The Waterford Senior camogie team held on for a
nail biting historic win over Dublin at Parnell GAA grounds in Coolock on
Sunday afternoon with Beth Carton in irresistible form once again. Carton lit
up Parnells GAA in Coolock with a wonderful display of shooting. The UL first
year also providing nine points including the last four as Waterford beat
Dublin 0-11 to 0-7.
The game was played in atrocious weather
conditions with a strong wind and heavy rain. While the scoring rate wasn’t
particularly high, the heavy rain that persisted for most of the game had much
to do with that. The game was played in a competitive spirit with players from
both sides keen to impress their respective team managers. Dublin won the toss
and opted to play with the elements in the first half but it was Waterford who
started the brighter and were the better team in the first quarter. Waterford
led by four points to one point fifteen minutes into the first half all scores
coming from Beth Carton. Some great displays by Jenny McCarthy, Aoife
Landers and Marie Russell winning vital frees with Carton on fire with frees.
Dublin slowly came back into the game winning vital frees which converted into
scores and allowed them to level the game with a rally of score just
before half time. Alison Maguire converting all three frees and Twomey
and Kehoe getting two fine points from play.
It was nip and tuck the in the second half until
the final ten minutes. It was level on four occasions but it was the
Deise girls found another gear which fired them to victory. Lorraine Bray and
Aoife Landers tormented the Dublin forwards winning possession continuously in
the second half. Fiona Morrissey scored a fantastic point seventy five yards
out. Kate McMahon won vital possession several times throughout the game
punishing Dublin by a great point from play putting Waterford two points ahead
ten minutes to go. Eve Marie Elliott received a straight red for a dangerous
tackle on Niamh Rockett but the Deise girls were well on top by that stage and
Carton made full use of the placed ball opportunities presented to her secure
the prized success.
A dogged Dublin team made them sweat at the
finish as Dublin tried so hard to get that so badly needed goal that just never
came. . Brianna O’Regan, Emma Hannon and Mairead Power and Claire Whyte all
produced vital blocks to keep the Dubs at bay. Overall this was a fantastic
team performance by Waterford. From one to fifteen all played their part
in securing this first ever victory over Dublin with the subs Valerie O Brien
and Annie Glavey also making a difference.
Brianna O Regan, Aine Power, Emma Hannon Roche, Claire
Whyte, Marie Russell, Mairead Power, Fiona Morrissey, Lorraine Bray, Jenny
McCarthy, Niamh Rockett, Iona Heffernan, Kate McMahon, Catriona McGlone, Beth
Carton. Subs Annie Glavey for Iona Heffernan 50mins and Valerie O Brien for
Niamh Rockett 55mins Scorers: Beth Carton 0-09 (0-07 frees) Kate McMahon
0-01 Fiona Morrissey 0-01
Dublin:
Grainne Quinn, Aine Woods, Aisling Carolan, Leah
Butler, Hannah Hegarty, Eve O Brien, Doireann Mullany, Siobhan Kehoe, Claire
Donnelly, Aisling Maher, Emma Flanagan, Miriam Twomey, Mairi Moynihan, Alison
Maguire. Scorers: Alison Maguire 0-5(all frees) Siobhan Kehoe and
Miriam Twomey 0-01 each.
Minor
heartbreak as Dubs hold off Déise
The Waterford minor camogie side were left to
rue missed chances as a dogged Dublin battled to their first win of the
championship at a windswept WIT Arena on Saturday afternoon.
A difficult crossfield breeze resulted in a
low scoring tussle with the game in the melting pot right up to the end. The
home team levelled the scores twice in the second half before Eimear O’Leary
nabbed the winner on 58 minutes. In a desperate effort to rescue a draw,
Kaiesha Tobin directed a late free narrowly wide and substitute Annie
Fitzgerald was hooked in the final play.
The Sky Blues bounced back from defeat to
Cork the previous Saturday and O’Leary’s early strike gave them a four point
cushion to hang on to. Waterford managed to weather that initial storm with
Ciara Jackman, Collette Hogan, Clodagh Curran and Niamh Murphy starring among a
valiant defence. Eight wides, including five in the second half, ultimately
denied them a share of the spoils. Dublin full forward Aoibhe Dillon came up
with two crucial points to sway it in their favour.
A sharper away side got off the mark within
sixty seconds through Ciara Holland. A spell of early pressure led to O’Leary’s
goal in the seventh minute as she whipped home amid a goalmouth scramble. Waterford
adjusted to the inclement weather and knuckled down.
Margaret Ann Boylan and Abbie Dunphy set up
Keeley Corbett Barry for their opening point after sixteen minutes. At the
other end, Dillon made inroads towards Ciara Jackman’s goal but she lost control
of the ball at the crucial moment and it rolled harmlessly wide. Tobin
squandered two frees but the Dungarvan attacker made amends on 21 minutes. In
the next attack, Dunphy left only one point between them (1-1 to 0-3).
A Kerri Finnegan point relieved the pressure
on Dublin. Just before the break, Tobin got a touch to Shauna Fitzgerald’s
delivery but the Dubs deflected it away for a 45. The Déise free taker
delivered as they trailed 1-2 to 0-4 at half time.
The visitors introduced Karla Whelan and
again landed the first score when Aoibhe Dillon recovered possession from a
free. Waterford captain Caoimhe Drohan was stopped illegally as she soloed forward
and Tobin converted. Dunphy equalised for the very first time on 35 minutes
after linking up superbly with midfielder Clara Griffin. Dillon responded for
Dublin.
During sixteen scoreless minutes, Tobin stung
the side-netting as she belted the sliotar across from the right wing. Dunphy
won a free but the wind caught Tobin’s effort and it veered off target.
Substitute Annie Fitzgerald manufactured another opportunity for Tobin and she
levelled from the placed ball (1-4 to 0-7).
A foul on Dub sub Aoife Whelan two minutes
from the end presented O’Leary with an easy free to retake the lead. In added
time, Tobin shot just to the right of the uprights after the industrious Kate
Lynch engineered a free. Fitzgerald grabbed the resultant puckout but she was
foiled in her attempt to shoot.
Waterford travel to Offaly in two weeks’ time
with both counties in search of three points.
Scorers for Dublin: Eimear O’Leary 1-1 (1f),
Aoibhe Dillon 0-2, Kerri Finnegan, Ciara Holland 0-1 each.
Scorers for Waterford: Kaiesha Tobin 0-4
(3fs, 1 45’), Abbie Dunphy 0-2, Keeley Corbett Barry 0-1.
Dublin: Megan Thomas; Sarah Meagher, Niamh
Gleeson, Emma O’Byrne; Orla Gray, Rachel Brennan, Niamh Rock; Evelyn Twomey,
Chloe Mullen; Eimear O’Leary, Kerri Finnegan, Aisling Andrews; Ciara Holland,
Aoibhe Dillon, Aoife McKearney.
Subs: Karla Whelan for Andrews, Aoife Whelan
for McKearney, Amy Burke for Twomey.
Waterford: Ciara Jackman; Sinead Cunningham,
Collette Hogan, Clodagh Curran; Niamh Murphy, Sadie Mai Rowe, Mary Kate Curran;
Clara Griffin, Kate Lynch; Keeley Corbett Barry, Shauna Fitzgerald, Caoimhe
Drohan; Kaiesha Tobin, Margaret Ann Boylan, Abbie Dunphy.
Subs: Annie Fitzgerald for Drohan, Aisling
Baumann for Dunphy.
Referee: Michael Sheehan (Cork)
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