Very League Division 2A

Offaly travelled north on Saturday to play Armagh in their final game in the group stage of the Division 2A League. 

The game was the proverbial dead rubber however with Offaly knowing they were already in the Final and facing Derry while Armagh had already been relegated.  As a result the match was not high in quality but Offaly eased to a comfortable victory on a scoreline of 2-17 to 0-3.  .

The team will now prepare for the Final which will be played in Semple Stadium on Sunday, 13 April.

Leinster Under 16A Cup Final

Playing any Kilkenny team in a Final is a daunting challenge and this is what faced the Under 16 team when they played in St James Stephens on Sunday.  Despite their efforts, Kilkenny proved to be on a different level and ran out comfortable winners 2-20 to 1-6

The girls will now return to the All Ireland Under 16A Shield on Sunday when the travel west to play Clare in their final group game of the Championship.

All Ireland Minor A Shield Quarter Final

A confidence boosting win over Carlow last time out set up Offaly for a date with Waterford in Sunday's All Ireland Minor A Shield Quarter Final.

An Isabella Gleeson point gave the Offaly girls a good start but Waterford went on to hit six points without reply.  Just before the break Kate Pilkington hit Offaly's second point but Waterford cancelled that out to lead by five points at the break.

It was a disappointing half from the Faithful girls and Declan Murray and his management team needed to work some magic to help their girls turn the game around when play restarted.  Credit to the Offaly girls, they did respond well.  While Kate Pilkington got the opening score from a free, Waterford replied with two more points to stretch their lead.  The Offaly girls were showing some signs of a response and hit three points in a row.  They must have felt it just wasn't to be their day when their work was cancelled out by a Waterford goal in the 53rd minute but the home side dug deep and an Aine Rigney point was followed by a goal from Karla Mannion in injury time to leave just two points between the teams.  

Immediately after and an excellent chance presented itself to Ciara Walshe who fired over the bar when on another day the sliotar might have crept under the bar.  With the minimum between the sides and time running out and Offaly were looking for one more chance and it presented itself in the form of a 45 which Kate Pilkington duly converted to leave the sides level at the final whistle.

While the momentum was with Offaly, it was Waterford that kicked on when the match restarted and hit four unanswered points but an outstanding goal from Lucy Flynn gave her team hope.  

Unfortunately for Offaly, the Waterford girls kicked on in the second half of extra time and hit an additional four unanswered points to claim the win and move on to the semi finals.

Offaly team:  Caoimhe Spain, Saoirse LIffey, Sarah Costello, Sadbh King, Jasmine Bennett, Karla Mannion, Aine Rigney, Ciara Walshe, Lucy Lowry, Kate Pilkington, Kayla Lawlor, Niamh Sheehy, Isabella Gleeson, Sarah O'Rourke, Chloe Gath Hollywood

Subs:  Allie Wynne for Sadbh King, Lucy Flynn for Lucy Lowry, Grace Cleary for Chloe Gath Hollywood, Sadbh King for Grace Cleary, Lucy Lowry for Saoirse Liffey

Offaly scores:  Kate Pilkington 0-4 (2 frees, 1 x '45), Lucy Flynn 1-1, Karla Mannion 1-0, Isabella Gleeson 0-2, Aine Rigney 0-1, Ciara Walshe 0-1

Upcoming Fixtures

All Ireland Under 16A Shield Championship, Clare v Offaly, details tbc on Offaly Camogie social media

Club results

Douglas Sports Under 13 League, Round 1

Drumcullen 1-1, Shamrocks 4-1

Naomh Brid 5-11, Edenderry 5-3

Belmont (2) 0-1, Kilcormac/Killoughey 8-4 

Saturday 29th March, Kinnitty v Ballinamere in Kinnitty at 11.00 am

St Sinchills 3-5, Shinrone 2-0

Belmont 6-12, St Cillians/Lusmagh 0-2

Hire Depot League, Round 2

Division 1A

Birr 2-9, St Cillians 2-12

Kilcormac/Killoughey 3-16, Shinrone 2-5

Division 1B

St Rynaghs 4-12, St Sinchills 0-11

Drumcullen 1-7, Tullamore 2-5

Hexagon League

Kinnitty 2-12, Lusmagh 1-2

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