Hannon's free-taking inspires Lismore to Munster semi-final victory

On Sunday last October 25th Borrisoleigh GAA Grounds was the venue for the Munster Intermediate Club Camogie Semi-final where Lismore senior Camogie team took on hosts Borrisoleigh. Lismore were seeded favourites going into this game as they were the defending Munster and All Ireland champions, where Borrisoleigh were new-comers into this Munster Championship.

Throw-in for this game was set for 2 o'clock and it was Borris who won the toss and chose to play against the very strong breeze in the first half. Lismore had to get a good lead in the first half with the aid of the breeze to try to be in with a chance of victory, but Borris who came quickly out of the blocks from the throw-in scored their first point in the first minute followed shortly by a goal. This kick-started the Lismore attack and began to find their way in the game five minutes in when Aoife Hannon converted her free. Lismore were defending tightly and were on the attack for the next fifteen minutes where Aoife Hannon punished the Borrisoleigh discipline by converting 3 more frees while Grainne Kenneally and Ruth Geoghegan scored 0-1 each in this time frame, leaving the score with twenty minutes gone Borris 1-01 Lismore 0-6.

Borrisoleigh came back into the attack with a Nicole Walsh free on the 21st minute followed by an Aoife Hannon free a minute later it was tit-for-tat at this stage with both sides exchanging frees for the next 3 minutes with Hannon and Curran converting for Lismore and Walsh for Borrisoleigh. Very tough and determined camogie was being played and a long range shot from Grainne Kenneally on the 26th minute hit the back of the Borris net but was dually counter-acted by a goal on the other end. But it was Lismore who kept the scoring ticking over for the remainder of the half a point from Nicola Morrissey and on the last play of the half a 21m free Aoife Hannon which she hit hard and low and landed the sliotar to the back of the Borris net, ending the half Lismore 2-10 Borrisoleigh 2-3.

The second half began with Borrisoleigh once more on the attack with the ever accurate Nicole Walsh for Borris scoring two more frees before Lismore’s Aoife Hannon scoring their first score of the half on the seventh minute from a free. This half was a very low scoring half but did not reflect the intensity of camogie that was being played . Both sides played with great determination and was a delight for the large crowd that came to support both teams. Caithriona McGlone was Lismore’s only other scorer of the half while Borrisoleigh’s Nicole Walsh kept her sides scoring ticking over. The final whistle was blown with four minutes into injury time leaving the score Lismore 2-12 Borrisoleigh 2-09.

Lismore are now qualified for their fourth Munster final in five years and will play Sarsfields(Cork) on November 8th at a time and venue TBC.

Lismore Panel; Tanya Morrissey, Sarah Coughlan, Shauna Prendergast, Niamh Molumphy, Aoife Houlihan, Shauna Kiernan, Marie Russell, Grainne Kenneally(1-1), Shona Curran (0-1), Laura Buckley, Nicola Morrissey (0-1), Aoife Hannon(1-7f), Ruth Geoghegan(0-1).,Caithriona McGlone(0-1), Johanna Houlihan, Aisling O'Brien, Kate Heneghan, Sarah Geoghegan, Sharon Williams, Ellen Curran, Alice Russell, Sarah Fenton

Trainer/Selector; Seamus Prendergast; Selectors; Geraldine Barry, Austin Curran, James Russell

Hurley Carriers; Jack Prendergast and Becky McGlone

Water Carriers; Jane Russell, Chloe Landers, Sophie Landers

First Aid; Mary Russell and Una Walsh Physio; Colin Walsh

De La Salle are crowned County Champions

Under 16A Final

This year's U16 A final was played between De la Salle and Gailltir in Walsh Park on Sunday 12th October. De la Salle were beaten in last year's final and most of the girls involved in that match were once again available this year while Gailltir had members of their Feile winning teams from the past two years available to them. Both clubs had multiple players involved in this year's All Ireland U16 winning teams so the standard of camogie was expected to be high.

De la Salle were not to be denied and went on to win the match on a score of 6-07 to 3-09 and some great camogie was played during the match. Congratulations to De la Salle and Gailltir will surely be back again in the years ahead to contest this age group.

 

110 Year Camogie Association Celebration

Saturday 11th October saw Waterford host an U13 blitz in Fraher field to mark the 110 year anniversary of the Camogie Association and a big thank you to all clubs that took part and especially to Jojo Tobin for organising the event on the day.

 

Best Wishes

Best wishes to St. Anne's and Roanmore U12 camogie teams that travel to Croke Park next Saturday to take part in blitz to celebrate the 110 year anniversary of the Camogie Association. These clubs will be playing teams from all over Ireland so we hope that the girls involved enjoy the whole experience.

All Ireland Champions recognised

All Ireland Winners Recognition

Waterford camogie has had a tremendous playing year and it is only right to acknowledge these achievements to the wider GAA community. This year Waterford Camogie can celebrate All Ireland titles in the following events: Lismore as Intermediate Club champions, U18 B, U16 B and U14. In addition, Trish Jackman won the Poc Fada and Gailltir won Feile in division 2 and De la Salle in the division 3 shield. Some of the trophies won during the year were on show at halftime in the Senior final between Ballygunner and Mount Sion on Sunday. Congratulations to all involved and 2015 will be a challenging year to continue the good work being completed throughout the county.

 

U16B County Champions 

Sunday 5th October saw the final of the U18B played between Lismore and Ferrybank in Fraher field. Ferrybank won last year's U18 'B' championship are were hoping to retain their title. Lismore on the other hand were hoping to add another county title to their club's haul this year having already won the Senior and U16B championships. On this occasion it was the West Waterford team that triumphed to add the title to their clubs list of accomplishments this year.

 

Munster Junior Club Championship

After winning the 2014 Intermediate title this year, Cappoquin's next opponent were Clanmaurice from Kerry on Saturday 4th October. With a home draw, Cappoquin were hoping to win and progress in the Munster Club competition. At halftime, Cappoquin were trailing by 5 points on a score of Cappoquin 2-03 to Clanmaurice's 3-05. Although reducing the deficit in the second half, Cappoquin could not get back into the game eventually losing on a score of Cappoquin 2-06 to Clanmaurice 3-06. Although beaten in this match, the Cappoquin have a lot to celebrate this year and will surely be competitive when they play Senior next year. 

 

U16A County Finalists decided

This weekend also saw the finalists for the last County title to be won this past weekend when both semi-finals for the U16 A championship were played. Gailltir had home advantage on Saturday 4th October against Brickey Rangers and won the encounter. Sunday 5th October saw Cappoquin team travel to De la Salle to play, the Waterford City side won the encounter. The finals is set for the coming weekend and clubs will be notified of the exact details during the week as to date and venue.