Limerick Camogie notes
February 16, 2010Senior
National Camogie League Div 2
Down 2-06 Limerick 0-13
The 2010 National Camogie League Division 2 threw in on Sunday last in Ashbourne Co. Meath . A Limerick team with a good blend of youth and experience took to the field against an up and coming Down team.
After taking a drop in grade to Senior B level , the girls from the treaty city were expected to come through this encounter with out much trouble . The opening few minutes were unspectacular , with both teams just trying to find their feet in the first competitive fixture of 2010 . After the first quarter it was obvious that the Down girls were not going to be a push over , the Down players matched our girls in all areas of the field . Some excellent score taking from both sides left just two points between the sides at the break , Limerick 0-07 to Down's 1-02 .
Again the second half started slowly , Limerick held a slender lead for most of the half , Eileen O'Brien put over 5 points from placed balls and young Katie Campbell fighting for every ball in front of goal . To Limerick's surprise and with only a few minutes on the clock Down went in front with a splendid goal . While Limerick seemed content to coast along for most of the game , the late Down score sent the cat amongst the pigeons and spurred our girls into life . Some very good play throughout the field showed the manager that when the chips were down these girls would not be found wanting and two excellent points saw our girls win by the narrowest of margins .
Best for Limerick were Eileen O'Brien with 8 points and Katie Campbell.
Overall it wasn't the best display of Camogie , but a win is a win is a win and seen as it is a couple of seasons since Limerick Camogie has tasted success , this win is very welcome indeed . As they say winning is a habit , so hears hoping our girls get used to this habit and bring some much needed success to the Camogie public in Limerick .
Players to Note for 2010
Limerick were delighted to have Vera Sheehan back on the county squad and will look to her leadership to support the younger players coming through. Limerick has an extended squad at present so as to give interested players every opportunity to stake a claim for a squad place for the coming year.
Niamh Riachardson, Mairead Ryan, Fiona Moloney and Kristy Carrroll are making the transition to the senior team and are players to watch for in the future
Limerick have plenty of experience in defence with Sarah Carey, Janet Garvey and Aoifa Sheehan going well in training and trial games, Joanne O Gorman has been operating well in midfield while up front Claire Mulcahy and the promising Kristy Carroll have been impressive to date.
Group 2 Pl W D L F A +/- PTS
Wexford 1 1 0 0 23 13 +10 2
Limerick 1 1 0 0 13 12 +1 2
Down 1 0 0 1 12 13 -1 0
Waterford 1 0 0 1 13 23 -10 0
Galway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Upcoming Fixtures
6th March Limerick V Waterford
21st March Wexford V Limerick
4th April Limerick V Galway
Team
1. Sile Moynihan , 2. Niamh Richardson 3 . Michelle Casey 4 . Janet Garvey 5. Sarah Carey 6. Aoifa Sheehan 7. Claire Mulcahy 8. Joanne O Gorman(0-01) 9 . Deirdre Fitzpatrick 10 . Eileen O Brien( 0-08,0-05frees) 11.Orla Curtin (0-02) 12. Vera Sheehan 13. Kristy Carroll (0-01) 14. Caitrin De Bhal 15. Katie Campbell (0-01)
Subs : 16. Judith Mulcahy 17. Kerrie Brosnan (used)18 .Claire O Regan 19. Lisa Scanlon 20 .Caroline Scanlon 21.Emma Falahee 22 .Maeve Kirby 23. Claire Casey (used) 24. Sinead Greene 25. Marie Corkery
Manager : Phelim Macken
Selectors Toby Kavanagh , Ita Richardson , Jimmy Moynihan
Physio : Bridgit Downes
U16
The third of three trials took place for this years county U16 panel on Saturday last in Mick Neville park Rathkeale . Mike , Ger and the boys are leaving no stone unturned in the search for the best 30 players for this years panel . In the coming weeks the girls will line out against Cork ( Feb 20th ) and Clare (Feb 27th) in two invaluable trial games , after this last game the final panel will be announced .
The first competitive action for the county U16 girls will be away to Laois on Saturday March 13th in the U16B All-Ireland series , this will be followed by two home games , one against Offally on April 3rd and Waterford on April 10th .
U14
The first trial for the County U14 panel took place on Saturday last in Mick Neville Park Rathkeale . Over 60 girls were sent for trials and each and everyone took an active part in the trial . Manager Maurice Barrett will be in touch with all the clubs in the coming days to inform the players of how they did and whether or not they have made the cut .
The first competitive fixture for the county U14's will be in mid April at the Limerick inter-county blitz in Rathkeale .
County Board
A very important county board meeting will take place in Kilmallock on Tuesday next Feb 23rd , County Sec.Olive will be in touch with full details and agenda in the coming days .
The Club Fixtures for 2010 will be up for ratification .
Club Fixtures 2010
Just a snippet of what might be in store for the coming season at club level , all clubs will receive the fixtures from Mike Murphy in the coming days .
The Senior League & Championship will again be supported by Mike Murphy Frozen Foods and has thrown up an interesting clash in Round one of the championship were Kileedy going for the 4 in a row , will play Ballyagran . The Senior league is due to throw in on Sunday march 28th , with the championship starting on July 24th .
The Intermediate league starts on the March 28th also . At the moment our intermediate competitions are lacking a sponsor , so if there is any kind sole out there that would like to get involved with camogie in limerick , ye are more than welcome .
The Junior League/Championship will again be supported by Billy O' Brien and Feenagh Oil and starts on Sunday March 21st with the championship throwing in on July 24th .
The underage competitions will all be starting very soon , a full list of fixtures will be available on ww.limerickcamogie.com once ratified at the Kilmallock meeting .
Sponsorship
Limerick County Camogie board , would hope to be able to put sponsors in place for all its Competitions for 2010 , sponsors are needed for our U8 , U9 , U10 , U11 , U12 , U14 , U16 and Intermediate leagues and championships . Also our county teams are in need of some much needed financial support , our u14's will be out every month until September , our U16's are hoping to go a long way this season , our minors are hoping to emulate the success they had in 2009 , our senior girls have already got off to a winning start this year , all the above need the help and support of the county .
Any offers of sponsorship would be great , and don't forget limerick camogie is now global on www.limerickcamogie.com , please contact any member of limerick county board for further information. Or check us out on line .
New Email's
New Secretary email addresses, go live 2nd February 2010
All club secretaries have been given details of how to setup a club email address that can be used into the future for all club transactions , all secretaries are urge to have their new address in place asap , further information contact our treasurer Maurice Barrett . Email [email protected]
Ashbourne & Purcell Cup Weekend
Best of luck to all our county players who are in action for their colleges this weekend in the Ashbourne and Purcell cups. Tweet
