Waterford Camogie notes
December 15, 2014The fixtures for the 2015 season were issued this past week. Some teams are back in action from February so lots of preparation required between now and then. The following are the fixtures:
Irish Daily Star National League
The Waterford team will play in Division 2 of the Irish Daily Star National league and will be playing against Down, Kilkenny, Cork ,Meath and Tipperary.
Dates of Waterford games are as follows:
Round 1 on Sunday 22nd February Home to Tipperary
Round 2 on Sunday 8th March Away to Cork
Round 3 on Sunday 15th March Away to Meath
Round 4 Sunday 22nd March Home to Kilkenny
Round 5 Sunday 5th April Away to Down (Easter Sunday)
Semi-final on 19th April
Final on 3rd May
All Ireland Minor A Championship
After the success in 2014 of winning the 'B' All Ireland, this year's team are playing in the 'A' Division and will play against Limerick, Offaly, Galway and Dublin.
Dates of Waterford games are as follows:
Round 1 Weekend of 21st/22nd Feb Away to Offaly
Round 2 Saturday 28th February Away to Galway
Round 3 Saturday 21st March Home to Limerick
Round 4 Saturday 29th March Bye
Round 5 Saturday 4th April Home to Dublin
Semi-final on 18th April
Final on 25th April
Liberty Insurance All Ireland Intermediate Championship
After having featured in the last three All Ireland Intermediate semi-finals and being beaten by the eventual winners on the last two, we are hopeful that the team can excel this year.
The 2015 All Ireland championship sees Waterford in a Group with Tipperary, Kilkenny, Kildare and Antrim.
The fixtures for the 2015 All Ireland championship are as follows:
Round 1 Saturday 4th July Home to Antrim
Round 2 Saturday 11th July Bye
Round 3 Saturday 18th July Away to Tipperary
Round 4 Saturday 25th July Home to Kilkenny
Round 5 Saturday 2nd August Away to Kildare
Semi-finals 22nd/23rd August
Final 13th September
U16 All Ireland Championship
Continuing to show the rise of popularity in Waterford of camogie, we are in a position to enter two teams at the U16 Grade due to playing numbers. One team will compete in the B section while the other will compete in the C section.
This B section team are in a Group with Cork, Antrim and Dublin.
Saturday 19th July Home v Dublin
Saturday 26th July v Antrim (halfway venue)
Sunday 2nd August Away to Cork
This C section team are in a Group with Cavan, Donegal, Carlow, Roscommon and Kildare
Round 1 on Saturday 4th July Away to Roscommon
Round 2 on Saturday 11th July v Donegal (halfway venue)
Round 3 on Saturday 18th July Home v Kildare
Round 4 on Saturday 25th July Away v Carlow
Round 5 on Saturday 1st August Home v Cavan
Best wishes to all player and management of these teams and hopefully 2015 will be as rewarding to Waterford camogie as 2014 has been.
