A little later than planned, its time to name
the female sports person in Waterford that impressed most in the month of
October.
Again it was another great month for female
sports participants in Waterford with a number of people standing out in their
chosen sport.
For the Maxol WIT Wildcats in the Women’s
Premier (Basketball) League October was an excellent month.
While the month did not get off to the best
of starts for the side as they lost 73-54 to DCU Mercy at the Mercy Gym in
Waterford, the Wildcats had good performances from Jazmen Boone who finished
the game with 24 points while Helena Rohan finished with 12.
The Wildcats got their first win of the
league in the second round of games when they came from 28-26 down at half time
to win 62-60 in Portlaoise with Jazmen Boone again finishing top scorer with 26
points while Helena Rohan finished with 16.
Game three for the Wildcats in October was a
home game against Courtyard Liffey Celtics and resulted in another win for the
Waterford side, this time winning 76-69 with Helena Rohan finishing top scorer
this time around with 25 points and Jazmen Boone finished on 17.
Game four saw Maxol WIT Wildcats was an away
game to Team Montenotte Hotel and resulted in a 68-65 defeat with Helena Rohan
again finishing top scorer on 18 points, four more than the tally hit by Cathy
Kavanagh who hit two more than Jazmen Boone.
The Wildcats last game in October resulted in
third win (64-58) in Cork with Jazmen Boone hitting 22 points while Katie Fox
hit 11 and Helena Rohan hit 10. Others to impress for the Wildcats in October
included Sinead Deegan and Melissa Stone.
For Dungarvan Hockey Club October was also a
very good month as they won all three of the games they played beating
Clonakilty 1-0, Fermoy 2-0 and a comprehensive 5-0 win over UCC. In each of
these games the Old Boro Club had a number of outstanding performances
including from the likes of Freida Mcgrath, Lucy Donnelly, Laina O’Hare and
Lisa Fitzgerald.
In Ladies Football Ballymacarbry won the
Munster B Ladies Football Final beating Banner Ladies from Clare in the final
with Waterford’s inter county players, Aileen, Mairead and Linda Wall, Sinead,
Louise and Michelle Ryan as well as Karen and Michelle McGrath impressing once
more and while defeat was their lot in the Munster ‘A’ Final against Cork side MouneAbbey
the same players again impressed.
There was more success for Waterford however
in Munster as Comeragh Rangers won the Munster Plate Final beating Cappaghwhite
in the final 4-9 to 1-4 in Tipperary town. There was some excellent
performances for Comeragh Rangers all round with Katie Murray in particular
standing out hitting two late goals to secure the win.
It was an amazing month for Kilmeaden swimmer
Shauna O’Brien taking at the Manchester International Swim as she broke Irish
records three times over the weekend in a 25 metre pool.
Putting in some very strong performances at the
competition, Shauna claimed records in the 50m and 100m fly events –
breaking the Irish record on the 50m butterfly in 26:98, then again in the
final in 26:76 and she went on to claim silver and another Irish record in the
100m fly, swimming into second place with 59:10.
To round off an outstanding weekend she claimed the
bronze in the 50m freestyle in 25:99.
In Camogie it was a good month for both De La
Salle and Lismore as they won important County Finals.
Lismore retained the senior final beating
Saint Annes at Fraher Field. Aoife Hannon finished as top scorer for Lismore
with 9 points while Caitriona McGlone hit 0-4 with Ruth Geoghegan, Shona
Curran, Shauna Kiernan, Gráinne Kenneally and Nicola Morrissey impressing while
for Saint Anne’s there was impressive performances from the likes of Jenny
Simpson who hit five points, Pauline Cunningham, Zoe O’Donoghue and Niamh
Rockett.
In the minor game that followed the senior
game De La Salle beat Cappoquin to take a first title at this grade with Beth
Carton, Aisling Madigan, Caoimhe Drohan, Courtney Healy and Taylor Healy all impressing
while for Cappoquin Aisling Power, Roisin Uniacke, Aisling Moore and Lauren
McGregor impressed.
The Waterford city side would later add the Junior
County final to their roll of honour, again a first beating Ferrybank in the
final.
So who is the person that stood out most in October.
While there is some impressive performances across a number of sports, its hard
to look past De La Salle Camogie star Beth Carton.
She has had a great 2015, breaking into the
Waterford Intermediate Panel, winning League and All-Ireland medals, winning
Minor and Junior County Finals and also winning a Soaring Star (Camogie
All-Stars for those playing in the Intermediate and Junior Grades).
In the Minor County final win over Cappoquin
she hit 4-7 of her sides tally of 5-15 a very impressive tally and in the
Junior final recently she hit 3-8 of her sides 3-12 against Ferrybank.
