned by Thomastown’s winning Féile team of 2009 the Cats ran out convincing winners against a young Carlow side.

This weekend sees the Kilkenny intermediates face Offaly in round 4 of the Bord Gais Energy ladies football national league and with both sides in search of their first win the stakes are high.

Kilkenny under 14 girls made the short trip to Old Leighlin last week to face neighbours Carlow in the opening round of the Leinster under 14 football championship. The girls have been training for the past month under the guidance of PJ Whelan and Barry Hayes and made the perfect start to their campaign with a resounding win played under lights.

GAA commentator, Mícheál Ó Muirchearta, doing his commentary on the Feile Parade on Friday night on seeing the Thomastown team approaching the review stand said” I see an unbelievable sight before me — a football team from Kilkenny”.