Lismore claim first major piece of Silverware in 2015.

The Premium Butchers Senior League 2015

Lismore 1-10   Cappoquin 0-09

It what transpired to be a farly evenly matched affair Lismore and Cappoquin served up a very entertaining game in this local Derby played in Tallow GAA Field on Saturday night last May 16th in The Premium Butcher Senior League final. Lismore were aiming to recapture The Denny Buckley Cup after a years absence when St. Annes had claimed it from them in 2014. The Denny Buckley Cup is of great sentimental value to Lismore as the family of the late Denny Buckley had donated the senor League Cup four years ago and Dennys daughter Laura is a player on the Lismore Team.

Throw in for the game was at six o clock in Tallow GAA field and conditions were perfect for a great game of camogie. From the throw-in both teams showed steel dermination to win this match however it was Cappoquin who scored the first point courtesy of Aisling Power from a free two minutes into the game. The Lismore girls gathered momentum and two minutes later a point from Nicola Morrissey from play gave the Lismore girls confidence and in the next ten minutes three points for the black and amber side was scored from play from Laura Buckley, Aoife Hannon and Nicola Morrissey.

Caitriona McGlone who was a  threat on the Cappoquin back line and was putting the Cappoquin backs under severe pressure. A ball that was caught by youngster Emma Power which she lobbed  into the awaiting McGlone in which she made no mistake and headed straight for goal and hit the back of the Cappoquin net. Score with fifteen minutes gone was Lismore 1-4 Cappoquin 0-1. Cappoquins Lorraine Bray scored their second point of the half on the nineteenth minute but was counteracted a minute later when Aoife Hannon scored for Lismore her second point of the day. Lismore were on top and Cappoquin found it hard to contain the Lismore pressure. Aoife Hannon pointed from a free on the twenty third minute and Cappoquins Carole McCarthy pointed on the twenty fifth from a free to give Cappoquin their third point of the day. Lismore finished the half with two more points courtesy of Caithriona Mc Glone and Aoife Hannon. Half time score Lismore 1-08 Cappoquin 0-03.

The tides were to turn in the second half and if the first half belonged to Lismore, it was Cappoquin who proved to be the strongest in the second half keeping Lismore to a 0-2 score in this half.  With Caithriona McGlone being called ashore for the second half, she was replaced by Ruth Geoghegan. Cappoquins Aisling Power once again opened the half with a point from play on the tthirty third minute and duly converted a free on the thirty sixth minute.

Cappoquin were now on top and had the Lismore back line under pressure, causing them to foul the speedy Cappoquin forwards in their advancements to the Lismore goal mouth. Carole McCarthy and Aisling Power  converted 4 points between them in the next fifteen minutes. With five minutes remaining the score read Lismore 1-8 Cappoquin 0-9, things looked very dangerous for Lismore who badly needed a score, this did come on the twenty sixth minute when Ruth Geoghegan grabbed the ball in the air and put it over to put three points between the sides. Cappoquin kept putting pressure on the Lismore side, but Lismore's determination did not relent to the pressure and held Cappoquin scoreless for the remaining minutes of the game with Aoife Hannon getting the insurance point in the dying minutes leaving the score reading Lismore 1-10 Cappoquin 0-09.

Lismore Panel; T. Morrissey, S. Prendergast, E. Curran, S. Fenton, G. Kenneally, S. Williams, N. Morrissey(0-2), S. Curran, A. Hannon(0-5), J. Houlihan, L. Buckley(0-1), E. Power, C. McGlone(1-1), R. Geoghegan(0-1), M. Russell, E. Heneghan, E. Prendergast, J. Kingston, A. Russell, K. Kelleher, S. Nugent/Shanahan, A. Houlihan, S. Coughlan, S. Geoghegan
Cappoquin Panel; T. Kiely, A. Power(0-5), L. Murray, A. Cahillane(0-1), B. Coffey, T. Coffey, C. McCarthy(0-2), C. Ahearne, C. Glavin, E. McCarthy, N. Foley, E. Meaney, E. Foley, J. Fraher, L. Foley, L. Bray(0-1), N. Moore, N. Landers, R. Cahillane, R. Uniacke, S. O'Brien

Gael Linn 2015 - Munster reach final

Waterford were very well represented on the 2015 Interprovincial Junior Competition which took place today in Portlaoise, with Beth Carton, Charlotte Raher, Lorraine Bray and Valerie O Brien all part of the Munster set up.  The current Intermediate Manager, Sean Fleming, was also a part of the management team.  The team had a great win over Connacht in the semi-final with our own Beth Carton playing a pivotal role in the game.

The Final was dominated by the Down duo of Niamh Mallon and Catherine McGourty as Ulster defeated Munster in the Interprovincial junior camogie title.  Catherine McGourty was subsequently named 'Player of the Tournament'

The Ulster team beat Leinster in a cracking and tense semi-final at the Laois venue although Ulster were down a point, they scored a brace of points to steady the ship and eventually won by a margin of 4.

Having beaten Connaught by the minimum, Munster provided the opposition in the final .  With Waterford's Beth Carton in incredible form, Munster got off to the perfect start in the decider, and led by 1-3 to 0-1 after 15 minutes the impact of McGourty started to take hold and following her first goal, Ulster now only trailed by just 1-6 to 1-3 having played against a very strong wind.  The second half was all Ulster's who used the elements to their advantage and it was Niamh Mallon who inflicted the critical blows as she put point after point over the bar.  Final score was Ulster 3-15 to Munster 1-10