Waterford camogie notes
July 21, 2014Congratulations to Waterford's U16 team that beat Tipperary on Sunday to cement their top position of the table and reach the All Ireland semi-final.
Adult Championships
With Waterford's Intermediate team having completed the league phase of the Liberty Insurance All Ireland Championship this past weekend saw the commencement of the adult county championships.
Senior Championship
The Senior Championship has four teams, these are reigning All Ireland Intermediate Club champions Lismore plus Gailltir, St. Anne's and Butlerstown. Fixtures this weekend saw Gailltir host Lismore in a match that saw many of Waterford's Intermediate panel face each other as opponents rather than as team mates. Gailltir have Waterford Intermediate players such as Trish Jackman, Zoe O'Donoghue and Emma Hannon while Lismore have payers such as Shona Curran, Nicola Morrissey, Shauna Prendergast, Shauna Kiernan and Ruth Geoghegan on their team. The result went the way of the All Ireland champions Lismore. The other match sees St. Anne's host Butlerstown. This match was rescheduled for Monday 21st July so results will appear in next weeks notes. The second round of the Senior championships sees Lismore host St. Anne's (a repeat of last year's Senior final) while Butlerstown host Gailltir and are scheduled to be played Friday 25th July.
Intermediate Championship
The Intermediate Championship sees the teams of Cappoquin, Brickey Rangers, Portlaw and An Rinn face each other. The first round match saw Portlaw (last year's Junior champions) travel to An Rinn and the step up in standard was just beyond them and An Rinn won this encounter. Unfortunately Brickey Rangers could not field against Cappoquin. The next round of matches sees Portlaw host Cappoquin and Brickey Rangers host An Rinn to be played Friday 25th July.
Junior Championship
The Junior Championship has Ferrybank, Roanmore, Tallow and Lismore. Ferrybank travelled to Roanmore on Friday last and won the encounter. The Tallow Lismore match was rescheduled to Sunday evening so result will be reported in next weeks notes. The next round of matches sees Roanmore host Lismore and Ferrybank host Tallow.
Minor Championship Round-up
Now that we have completed two rounds of the Minor Championship the positions that teams occupy is becoming clearer.
Group 1
In Group1 we have Brickey Rangers, Cappoquin, Clonea, Ferrybank, Roanmore/St. Molleran's and St. Anne's. Brickey Rangers followed up their first round win against Clonea with a win against St. Anne's which moves them top of the table. Cappoquin and Clonea are right behind them but unfortunately Cappoquin's second round match against Ferrybank had to be rescheduled. Clonea got their first points of the championship after they defeated Roanmore in an extremely tight encounter.
Round 3 of the championship is scheduled for 29th July and Brickey Rangers meet Ferrybank which is definitely a result to watch as Brickey Rangers have Hannah Murphy-Nix, Caoimhe McGrath Molly Curran, Catherine Hahessey, Rachel Donnelly and Cadhla McGrath on Waterford's All Ireland Minor winning panel while Ferrybank have Niamh Ahearne and Iona Heffernan (who recently broke into Waterford's Intermediate team) on their team. The other matches in the group sees Roanmore host Cappoquin and St. Anne's host Clonea.
Group 2
Group 2 sees De la Salle, Gailltir, Tramore, Lismore and An Rinn. De la Salle continued their winning ways when they won their match against Tramore/Butlerstown while An Rinn gave a walkover to Gailltir which means that both Gailltir and De la Salle sit on top of the table with maximum points each. Round 3 sees Tramore/Butlerstown host Gailltir while An Rinn host Lismore. As De la Salle have a bye this week, it gives an opportunity to Gailltir to move clear at the top if they can beat Tramore/Butlerstown.
U8 and U10 Blitzes
Well done to host clubs of Dungarvan, Gailltir and Lismore. From some of the pictures floating around on Facebook, it looks like all the girls enjoyed themselves. It great to see so many young girls playing camogie across the County and great credit has to be given to all the clubs and especially mentors, coaches and parents for assisting during these events. Tweet
