The WIT Arena at Carriganore,
Waterford was the venue for this year’s Senior County Final on Saturday last
October 8th. A Thrilling game of Camogie was to be expected on the day with
both weather conditions and an immaculate venue perfect for such a game and
indeed this was the case as both teams served up a great game of Camogie.
Lismore were first
out of the blocks with an Aoife Hannon point from a free on the 5th minute
followed by a point from Gaultiers Áine Lyng from a free on the 7th. Aoife once
again split the posts for Lismore on the 9th and 2 minutes later a point from
Gaultier. Both sides played with some great intensity with some great skill
being displayed by both teams. Both defending and attacking by both sides kept
the scoring tit for tat when one side scored the reply by the other soon after.
By the 25th minute it was Gaultier who held the lead by the minimum 6 points to
5 points. On the 29th minute Gaultier were once more on the attack with the
Lismore backs under severe pressure and were beaten and a super save pulled off
by the brave Tanya Morrissey in goal cleared out to her half back line and
was driven out to be caught by Aoife Hannon who passed to Ruth Geoghegan
who passed to Caithriona McGlone who had passed her marker and banged it to the
back of the Gaultier net. The whistle was blown for half time leaving the score
Lismore 1-5 Gaultier 0-7.
It was Lismore who
got on the scoring sheet on the 39th minute from Aoife Hannon, but it was 6
minutes later before Gaultiers Annie Fitzgerald got them on the scoring
sheet. Aoife Hannon who was on fine form from placed balls scored on the 45th
minute followed by an Áine Lyng free on the 46th. Still the hooking and
blocking especially by Sarah Coughlan and Marie Russell kept the Gaultier
forwards at bay and found it very hard for them to get a score. Shona Curran
scored from mid field on the 51st minute and it was six minutes later before
Aine Lyng got her sides third point of the half and three minutes into injury
time Aine got their 4th point of the half. Due to many stoppages there was
allot of injury time to be played and on the 65th minute Caithriona McGlone
once more got passed her marker and struck another whopper passed the Gaultier
goalkeeper. But this was still not the end of the Lismore scoring when the back
on form Aoife Hannon scored the final point of the game on the 67th minute
leaving the score line Lismore 2-10 Gaultier 0-11.
The Senior cup was
presented to Lismore Team captain Nicola Morrissey by County Chairperson Ita
Murphy. Ita in her speech congratulated both teams for the great game of Camogie
and said it was great to see such support. Nicola in her speech thanked all the
team panel and backroom team for all the hard work they had put in over the
year and all this paid off. She said it was lovely to have the U8s playing at
half time and that they are our future stars.
Lismore go to
represent the County in the Munster Intermediate Championship which will be
played on Saturday 29th of October against the Tipperary Champions, either
Cashel or Silvermines as the Tipperary County Final will be played on Saturday
next.
Panel; T. Morrissey,
S. Coughlan, S. Prendergast, E. Curran, M. Russell, S. Kiernan, A. Houlihan, S.
Curran(0-1),S. Williams, G. Kenneally(0-1), A. Hannon(0-7),N. Morrissey
Cpt.(0-1),R. Geoghegan, C. McGlone(2-0),J. Houlihan,
Substitution; Emma
Power for Johanna Houlihan.
Remainder of Panel;
C. Walsh, S. Bennett, R. Roche, I. Markiewiz, E. Heneghan, J. Russell, L. Foley,
S. O'Keeffe, A. Russell, S. Walsh.
Trainer; Brendan
Landers
Selectors; Geraldine
Barry and Kate Heneghan
Physical Trainer; Mark
McConnell, Physio; Colin Walsh
First Aid; Eilish
McGlone
Water/Hurley
Carriers; Dylan Conway, Clodagh Landers and Laura Buckley
Underage Training
Junior/Senior
Infants Wednesdays @6pm-7pm Community Centre
1st/2nd
Classes Wednesdays 5pm-6pm Community Centre
U10/!2 Saturday
Mornings @ 10am - 11 am GAA Field
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