Celebrations over the weekend as Glynn-Barntown Senior Rounders Club won the All-Ireland Final at Abbotstown National Sports Centre on Saturday for the third consecutive year after defeating The Heath from Laois.
From the start Glynn-Barntown were a dominant force on the field, the well-balanced team ensured that their opposition got as little runs as possible. All members contributed to keeping their opponents to a low scoring game, combined then with their strong batting they retained their title in just under an hour with a score line of 15 v 6.

Glynn-Barntown Ladies Rounders team and winners of the All-Ireland Final and the C.J. Haughey Cup for the third year in a row.

It is the first time since 2000 that any club has retained the CJ Haughey Trophy for three consecutive years.
Speaking after the game coach Catriona Walsh expressed her delight for the ladies.
‘These are a remarkable team of ladies, they train hard and work well together to draw on their combined strengths. I don’t think the three-in-a-row part has registered yet to be honest, I think that will sink in, in a few days for now they are just delighted with their performances on Saturday and bringing the trophy back to Wexford.”

TEAM MEMBERS (as in photo, left to right, back row); Pamela Brennan, Amanda Howlin, Kiera Waters, Shirley Roche, Yvonne Hanley, Emma Redddy, Vanessa Howlin. (Front Row; Ann Hanley, Sarah McGuinness, Kate Duggan (captain), Linda Dempsey, Ciara Roche.
The clubs newly formed Mixed Team also competed against The Heath in the Mixed All Ireland Finals on Saturday, unfortunately, they lost out to the very experienced Laois side.
The team had gone unbeaten throughout the championship and getting silver in an All-Ireland Final is a testament to the huge achievement in their first year together.
Catriona feels that they will take away a lot from the game on Saturday and come back even stronger next season. ‘The greatest learning curve for any rounders player is to compete against the best, this drives us on to better ourselves and up our performances!’
‘This has been a remarkable year for our club, last year we had one ladies team competing in the senior championship, this year we had three Glynn- Barntown Ladies, Glynn Barntown Mixed and Barntown Gaels Ladies Team. It is lovely to see so many adults wanting to play this great sport.”
The club would like to extend their gratitude to their sponsors: Menapia Motors and Rosslare Pharmacy, also to Fr. John Carroll and the members of Barntown Parish Pitch for kindly facilitating training sessions and being so accommodating to the club.