U14
Munster Inter-County Blitz
The Waterford
U14 camogie squad travelled to Mallow on Saturday 31st May to participate
in the 'James Hurley' blitz.
Waterford
were placed in a section with Cork, Limerick and Dublin with their first match
scheduled for a 10:30 throw-in.
On
the warmest day of the year so far this team travelled to Mallow with a
weakened squad but all players had worked hard in the previous weeks preparing
so team management were not too disheartened but knew that matches with 10
minutes aside left little room for error.
The
first match saw Waterford play Cork with the entire team contributing to a
an excellent start by winning the match on a score of 1-02 to no score with the
scores coming from Aishling Madigan (1-01) and Annie Fitzgerald (0-01).
After
this fine start we had a short break before meeting Dublin in a
closely contested match with Dublin eventual winners of 1 point to no
score and this score came from a free. Both teams worked extremely hard in
competing for possession and moving the ball but time was against us players
once the free went over the bar.
Next
up was Limerick and this match started brightly for us with us leading at the
halfway point of 0-02 to 0-01 with Waterford being a bit unlucky not to be
further ahead when a powerful shot from Aisling Madigan rebounded off
the upright. The start of the second half saw Limerick score three unanswered
points (2 fs) before Annie Fitzgerald scored our only score of the second half
which meant another loss.
The
structure of the competition saw us play our next match against Kilkenny in the
Plate semi-final and once again our players started well scoring 1-02 in
the first half but Kilkenny scored 2-02. Our players competed well in the
second half but could not narrow the gap with both teams scoring a further 1-01
in the second half (both of Waterford scores coming from hurley of
Aoife Fleming) which meant that this finished Waterford's participation in the
competition.
These
competitions give team management and the players themselves to see the
standard that other counties are at and results form these matches shows that
the Waterford players are well able to compete at this standard.
The
Waterford players were: Katie O'Keeffe, Keeley Corbett Barry, Aoife Hahessy,
Aisling Madigan, Megan O'Connor, Alix Fitzgerald, Annie Fitzgerald, Shauna
Fitzgerald, Emma Flynn, Kate Lynch, Ciara O'Sullivan, Emma Norris, Leah
Sheridan, Mary O'Brien, Aoife Fleming, Leah Barry, Muireann Cuddihy, Clara
Griffin
U14
Championship
Many
of the players involved in the U14 Munster Inter-county blitz over the weekend
were also involved with the Waterford U14 championship semi-finals.
Section
A
The
first of the U14 'A' semi-finals was played in Dungarvan on Tuesday 27th
May between Dungarvan and De la Salle. When these two teams met earlier in the
championship the two teams could not be separated and ended in a draw at the De
la Salle Gracedieu grounds. The Dungarvan team had solid results through-out
the campaign dropping points with their only loss to Gaultier and drawing
against De la Salle while De la Salle needed a walkover in their final match to
seal the semi-final place. This match was not to be a repeat of their earlier
encounter and Dungarvan ran out winners to advance to the final which is
scheduled to be played on Saturday 7th June.
The
second semi-final between table topping Gaultier and St. Anne's is scheduled to
be played on Tuesday 3rd June .
Section
B
Lismore
topped the table being unbeaten and were straight into the final. Tramore,
Portlaw and Modeligo all finished on equal points. A draw was made between the
three teams and Tramore were selected to advance to the semi-final while
Modeligo and Portlaw were required to playoff to determine which team would
face Tramore in the semi-final. This play-off occurred on Tuesday 27th
May and Portlaw were successful in the encounter and now proceed to the
semi-final on Tuesday 3rd June against Tramore.
U13
Development Trials
The
first trial for the U13 development squad occurred on Thursday 29th May at
Abbeyside grounds. It was inspiring to see over 60 girls participate in
these trials from clubs right across the county. A second trial will be held
this week and from the standard on show at the first date it will surely be
difficult to select the squad but it is encouraging to see the interest among
these players.
Best
Wishes
The
Waterford County Board would like to wish all camogie players commencing the
Junior and Leaving Certificate examinations this week our very best wishes
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