Impressive Cappoquin Minor team win County Minor 'A' title
The U18 ‘A’ final saw Cappoquin
play Gailltir with a mid-day throw-in. Cappoquin had contested the 2013 'A'
final where they were beaten by St. Anne’s after a replay and were the
favourites considering a large contingent had been part of the 2014
Intermediate winning team the previous week. An impressive performance against
a competitive Gailltir side saw them win the title by 6-15 to 1-07.
It was not until after five minutes
before Cappoquin scored their first point when Lauren McGregor fired over
followed by a goal shortly after when Niamh Foley fired into the net.
Points from Lorraine Bray, Aisling Power and Roisin Cahillane followed before
Gailltir scored their first point of the afternoon when Ciara Jackman converted
a free. Further Cappoquin points followed from Aisling Power before
Gailltir scored their second point of the half when Ciara Jackman converted a
45. This finished Gailltir's scoring in the first half but Cappoquin continued
to score and a Laura Murray point was followed by goals from Aisling Power and
Niamh Moore to leave a 3-09 to 0-02 lead at halftime.
The start of the second half saw
Gailltir start strongly, two Emer Walsh points and a Ciara Jackman goal were
scored in the first 5 minutes of the restart and it could have been better
except that another Ciara Jackman shot on goal was saved by Clodagh Glavin in
the Cappoquin goal. Roisin Uniacke scored Cappoquin's first point of the second
half after 8 minutes but Gailltir were gaining confidence and
narrowed the gap again when Ciara Jackman converted two frees.
Unfortunately for Gailltir, that was as
close as they got because Cappoquin went on a scoring spree and goals from
Lorraine Bray and two from Aisling Power extended the lead. Try as
Gailltir could, Cappoquin continued scoring and converted points from Aisling
Power, Lorraine Bray and Jessica Glavin finished Cappoquin's scoring to
finish the afternoon with a Cappoquin tally of 6-15 while Gailltir
finished their scoring with an Amy O'Connell point to leave them on 1-07.
Cappoquin's captain Lorraine Bray
accepted the ‘Johnny Flynn’ U18A cup from County secretary Morgan Conroy to
great cheers.
The Cappoquin team were: Clodagh Glavin, Jade
Morrissey, Sinead O Brien, Ellen Meaney, Laura Murray, Roisin Cahillane, Emily
Power, Lorraine Bray- Captain, Elaine Looby, Roisin Uniacke, Jessica
Glavin, Lauren McGregor, Niamh Foley, Niamh Moore, Aisling Power, Seana
Barrett. The team mentors were JimJoe Landers, Maurice Cahillane and Tricia
McCarthy
The Gailltir team were: Shannon Delahunty, Kadie
Griffin, Aine O'Keeffe, Eilis Cullinane, Sinead
Cunningham, Laura Flynn, Lucy Bradley, Jane O'Connell, Sara Judge,
Ciara Jackman, Doireann Flynn, Emer Walsh, Emily Mahony, Amy O'Connell, Caprice
Carroll, Arlene Kearns, Anne Corcoran and Emer Edwards, The Gailltir
mentors were: Manager Emma Hannon, Mentors Sinead Fitzpatrick,
Catherine O'Keeffe and Richard Corcoran
The second final on Sunday’s
final saw Tramore/Butlerstown play Lismore. Lismore topped the group and were
straight into the final while Tramore/Butlerstown needed a semi-final
win over An Rinn to seal their place. Both of these teams met earlier in the
group phase of the championship with Lismore triumphing on that occasion with a
winning margin of four points. Tramore/Butlerstown were hoping to go
one step further than last year when they were runners-up to Dungarvan but
Lismore have shown that they are a formidable side during the group
phase.
Lismore started the strongest and
points from Alice Russell and Orla Ni Mhiachain were scored in the first 5
minutes. Tramore/Butlertown replied with a point from Abby Dunphy to leave the
minimum between the two teams. Lismore extended their lead with five unanswered
points from Rebecca McGlone, Robyn Roche, Sharon Williams (2) and Alice
Russell to be well in control of the match. As the first half drew to a close
Tramore/Butlerstown thought they had scored a goal but the referee blew for a
foul to curtail the celebration. Lismore finished the scoring of the first half
when Sharon Williams converted a free to leave the score at Lismore 0-08 to
Tramore/Butlerstown 0-01.
Tramore/Butlerstown got off to an
excellent start in the second half when Saoirse O'Brien's shot ended in the net
in the opening minutes. Lismore's Rebecca McGlone got a point from play
and then Tramore/Butlerstown scored their second goal when their captain Kate
McMahon was on the end of some excellent play to fire into the net to leave
only two points between the teams.
