Waterford Camogie Notes
April 06, 2014
The successful Waterford Under 16 panel
Waterford 01-11 Cork 0-05
After the postponement of the original fixture Waterford Under 16 travelled to Leahy Park, Cashel, to take on Cork in the Munster Final on the 30th March last. While weather/underfoot conditions were not ideal for camogie the game got underway with Waterford first on the scoreboard after a goal mouth scramble resulting in Anne Corcoran finishing to the net.
This was quickly followed up by a point from Kate McGrath. Cork were unable to deal with Waterford's pace and struggled to take a foothold in the game, in defence Waterford's halfback line of Caoimhe Drohan, Courtney Healy and Saoirse Bonnar were well on top with some excellent defending. The midfield pairing of Megan Dunford and Siebal Harney were also to the fore as they supplied fast ball into the forward line.
As the game progressed Waterford's work rate in the forward line resulted in player of the match Beth Carton slotting over five frees to extend their lead. Waterford had another goal chance as Captain Aisling Power cut through the Cork defence but her goal bound shot edged over the crossbar. It was 23 minutes in before Cork managed to register their first score from Kate Kilcommins, with Nora O'Riordain scoring a point from a free. Waterford headed for the dressing room at half time leading Waterford 1-9 Cork 0-2. Waterford made one change at half time with Sally Browne replacing Niamh Murphy at corner forward.
The second half saw Cork come out with more fight in them as they tried to take momentum away from Waterford aided by the breeze. Waterford's defence particularly the full back line of Sinéad O' Brien, Laura Murray and Aoife Shanahan were now under increasing pressure which resulted in Rachel McNamara slotting over a pointed free. It was all Cork for the next 15 minutes, but the goals they desperately needed didn't arrive as Waterford's defence worked tirelessly. Cork were awarded two more frees and were dually pointed by Nora O'Riordan that was as good as it got for Cork, with De La Salle's Beth Carton slotting over two frees after Waterford's Sally Brown and Kate McMahon were fouled. During the course of the second half Waterford used their bench effevtively with Roisin Uniacke replacing Kate McGrath and Chloe Dempsey replacing Sibeal Harney. Waterford retain their Munster title and now start preparing for the first round of the All Ireland championship where they will again face Cork this time at home on the 29th June.
Waterford Brianna O' Regan(De La Salle) Sinéad O' Brien(Cappoquin) Laura Murray(Cappoquin) Aoife Shanahan (Butlerstown) Caoimhe Drohan (De La Salle) Courtney Healy (De La Salle) Saoirse Bonner (St Annes) Megan Dunford (Brickey Rangers) Sibeal Harney (St Annes) Kate McGrath0-1(Brickey Rangers) Beth Carton 0-9(De La Salle) Aisling Power 0-1(Capt)(Cappoquin) Niamh Murphy (De La Salle) Kate McMahon( Butlerstown) Anne Corcoran 1-0(Gaultier) Clodagh Galvin(Cappoquin) Sinead Cunnighan(Gaultier) Roisin Uniacke(Cappoquin) Collette Hogan(De La Salle) Taylor Healy(De La Salle) Rachel McDonald(St Annes) Sharon Williams(Lismore) Saoirse English(Tramore) Catherine Murray(Dungarvan) Roisin Oates(Ferrybank) Sally Brown(Butlerstown) Chloe Dempsey(De La Salle) Ellen Curran(Lismore)
Irish Daily Star Division 2 League Match Report
Conceding early scores and clinical accuracy of Cork's Jessica Hennigham from placed balls meant that Waterford lost their final league match of the 2014 campaign. In far from ideal camogie playing conditions, Waterford lost the match on a score of 1-06 to Cork's 1-13.
As early as the first minute of play Waterford were a goal down when Maeve Calahane placed the ball into the Waterford net which was quickly followed by an Amanda O'Regan point from play. With less than 2 minutes played we were trailing by 1-01 and it was not until 10 minutes in to the game that Waterford had their first score when Nicola Morrissey fired over after receiving the ball from Karen Kelly. Cork responded with two Jessica Hennigham frees before we scored our second point when Karen Kelly fired over following a foul on Shona Curran. Midway through the first half Cork extended their lead when Jessica Hennigham fired over another placed ball followed quickly by a Maeve Calahane point from play. We scored our final point of the first half when Nicola Morrissey fired over her second point of the match but that is not to say that we could have improved our scored except for some fine Cork defense when goal scoring chances were smothered out. Cork finished the half with two more scores, another placed ball from Jessica Hennigham and another point from hurley of Maeve Calahane. At the halfway point the score store at Waterford 0-03 to Cork's 1-07.
The start of the second half started the same way when another free was conceded and fired over before Charlotte Raher scored out first point of the second half followed shortly after with a Jennie Simpson goal when she was first to react and slot the ball into the net after a ball was fired into the goalmouth area. Another goal chance followed when a powerful run and shot on goal by Shona Curran was saved and dealt with by the Cork defense. Karen Kelly then scored our next two scores, the first when she fired in a free that rebounded off the upright and found it's way back to her and she fired over. The second point was well worked between Valerie O'Brien when she laid the ball back to Karen who fired over. Everytime we scored Cork replied with a Jessica Hennigham frees and 45. Waterford conceded 6 points in the second half, four from frees and a 45 and only one point was scored from play and Jessica Hennigham scoring 10 of Cork's points.
Although this match sees the end of Waterford's league campaign, we can now look forward to the Munster Championship which is scheduled to be played on May 5th against Tipperary.
The Waterford team were : Clara Hogan, Shauna Prendergast, Fiona Morrissey, Claire Whyte, Deirdre Nugent, Shauna Kiernan, Mairead Murphy, Nicola Morrissey (0-02), Trisha Jackman, Karen Kelly (0-03), Shona Curran, Sinead Cummins, Valerie O Brien, Jenny Simpson (1-0), Zoe O Donoghue, Becky Kavanagh, Emma Hannon, Pauline Cunningham, Laura Buckley, Charolette Raher (0-01), Lorraine Bray, Niamh Rockett
Senior League
This past week saw one match been played in Group 2 of the Senior league. Portlaw played Cappoquin and Portlaw won the match by 3-06 to 0-05. A big step up for Portlaw this year after winning the Junior championship in their first year but they seem capable of playing against more established clubs and getting results. Tweet
