Waterford camogie notes
July 07, 2014The Waterford Intermediate team traveled to play Kilkenny on Saturday last at John Lockes Park, Callan. The team had won their previous two matches in the All Ireland Championship against Meath and Cork getting them off to an excellent start to the 2014 championship season. Kilkenny had beaten Wexford comprehensively the previous week so the Waterford team knew that this would be a difficult match.
Weather conditions changed significantly as the match commenced with heavy rainfall for much of the first half with a strong breeze favouring Kilkenny. The Waterford team competed well for possession from the start but could not work the ball into scoring positions for much of the first half. Kilkenny aided by the strong breeze were continually probing the hard working Waterford defense and conceded 5 points in the first 12 minutes without reply and except for a fine save from Waterford's Becky Kavanagh in goal could have been much worse.
Waterford continued to restrict clear scoring chances to Kilkenny due to the excellent work rate but could not completely curtail scores and conceded a total of 1-07 after 20 minutes. Waterford's first clear chance of the first half occurred after 25 minutes when a Trish Jackman free went narrowly wide. A dramatic change in weather conditions when the rain stopped and wind dropped coincided with a strong finish to the half from Waterford. First up was a goal from Shona Curran when she caught a ball sent in from a Trish Jackman sideline cut under considerably Kilkenny pressure and managed to handpass the ball into the net. This was quickly followed by three quick Waterford points, two points from Trish Jackman and the final score of the first half when Nicola Morrissey slotted over.
Waterford were trailling by four points at the midpoint break and narrowed the gap at the start of the second half when a Trish Jackman 45 was converted. Unfortunately, this was the closest Waterford came to Kilkenny as they scored 1-02 in the second half while Waterford could only add a further two points from a Trish Jackamn free and one from Emma Hannon.
At fulltime the score stood at Kilkenny 2-09 to Waterford's 1-06.
Waterford now lie second in the table behind Kilkenny and look forward to meeting Wexford next weekend in their final match of the group stages knowing that a win should secure a semi-final place but Meath's win against Wexford at the weekend still gives them a chance to catch Waterford.
Waterford U16 v Antrim
Waterford U16s continued their winning ways when they beat Antrim last Sunday.
U18 Championship
The Minor championship is split into two groups. In Group 1 Ferrybank beat Roanmore while the match between Brickey Rangers and Clonea and Cappoquin and St. Anne's needed to be rescheduled.
Group 2 saw two matches completed, both travelling teams had wins on the road. Gailltir travelled to Lismore and won the encounter while De la Salle had the long trek to An Rinn and also won.
The next round of matches are scheduled for July 15th.
U16 Championship
The first round of the U16 Championship has now been completed and the following are the results so far:
Section A
De la Salle won their opening match against Brickey Rangers while the Gailltir v St. Anne's and Cappoquin v Dungarvan matches had to be rescheduled for a later date.
The next round of matches are scheduled for July 8th and sees Dungarvan host De la Salle, Cappoquin host Gailltir and St. Anne's host Brickey Rangers.
Section B
An Rinn overcame stiff resistance from Clonea while Ferrybank lost their opening match to Tramore. The next round of matches are scheduled for July 8th and sees Tramore host Lismore, Clonea host Ferrybank with An Rinn having a bye.
Section C
The only fixture fulfilled in this section was the Modeligo v Roanmore which Modeligo went onto win. The match between St. Mollerans and Tallow was rescheduled while Abbeyside had a bye. Next round of matches on 8th July sees Roanmore host St. Mollerans and Tallow host Abbeyside for their first match of the competition while Modeligo have a bye.
U12 League
The penultimate round of U12 matches were played this past week and the following is the status of the various sections:
Section A
Gailltir played two matches and won both encounters, first up was their match against Brickey Rangers and then St. Anne's to move them joint leaders with Brickey Rangers. Results from the Butlerstown v De la Salle and Gailltir v De la Salle will go a long way to deciding final positions in the table.
Section B
Portlaw beat Abbeyside in their Penultimate match. Dungarvan beat Clonea/St. Mollerans team this week and moves them clear with maximum points in the table Even though Clonea/St. Molleran's suffered a loss this week they still remain in third spot but mathematically they cannot finish better than this position even if results go their way in the remaining games. Lismore have a couple of outstanding fixtures from previous rounds and results from these matches will have an effect on final table positions. The final weeks fixtures throw up an interesting match where the top two teams of Dungarvan and Portlaw face each other which could determine the overall league winner. The remaining Round 5 fixtures sees Abbeyside play Tramore while Lismore host the Clonea/St. Mollerans team.
Section C
An Rinn continue their winning ways this week when they won their match against St. Anne's and are now 2 points clear at the top of the table. Cappoquin and Roanmore are two points behind but both teams didn't play this week. As we head into the final round of games which sees An Rinn face Tallow, St. Anne's play Ferrybank and Roanmore host Cappoquin.
Non County Player League
The Non County player league is progressing while the Waterford's U16 and Intermediate panels are involved in their respective All Ireland Championships. Group 1 contains St. Anne's, Gailltir and Butlerstown. Matches played so far have seen St. Anne's beat Gailltir while Butlerstown beat St. Anne's. The result of the Gailltir v Butlerstown will determine final table positions.
Group 2 contains Cappoquin, Portlaw and Lismore. The Cappoquin team have had a strong start to the league beating both Lismore and Portlaw leaving them topping the table and into the final to face the top finishers in Group 1. Tweet
