Waterford Under 14 Ladies pip Clare in thrilling final

Waterford under 14 ladies team overcame Clare in the Munster C final played in Mallow GAA complex on Saturday last after a hard fought battle in which no quarter was asked or given by either team. When the teams last met in the round robin series of games back in February a single score separated the teams with Waterford victorious by a goal. The final was even closer with both teams level at the end of normal time and Waterford held their nerve in the extra time to come out on top by a single point. Clare opened the more brightly and raced into a four point lead in the first five minutes with a well taken goal by Aoibhinn O Loughlinn. Waterford clawed their way back into the game with a brace of points and a well finished goal by Na Déise player Mairead O Brien to leave it all square on 1-3 apiece after 21 minutes. Clare goaled again courtesy of Allannah Mc Namara  and added four points without reply to leave the Banner County well in command at half time on the score line Clare 2-7 Waterford 1-3.

Waterford opened the second half with much more intent and Mairead O Brien and Hayley Phelan brought the game to life with two well taken goals in the space of six minutes to leave the bare minimum between the teams with Clare still a point ahead. Any thoughts that Clare would fold and Waterford would run out easy winners were quickly dispelled with Clare scoring five unanswered points to leave six points between the teams with time running out. Waterford struck back with their never say die attitude and were rewarded with goals from Aoife Fitzgerald and a third from Mairead O Brien in injury time to leave it with Clare hanging on by two points. In the 7^th minute of injury time Waterford supporters were in rapture with a goal by Sheena Mc Guckian to leave the Déise girls one point in front 6-3 to Clare’s 2-14.Not to be outdone Clare showed extreme bravery and got an equalising point with the last kick of the game to leave it all square in a pulsating encounter Waterford 6-3 Clare 2-15.

Waterford opened the first period of extra time with a goal from Maeve Daly and a point from Aoife Fitzgerald to leave four between the sides at half time of extra time. The second period of extra time was only two minutes old when Waterford goalkeeper Roanmore’s Maeve Williams made a hero of herself with a brilliant penalty save to keep Waterford in front. Clare rallied yet again and with two minutes remaining were rewarded with a goal and pushed on for an equaliser but Waterford’s defence held firm and repelled all Banner attacks and ran out winners of a remarkable final by the minimum margin Waterford 7-4 Clare 3-15. Waterford captain Aoife Fitzgerald received the shield to tremendous applause from all present and Waterford midfielder Ballymacarbry’s Brigitta Valuenta was a worthy winner of player of the match.

Ballybricken Couriers to become shirt sponsor for De La Salle Féile Camogie Team

Many thanks to Kinsella family of Ballybricken Couriers for there kind sponsorship of a new set of jerseys to our u14 squad which will be proudly on display for the forthcoming Feile weekend on the 17th,18th & 19th June. The girls got off to a good start in there new jerseys with a home win v Tramore.

Training:

U-8, 10 & 12 squads on Weds 1st June @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

U-14 on Sat 4th June @ 12noon in Gracedieu.

U-16, 18, & Intermediate squads on Weds 25th May @ 7.15pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in.

Club Fixtures:

U-12 on Tues 31st May home v Gailltir throw in 7pm.

Results:

Hard luck to our u14 girls who lost out away to Dungarvan 4-5 to 3-3  in round 5 of  the championship played on Tues 24 May. They also played Tramore in Gracedieu on Sat 28th May in round 6 in which they won 5-2 to 1-1. Well done girls.

Our U-10s travelled to Ferrybank on Sun 29th May and played games against the host club & Tramore.

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Feile Countdown for Lismore Camogie Club

With just over two weeks left for the All Ireland U14 Feile na nGael competition its all systems go in Lismore camogie club. Our U14 girls have completed the County Championship, its now all focus on the upcoming Feile Finals which our club are proud to be hosting. Our visiting team Crecora have been in contact with club secretary Marie and are all excited for their visit to Lismore.

Our girls and their parents had an information evening in the club house after the Brickey Rangers U14 match on Tuesday last May 24th. A draw for the host families was done on the night and all there were excited for the upcoming occasion and great enthusiasm was shown by both parents and children with offers of help for the weekend. 

