One wall Nationals report

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Ballymotes Cormac Finn made his debut in the one wall nationals and teamed up with his friend Mikey Kelly from Galway to compete in the u11 doubles grade.On their way to the final they defeated pairs from Tyrone,Roscommon  and a closely fought semi final with Kilkenny.In the final they were up against the top seeds Wexfords Josh Kavanagh and Mark Doyle and despite a brave batling performance they were defeated 18-11.

Laura finn competed in the girls u15b grade and created history by becoming the first girl to win a national title for the Ballymote club.On her way to the final she had impressive wins over Galways Aisling Mullan in the quater final and top seed Limericks Clodagh Neville in the semi final . In the final she was up against Tyrones Michaela McCartan in what was an intriguing battle with never more than two scores between the girls.With the scores level at 10-10 going into the last minute laura dug deep to get her nose in front and claim her first national title with a scoreline of 12-10.  

Aoife Quinn competed in the girls u17b grade and easily overcame Kildares Saoirse Sunderland in the semi-final. In the final she was up against her good friend Kate Dagg also from Kildare but lost out in a close encounter.

Also competing from Sligo were Connor Finn in the boys u.13b grade and Francis McCann,Martin Golden and Oisin Quinn in the golden masters grade.