Unfortunately for Tramore/Butlerstown,
this was the closest they got to Lismore and in the next minute Orla Ni
Mhiachain popped up to fire in the net for Lismore's only goal. A
Sharon William's free for Lismore extended the lead to six points and then
Tramore/Butlerstown third goal was scored by Muireann Cuddihy. This ensured a
tense finish and try as Tramore/Butlerstown might they could not penetrate the
Lismore defense. The final score of the match was for Lismore when Sharon
Williams scored a point from a free. When the whistle was blown, Lismore had
won the match on 1-11 to 3-01.
The Lismore team were: Karen
Kelleher, Kelly Ryan, Naomi Leahy, Mary O Brien, Emer
Montayne, Rebecca Mc Glone, Shauna o Keeffe, Ellen Curran
(C), Sarah Landers, Sharon Williams, Emma Power, Robyn
Roche, Erin Mangan, Faye Curley, Emily Prendergast, Alice
Russell, Lucy McCarthy, Kayleigh Conway, Rebecca
Fennessy, Abbie Roche, Sophie Landers, Jane Russell, Orla
Ni Mhiachain, Ellen McClosky and Niamh Aldridge. The Lismore
management team were: Trainer/Selector; Kate Heneghan and First Aid;
Mary Russell
The Tramore/Butlerstown team were : Masha Ní Mhuimhneachaín, Muireann
Cuddihy, Shannon Acheson, Kate Shanahan, Keavy Gillane, Aoife Shanahan,
Sadie-mai Rowe, Kate McMahon, Leah Barry, Saoirse O'Brien, Sally Brown,
Denise O'Connor, Clara Griffin, Abby Dunphy, Sally Kelly, Caithlin O'Byrne,
Aisling Enright, Karen Carbery, Harriet Mc Allister, Sarah Long, Saoirse
English, Emma Barry, Chloe Kinsella, Muireann Burns and Anna Finnegan.
U16 ‘C’ Final sees St. Mollerans win title
It is encouraging to see clubs that are
only in existence a short while contest finals. Both of these clubs are
relatively recently formed and the work that the mentors and players are
putting in is starting to pay off. This is the first county final that Modeligo
have contested while St. Mollerans could draw on the experience of winning
the U14 ‘C’ last year.
When the two teams met in the group
phase it was Modeligo that won and ultimately top the group. St. Molleran’s
needed a semi-final win over Tallow to secure their spot in the final.
The early part of the match saw both
teams score a point apiece, Jessica Burke for Modeligo and Aoife
Fleming for St. Molleran's. St. Molleran's then scored
three unanswered scores, a goal from Angela McGuigan and points from Sophie
Kiely and an Aoife Fleming free. Modeligo kept pressing and were unlucky not to
score a goal except for some fine goalkeeping from Emma Norris in the St.
Molleran's. goal.
It didn't take long for Modeligo to
take the lead when three unanswered goals gave them a four point cushion
at halftime. All goals coming from Modeligo's Mairead O'Brien.
The start of the second half saw St.
Molleran's fly out and regained the lead within 8 minutes when they scored a
total of 3-04 for no reply. Goals from Aoife Flemming (2) and Katie Norriss
were complemented with points from Ciara Doherty and Aoife Flemming.
Modeligo managed to score three more points before the end of the match but
St. Molleran's held on to win 4-08 to 3-04.
The St. Molleran's team were: Emma Norris, Claire
Power, Aisling Wells, Emer Walsh, Emily Keane, Heather
Hayes, Aisling Grehan, Clodagh Reade, Rachael Ryan, Sophie
Ryan-Capt., Aoife Fleming, Angela McGuigan, Sophie
Kiely, Ciara Doherty, Katie Norris, Molly Dunne and Elaine
O’Connell. The management team were: Manager:Richie Ryan, Coach:Sean
Fleming, Admin:Margaret Kenny
The Modeligo team were: Shauna Power, Hannah
Burke-capt, Muireann Walsh, Tara Hickey, Angela Walsh, Annmarie
O'Brien, Emily O'Mahony, Mary Kate Curran, Ellen
McGrath, Aoibhe Kearns, Nicole O'Byrne, Jessica
Burke, Mairead O'Brien, Niamh Reddy, Sarah McCarthy, Isabelle
Sheehan, Aoife O'Byrne, Catherine O'Brien and Aoife O'Donovan. The management
team were: JP Ryan and Johnny McGrath
The Waterford County Camogie
Association would like to thank Kilrossanty GAA for use of their facilities for
these finals.
110 Years Camogie Association
Celebration
2014 sees the Camogie Association in
existence for 110 years and next Sunday Fraher field will host an U13 blitz
from 11am. The blitz is scheduled to be played for 110 minutes and we hope that
clubs will make every effort to attend this important milestone for the Camogie
Association.
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