Bag Pack

The final fundraiser for the event was held in Roches Centra Supermarket (by kind permission of Laura and Willie Roche) on Saturday last, this proved to be a great success with some great goodwill on the day. Thanks to all who donated so generously and thanks to all the parents and the girls who gave up their spare time for the bag pack.

Picture

The above picture is of the Lismore under 10 team that took part in a blitz in Tallow recently.

Lismore Seniors Loose out in the Denny Buckley League Final

The scenic village of Stradbally was the venue for the Denny Buckley League final on Saturday last at a 4.30 throw in. 

It was Lismore who stamped their authority when Caithiona McGlone struck to the back of the St. Annes net from the throw in and indeed were well on top for the next 10 minutes holding St. Annes scoreless for this time frame. It was 1-3 to Lismore to St. Anne's no score before Niamh Rocket pointed from a free in the tenth minute. St. Annes began to settle into the game at this stage and it was tit for tat between both sides regarding scores. Caithriona once more raised the green flag on the 20th minute. Jenny Simpson raised the green flag for her side  on the 23rd and again on the 26th minute. Nicola Morrissey and Johanna Houlihan had the last spoils of the half with a point each leaving the half time score Lismore 2-8 St. Anne's 2-4.

The first 11 minutes of the second half belonged to St. Anne's scoring 1-5 in this time frame without reply, with the score at this stage St. Annes 3-9 Lismore 2-8. Nicola Morrisseys free on the 11th minute settled the Lismore side and began to come back into it . Lismore were three points down on the 45th minute until Lismore substitute Emma Power struck a long range ball to the back of the St. Anne,s net drawing the game. 1 minute later a long range ball once again struck by Aoife Hannon which everyone thought was gone over was debated by the two umpires was ruled wide by the referee. St.Annes scored a point from the ensuing puck out giving St. Annes the lead. Nicola Morrissey scored 2 minutes later drawing the game once more followed by a another point from St. Annes with 5 minutes remaining. Nicola scored the next point once more drawing the game. Time nearly up everyone there thought a draw might be the result but St. Annes won a free a minute into injury time in which Niamh Rockett duely converted putting her side ahead. The final whistle was blown and the Denny Buckley Cup was awarded to St. Annes.

 

U14A Championship

Lismore played Gall Tir on Tuesday of last week in Tourin, eventho, the girls played their best game of the championship were beaten comprehensively. 

The girls played Brickey Rangers yesterday (Tuesday) result not known at the time of going to press.

 

U12 League

Our U12s have completed their Go-Games Blitzes and will commence the league on Tuesday next May 31st at home to Portlaw.

 

Training for our youngest members

Training for the clubs U6, U8 and 10 members takes place in the GAA Field every Wednesday at 6 o clock to 7 o clock

Na Déise take Under 16 ‘B’ Ladies Football Title

The first final of the 2016 calendar took place in the last week. First up was the B final which was played in the Blackwater Community School pitch in Lismore between Na Déise and Ballyduff. This was a very good game of football with Na Deise settling to the task from the word go against a younger and somewhat nervous Ballyduff side. Leading at half time by 2-8 to 2-2 Na Deise were in control but credit to the Ballyduff girls they never gave up and produced many anxious moments for the Na Deise defence. The Na Deise defence well marshalled by Anne Marie O Brien ably aided in midfield by Mary Kate Curran and Emily O Mahoney up front tacked on scores at vital times in the game to keep Na Deise in front and in control and despite the efforts of a hard-working Ballyduff backline and excellent goalkeeping from Rosie Landers ran out deserving winners in the end on a score line of Na Déise 3-16 Ballyduff 2- 5

‘C’ Title for Erin’s Own

Erin’s Own clinched their first under 16 county title in Kilgobnet GAA grounds on Sunday morning last with a hard earned win over Ballysaggart. Erin’s Own were quickly out of the blocks and got two goals in quick succession but to give Ballysaggart credit they refused to let these goals rattle them and were trailing at half time  on the score line Erin’s Own 2-3 Ballysaggart 0-3.

