Waterford Intermediates v Kilkenny
The Waterford
Intermediate team travelled to play Kilkenny on Saturday last at John Lockes
Park, Callan. The team had won their previous two matches in the All Ireland
Championship against Meath and Cork getting them off to an excellent start to
the 2014 championship season. Kilkenny had beaten Wexford comprehensively
the previous week so the Waterford team knew that this would be a
difficult match.
Weather conditions
changed significantly as the match commenced with heavy rainfall for much
of the first half with a strong breeze favouring Kilkenny. The Waterford team
competed well for possession from the start but could not work the ball
into scoring positions for much of the first half. Kilkenny aided by the strong
breeze were continually probing the hard working Waterford defence
and conceded 5 points in the first 12 minutes without reply and except for
a fine save from Waterford's Becky Kavanagh in goal could have been much worse.
Waterford
continued to restrict clear scoring chances to Kilkenny due to the excellent
work rate but could not completely curtail scores and conceded a total of 1-07
after 20 minutes. Waterford's first clear chance of the first half
occurred after 25 minutes when a Trish Jackman free went narrowly wide. A
dramatic change in weather conditions when the rain stopped and wind dropped
coincided with a strong finish to the half from Waterford. First up was a goal
from Shona Curran when she caught a ball sent in from a Trish Jackman sideline
cut under considerably Kilkenny pressure and managed to hand pass the ball
into the net. This was quickly followed by three quick Waterford points,
two points from Trish Jackman and the final score of the first half when
Nicola Morrissey slotted over.
Waterford were trailing
by four points at the midpoint break and narrowed the gap at the start of the
second half when a Trish Jackman 45 was converted. Unfortunately, this was
the closest Waterford came to Kilkenny as they scored 1-02 in the second
half while Waterford could only add a further two points from a Trish Jackman
free and one from Emma Hannon.
At fulltime the
score stood at Kilkenny 2-09 to Waterford's 1-06.
Waterford now lie
second in the table behind Kilkenny and look forward to meeting Wexford next
weekend in their final match of the group stages knowing that a win should
secure a semi-final place but Meath's win against Wexford at the weekend still
gives them a chance to catch Waterford.
Waterford U16 v Antrim
Waterford U16s
continued their winning ways when they beat Antrim last Sunday.
U18 Championship
The Minor
championship is split into two groups. In Group 1 Ferrybank beat Roanmore while
the match between Brickey Rangers and Clonea and Cappoquin and St. Anne's
needed to be rescheduled.
Group 2 saw two
matches completed, both travelling teams had wins on the road. Gailltír
travelled to Lismore and won the encounter while De la Salle had the long trek
to An Rinn and also won.
The next round of
matches are scheduled for July 15th.
U16 Championship
The first round of
the U16 Championship has now been completed and the following are the results
so far:
Section A
De la Salle won
their opening match against Brickey Rangers while the Gailltír v St. Anne’s and
Cappoquin v Dungarvan matches had to be rescheduled for a later date.
The next round of
matches are scheduled for July 8th and sees Dungarvan host De la
Salle, Cappoquin host Gailltír and St. Anne’s host Brickey Rangers.
Section B
An Rinn overcame
stiff resistance from Clonea while Ferrybank lost their opening match to
Tramore. The next round of matches are scheduled for July 8th and
sees Tramore host Lismore, Clonea host Ferrybank with An Rinn having a bye.
Section C
The only fixture
fulfilled in this section was the Modeligo v Roanmore which Modeligo went onto
win. The match between St. Molleran’s and Tallow was rescheduled while
Abbeyside had a bye. Next round of matches on 8th July sees Roanmore host St. Molleran’s
and Tallow host Abbeyside for their first match of the competition while
Modeligo have a bye.
U12 League
The penultimate
round of U12 matches were played this past week and the following is the status
of the various sections:
Section A
Gailltir played
two matches and won both encounters, first up was their match against
Brickey Rangers and then St. Anne's to move them joint leaders with
Brickey Rangers. Results from the Butlerstown v De la Salle and
Gailltir v De la Salle will go a long way to deciding final positions in the
table.
Section B
Portlaw beat
Abbeyside in their Penultimate match. Dungarvan beat Clonea/St. Molleran’s
team this week and moves them clear with maximum points in the
table Even though Clonea/St. Molleran’s suffered a loss this week they
still remain in third spot but mathematically they cannot finish better
than this position even if results go their way in the remaining
games. Lismore have a couple of outstanding fixtures from previous rounds
and results from these matches will have an effect on final table positions.
The final weeks fixtures throw up an interesting match where the top two teams
of Dungarvan and Portlaw face each other which could determine the overall
league winner. The remaining Round 5 fixtures sees Abbeyside play Tramore while
Lismore host the Clonea/St. Molleran’s team.
Section C
An Rinn continue
their winning ways this week when they won their match against St. Anne's and
are now 2 points clear at the top of the table. Cappoquin and Roanmore are two
points behind but both teams didn't play this week. As we head into the final
round of games which sees An Rinn face Tallow, St. Anne's play Ferrybank and
Roanmore host Cappoquin.
Non County Player League
The Non County
player league is progressing while the Waterford's U16 and Intermediate
panels are involved in their respective All Ireland Championships. Group 1
contains St. Anne's, Gailltir and Butlerstown. Matches played so far have seen
St. Anne's beat Gailltir while Butlerstown beat St. Anne's. The result of the
Gailltir v Butlerstown will determine final table positions.
Group 2 contains
Cappoquin, Portlaw and Lismore. The Cappoquin team have had a strong start
to the league beating both Lismore and Portlaw leaving them topping the table
and into the final to face the top finishers in Group 1.
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