It’s a big weekend for Kinawley Brian Boru’s with the senior men and women both out in the Ulster Club Championship. 
On Sunday, Aine McGovern (née McHugh) will lead the ladies out in their first ever Ulster final, against Armagh champions Shane O’Neill’s in Derrymacash.
“There’s a great buzz around the club at the minute and we’ve had 30 plus out at training. We’ve been trying at club level for a long time and when we won the Fermanagh club championship it was great. 
“Then we beat Ardboe and there was a great buzz, then we got home advantage for the semi-final against Glen and it was a massive advantage. We’re in the final now and it’s bonus territory” says McGovern.
McGovern has been playing senior football with the Boru’s for the past 13 years and has cemented her place on the Fermanagh team for the past five years. She is married to Kinawley team trainer, Brendan McGovern but gets no preferential treatment she says:
“The two of us are into the football but he doesn’t go any easier on me, I have to listen like the rest of the girls. He’s there with Noel (Melanaphy) and I suppose it’s good to be doing it together.”
Kinawley have a good blend of youth and experience in the team, county players like Joanne Doonan, Roisin O’Reilly and Lisa Maguire should be able to take a game of this magnitude in their stride. 
There is a doubt over O’Reilly though, she is carrying a hamstring injury but it’s hoped she’ll be able to play her part come the weekend. 
While younger players like Courteney and Erin Murphy, Alanna Maher and Donna Furey have proven their quality in the run up to the final.
Little is known about Shane O’Neill’s but that doesn’t worry McGovern:
“We didn’t know much about Ardboe or Glen either. We play our own game and have our own plan and if we play to that, we can compete with any team. We will respect them because they’ve got to a final like ourselves but we know very little about them, so we’ll go out and play our own game.”
Shane O’Neill’s beat the Monaghan champions Truagh by 5-05 to 1-11 in their semi. 
To put five goals past any team is no mean feat and is something Kinawley will need to be mindful of come Sunday.
The 27 year-old, social worker assistant has two Ulster Intermediate titles with the county to her name and four Fermanagh club championship medals but to win a provincial title with Kinawley would be something special, admits McGovern:
It would definitely be nice to win it for the club. 
“We’ve always been a good team and I suppose we’ve never been able to get over the line before. Everyone has worked so hard, all the girls have a real respect for each other and understand what our roles are. 
“As a team we’ve been building and building and it would be great to get the win for everyone, from past players to present players who have dedicated their lives to football. 
“To win it with the girls you’ve went to primary school with and the girls you’ve been friends with all your life would be great,” concluded the Kinawley captain.