Waterford Intermediate ladies hope to continue their 100% record in the Tesco Homegrown National Football league with a tricky home encounter against Roscommon. Roscommon who were Division 4 champions last year and have made an excellent start to their league campaign will provide stiff opposition for the Deise ladies. Roscommon who reached THE Intermediate championship semi finals last year have had impressive wins over Sligo Tipperary and Longford to date and their only defeat came against Leitrim who jointly top the table with the Waterford ladies.
This should be a close game, both teams have
been very impressive to date and victory for the Deise girls should ensure a
league semi final place with two rounds to go. Manager Pat Sullivan is very
pleased with performances to date but is aware that Roscommon present another
learning curve for the team. It will be close but Waterford should have the
firepower up front to win the match. Throw-In, in Fraher Field on Sunday next
is at 2:00 with Jonathon Murphy in charge of proceedings.
Under 14 and 16 teams in
action in Munster championship
Saturday next will be a busy day for the
underage Deise ladies with two teams in action on Saturday, our under 14 team
will have a home tie with Clare in Stradbally, while our under 16 team open
their Munster campaign with an away game in Limerick. The under 14 games pits
the two teams that won their opening games in this year’s championship.
Waterford overcame Tipperary by four points while Clare beat Limerick in a
thrilling encounter by a single point. Under age games are difficult to predict
and both teams will be brimming in confidence after their first round exploits.
This game will be close and there will not be much between the teams at the
final whistle, but the Deise should prevail.
The Under 16 team open their campaign with a
tricky away match against Limerick. This will be a good game of football and
the result will go down to the wire. These two teams had two titanic battles
against each other when they met in the under 14 championship two years ago.
Limerick coming back from eight points down to win a thriller in Stradbally
before the Deise turned the tables on the Treatysiders in the Munster Final.
Waterford have prepared well under the astute eye of manager Johnny Troy and
are under no illusions of the task facing them on Saturday next. Like the under
14 match this will be close and Waterford would be delighted to scrape home by
a point or two.
New President for Ladies
Football
Marie Hickey from Laois has been inaugurated
as President of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association at Congress held in
Ennis last weekend, we wish her all the best in her new position and thank
outgoing president Pat Quill for his wonderful commitment to Ladies Football
during his term of office.
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