In the second half scores were at a premium and Ballysaggart were back in the game with a well worked goal. The game ebbed and flowed from end to end and a well taken goal late on by Erin’s Own Abbie Flynn ended the game as a contest with the city team winning on a final score Erin’s Own 3-6 Ballysaggart 1-4.

This was a very entertaining game with many outstanding performances on both sides Abbie Flynn excelled on the Erin’s Own team with some wonderful scores including a free off the ground from 35 meters and was well assisted by her colleagues captain Katie O Keeffe, Aisling Madigan, Eva Daniels, Lucy Hogan, Patricia Farrell and Cathy Hartnett.Ballysaggart played well but were hampered by two injuries at vital times in the game and had many outstanding players on view including Katie Meagher at centre back ,Eva O Donoghue in goals who made a string of wonderful saves and Sophie Landers and Emily Coughlan.

Gaultier and Stradbally serve up ‘A’ Final Thriller

In the A final Gaultier and Stradbally served up an exciting game of football, the result of which was in doubt until the final whistle. Stradbally opened the scoring with a point but the Gaultier girls hit back playing some excellent possession football with four points on the trot to take a commanding lead but any notion that this was going to be an easy win was quickly dispelled with a well finished goal by Maggie Boylan to rock Gaultier. The girls from the East powered back into the game with a goal and a point from Annie Fitzgerald but the reply was swift and decisive from the Stradbally girls with a second goal to leave the bare minimum between the sides at half-time Gaultier 1-5 Stradbally 2-1.

The second half, produced football of the highest order, with the Gaultier girls picking off their points.  Stradbally not to be outdone answered in the best possible fashion with a brilliant goal and the game was in the melting pot when Maggie Boylan coolly slotted home a penalty to put Stradbally back in front.Gaultier though rocked by this goal showed great heart and determination and were rewarded with a goal of their own and a brace of points to go back in front by two points with time running out. Stradbally laid siege to the Gaultier goal in the final stages in an effort to get the all important winning score and it took two great interceptions by Gaultier full back and captain Emma Flynn to ensure that the cup was on its way to the far east of the county as they held out in a welter of excitement on a final score Gaultier 2-12 Stradbally 4-4.

There were some excellent performances on both sides who served up a cracker of a game. Maggie Boylan, Sheena Mc Guckian, Sarah Mullaney, Megan Foran, Róisín Dunphy, Hayley Keane and Ellen Boylan all impressed for Stradbally. For the winners Annie Fitzgerald, Aoife Fitzgerald, Leah Maher, Shauna Fitzgerald and Emma Flynn shone on a day when the real winner was Ladies Football played at a very high level of skill.

Our thanks to the Kilgobnet GAA club for the use of their wonderful facilities and to Mary Fahey who had everything in pristine order for the matches.

Old rivals serve up a summer treat

There were scenes of jubilation in Stradbally GAA  on Saturday evening last May 21st as St. Annes Camogie Captain Claire Whyte  lifted the Denny Buckley Cup after defeating eastern rivals Lismore in an epic battle.  This game was always going to be a thrilling game of camogie with over ten senior county players playing on both sides, Indeed  it lived up to this expectation on Saturday last and it was enthralling match.

On a Sunny but windy afternoon in Stradbally it was Lismore who won the toss and opted to play against the breeze.  It was Lismore’s Aoife Hannon who registered the first point of the game shortly followed by a fantastic goal from Caitriona McGlone, within six minutes Lismore had outscored their opponents to 1-03 to no score.  Niamh Rockett then won a free and converted the free to give St. Annes their first score of the game on the eighth minute of the game.  Niamh Rockett got St. Annes next score with a fantastic point from play. Lismore dominated the next ten minutes particularly Nicola Morrissey who was outstanding in midfield. At one point Lismore were six points ahead with another fantastic goal from Caitriona McGlone and points from Aoife Hannon, Nicola Morrissey and Johanna Houlihan.  St. Annes started to fight back when Jenny Simpson rattled the net on the 23 minute.   This gave the St. Annes player great confidence and shortly after Jenny found the net again leaving the score at half time 2-04 to St. Annes Lismore 2-08.The second half began with St. Annes coming out of the blocks first courtesy of fantastic from Jenny Simpson, followed by a Charlotte Raher point from play. The first fifteen minutes were completely dominated by St. Annes.  Charlotte Raher scored a fantastic goal on the 12 minute and it put St. Annes ahead for the first time.  St. Annes were well on top at this stage and had kept Lismore scoreless for the first fifteen minutes of the second half.  Lismore started to fight back with the next three points coming from Nicola Morrissey.  The St. Anne’s goal keeper misjudged a high ball which resulted a goal for Lismore.  The game at this point was level. It got very tough from here on and it was an epic battle right to the end. It was with sheer determination that the St. Annes girls held on and fought to capture the Inaugural Denny Buckley Cup Final score reading St. Annes 3-13 Lismore 3-12.

