DRILLS AND SPILLS

Dentistry student Sadhbh loves All-Island Cup concept but she hopes title is crowning glory

- MICHAEL SCULLY 

SADHBH DOYLE says the new All-Island Cup is more than just a mechanism for filling the summer break even if her dentistry exams have kept her sidelined in the cross-border competition.

Peamount's hopes of being crowned as the inaugural champions hinge on beating Glentoran tomorrow, after the opening group loss to Shamrock Rovers last weekend.

Only one club from four in each of the four groups will progress to the semi-finals and the Peas can't afford another loss.

But Doyle will sit this one out - as she did last week ahead of her big summer exam in Trinity College on Tuesday.

"It's such a busy time of the year," said the talented midfielder, who has one year left to go in her studies at the university's dental hospital.

"The hardest part of the course is managing the patients as well as trying to study. We're in pretty much nine to five and then you have to be your own receptionist as well.