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24 // Ladies Gaelic Football Association TG4 PROVINCIAL YOUNG PLAYERS OF THE YEAR PEIL Winter | Issue No 4 | Volume 14 Aoife Rattigan, from the Cappagh club in county Kildare, is a secondary school student at Scoil Dara in Kilcock. Aoife captained the Kildare team that won the All-Ireland U14 A title in 2016 and her performance against Kerry in the Final earned her the Player of the Match award. Fast forward two years and Aoife was superb in the 2018 Leinster U16 A Final victory over Dublin. Her haul of 1-5 earned her another Player of the Match award. Aoife has also won All-Ireland cross country medals with her athletics club, St Cocas and hope to put all her interests in sport to good use and earn a place in DCU to study P.E Teaching. Megan Ryan is from the Milford club in county Donegal, and she is a secondary school student at Mulroy College. Megan battled back from injury this year and featured on the Donegal team that won the Ulster U16 A title. Megan caught the eye with some brilliant performances in the provincial championship, and she was named Donegal's U16 Player of the Year, having won the U14 Player of the Year award in 2016. Megan's skills are not limited to gaelic football as she is also a talented soccer player and she won an All-Ireland title with Mulroy College this year. With her school, Megan was named U14 Player of the Year in 2015, U16 Player of the Year in 2016, and Senior Player of the Year in 2018. Chellene Trill, from the Claregalway club in county Galway, attends Coláiste Bhaile Chláir and she was a double Lidl All-Ireland Post Primary Schools winner with her school in 2018. Coláiste Bhaile Chláir won the Senior C and Junior B titles and Chellene captained the Junior B team, before going on to enjoy a stellar campaign with Galway. Chellene won an All-Ireland U14 medal with Galway in 2017 and she was player of the match in the 2018 U16 Final victory over Kerry. When asked who is her most inspirational person, and why, Chellene says that she would love to follow in the footsteps of Claregalway's Fabienne Cooney, a current Galway senior. Chellene is impressed by Fabienne's commitment to club and county, while also describing her as a "great team player" and "the type of player I would like to become." Síofra O'Shea hails from the Southern Gaels club in Kerry, and she's a secondary school student at Coláiste na Sceilge in Cahirsiveen. Síofra joined the Southern Gaels for Ladies Football when she was 9 and having graduated from Scoil Crochán Naofa in Caherdaniel, she continued to make waves. She captained Kerry to U14 Munster glory in 2016 and she is also an Ireland basketball international player. This year, Síofra scored a remarkable individual tally of 3-12 as Kerry defeated Kildare in the All- Ireland U16 A semi-final. The Kingdom may have been defeated by Galway in the Final but Síofra scored 3-6 on the day was unlucky to end up on the losing side. Síofra would like to become a P.E. Teacher and her most inspirational person is former Kerry star Kieran Donaghy, who also played football for Kerry and basketball for Ireland. Leinster Young Player of the Year - Aoife Rattigan (Kildare) Ulster Young Player of the Year - Megan Ryan (Donegal) Connacht Young Player of the Year - Chellene Trill (Galway) Munster Young Player of the Year - Síofra O'Shea (Kerry)