 There were outstanding performances on both sides. Charlotte Raher, Niamh Rockett, Sibeal Harney, Sinead Cummins and Jenny Simpson were outstanding for the winners. For Lismore Caitriona McGlone, Nicola Morrissey and Ellen Curran were the stand out players. It was a fantastic game from start to finish keeping the supporters on the edge of their seats right till the final whistle.  The inaugural Denny Buckley Senior League memorial Cup was presented to Claire Whyte captain of St. Annes by Ita Murphy.  Ita Murphy congratulated both teams on their efforts during the match and thanked both sets of supporters for adding atmosphere to the game.

DID Electrical Sponsorship Launch

On Friday night last Waterford camogie officially launched their team sponsors DID electrical. It was great to see our winning our Under 16 team at the event as well as many of our senior players. We would encourage all our players, supporters and parents to support DID electrical. 

John West Féile na nGael warm up Blitz

Waterford Camogie hosted a non competitive feile inter county club blitz on Saturday last in WIT sport campus in Carriganore.  A number of clubs from our neighbouring counties also  competed in our blitz. Well done to all our local Clubs who took part.  A big thank you to Kathleen Egan Regional Development officer and Mary O’Connor our national Development officer who organised the event.  Also a big thank you to all our referees and co-ordinators who this day would not have been possible.

GAEL LINN

Congratulations to Niamh Rockett, Fiona Morrissey, Lorraine Bray, Charlotte Raher, Beth Carton and Kate McMahon who were selected on the Munster Camogie team who played Leinster.

Waterford Camogie Office

Waterford camogie Office is open every  Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9am to 5pm.  Our office is located in Dungarvan Nissan.  If you have any queries or want to get in contact with us you can do so by contacting Lynsey Tutty on 086 8113531 or John Flood on 087 6684474.  You will also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

County Board Meeting

The next county board meeting takes place next Monday at 7.30pm in Lawlors Hotel.  All clubs are asked to attend.

Beth plays for Munster in Inter provincials:

Well done to our club girl Beth Carton (0-1) who lined out with Munster Squad v Leinster on Sunday 22nd May in Abbotstown. Munster lost out 1-21 to 0-10.

Training

U-8, 10 & 12 squads on Weds 25th May @ 6.30pm in Gracedieu.

U-14 on Sat 28th May @ 12noon in Gracedieu.

U-16, 18, & Intermediate squads on Weds 25th May @ 7.30pm in Gracedieu.

Newcomers are always more than welcome to join in.

Club Fixtures

U-14 B Championship Round 5 on Tues 24th May away to Dungarvan @ 7pm.

U-8 & U-10 blitzes on Sun 29th May in Ferrybank @ 10.30am, will confirm @ training Weds.

County IntermediateLeague  final, opponents, date & venue tbc.

Results

Hard luck to our U-14 girls who lost out to Portlaw-Roanmore in R4 of the championship played in Gracedieu on Tues 17th May. They also played in the Pre Feile blitz in WIT Carriganore on Sat 21st May winning against Portlaw- Roanmore & losing out to St Catherines (Cork) & Mullinvat-Carrickshock (Kilkenny). Good preparation for the Feile which will take place on the weekend 17th,18th & 19th June.

Fundraiser

Many thanks to all our club girls, parents, family members & supporters of DLS Camogie Club who attended our Annual Charity Walk which took place on Weds 18th May from our clubhouse down along the new Deise Greenway.

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