Division 2 Relegation Semi-Final

Tipperary 0-13 (13)

Laois  2-10 (16)

Tipperary have one final chance to maintain their division 2 status when they take on Kildare on Saturday April 9^th after defeat to Laois in the relegation semi-final in Bangher last Saturday. Laois got off to a perfect start when a long delivery by Aiva Coss found its way to the back of the net inside the opening 2 minutes. Tipperary responded well with a point from Clodagh Horgan and there was very little between the sides in the opening half. With 20 minutes on the clock the sides were level 1-02 to 5 points. Saoirse McGrath kept the scoreboard ticking over for Tipp from frees but a second Laois goal from Kirsten Keenan gave them the momentum once again and a 3 point lead.

Tipperary continued to work hard and a point from Ciara McKeogh just before half time meant the sides went in at the break level again 2-3 to 9 points.  There was plenty of positives from the Tipp display in the opening half with Amy Crosses excellent in midfield and when moving forward into the attack. Up front Claire Stakelum finished with 2 points from play one a beauty from way out on the sideline. While good displays from Caoimhe McCormack and Ciara McKeogh saw them also getting on the scoreboard.  The second half saw little between the sides once again with great battles all over the field including Ciara Cummins at centre forward on Laois’ Clodagh Tynan. A Saoirse McGrath pointed free on the 50^th made it a one point game 2-8 to 13 points. Unfortunately for Tipperary though this was to be their final score while Laois finished with 2 frees from Kirsten Keenan to give them a 3 point victory and a crucial first win of the season.

For Laois Aiva Coss and Grainne Delaney, two players who starred for the Laois minors on their way to the All-Ireland final earlier this year, went straight into the starting team and made big contributions for their side. While for Tipp Aoibheann Ward and Rachel Maher both played very well in defence. 13 wides in total plus 5 shots that dropped short will no doubt have frustrated the players and management but it’s also a stat they know they can work on and look to reverse for the next day. Laois also got 2 goals at key moments to make Tipp’s task more and more difficult. While at the opposite end a goal that Tipp really would have benefited from never materialised

Tipperary: Aoife Butler, Maebh Ellie Ryan, Rachel Maher,Aoibheann Ward, Aisling Sheedy, Emma Carey, Margaret Quigley, Amy Crosse, Caoimhe McCormack (0-1) ,Ciara McKeogh(0-1), Ciara Cummins,Clodagh Horgan (0-1), Caroline Browne(0-1), Claire Stakelum (0-2), Saoirse McGrath (0-7, 7 frees)

Laois: Aedin Lowry, Karla Whelan, Fiona Scullly, Katie Dunican, Leah Daly, Clodagh Tynan (0-1), Jade Bergin; Gemma Hoare, Jessica Quinlan, Alice Walsh, Aimee Collier (0-1)), Grainne Delaney (0-3)Grainne Reilly, Kirsten Keenan (1-4, 3 frees) Avia Coss(1-1)

No All-Star for Tipperary

The previously postponed Camogie All-Stars took place last Friday night and with 5 players nominated, all in Tipperary were hopeful of success on the night. Mary Ryan (Moneygall), Ereena Fryday (Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams), Roisin Howard (Cahir), Orla O’Dwyer (Cashel King Cormacs) and Cait Devane (Clonoulty Rossmore) were all nominated after excellent performances throughout the 2021 season that saw Tipperary reach an All-Ireland semi-final. Having picked up 3 awards in 2020 and having been much more competitive in last year’s semi-final against Galway it came as a disappointment to all Tipperary camogie followers not to see any of the players rewarded with an all-star. Instead it was Galway (8) Cork (3) and Kilkenny (4) who took home the spoils.

Camogie Association Media Award for ‘The Camogie Report’ Podcast

Last week Tipperary camogie were delighted to learn the news that our very own podcast ‘The Camogie Report’ had won a 2021 Camogie Association media award. The Camogie Report was awarded the the ‘Best Media Innovation Award’. This is the sixteenth year of the awards which honour the contributions of local and national press and volunteers in the promotion and development of Camogie. Tipperary Camogie started ‘The Camogie Report’ Podcast in March 2021. Recorded over zoom along with pitch-side post-match interviews the episodes are available on YouTube and Spotify. Episodes are a mix of interviews, previews and analysis. Guests throughout the year included Orla O’Dwyer live from Australia, RTE Sunday Game Analyst and All-Ireland winner Ursula Jacob and Tipperary Camogie legend Claire Grogan. The podcasts feature in depth analysis of both club and county games with past and present players, mentors and local sports journalists.  A total of 19 episodes were produced in 2021. The podcast proved to be hugely popular with an average of 441 views for each episode. In January the first episode of the new season aired where the 2021 Club All-Star team was announced with a massive 1.2K viewers. The popularity and variety of the podcast has played a huge role in the development of Tipperary Camogie’s YouTube channel in 2021 which now has over 1000 subscribers. The podcast is produced and presented by Geraldine Kinane. Kevin Hanly is the editor while Eleanor Moloney is co-producer and graphics designer. The Camogie Report team would like to thank all their listeners and contributors for their support.

Tipperary Camogie Development Update by Grainne O’Leary County Development Officer

March has been a very busy month with all the county squads getting ready for their Munster games in April. Our U17s had a great victory over limerick in UL last week while our U16B squad have had a series of challenge games against Limerick, Kilkenny and Offaly. Our U15 A & B panels are also training well and have had challenges against Clare and Waterford and overcome both. Our 3 u14 squads are also in action every weekend and have played Offaly, Kilkenny and Cork over the past couple of weeks.
All management teams and girls are looking forward to April when our competitive games start , we wish them all the best .At present we also in the four divisions we have our 13s doing weekly training sessions and they will look forward to games in April also .

At club level the u12s have had their first blitz and great to see we will have 22 second u12 teams again this year which is fantastic and shows the system really works for their age group .Great to see two new clubs enter our u12 s this year , St Mary's Clonmel who started up last year and a new club in 2022 Moyne Templetuohy , we wish them both the very best. This weekend see’s the start of our under 10 girls with first matches taking place while the first of the u8 blitzes take place on the third weekend of April.

We are hosting a young whistlers course the end of March so shout out to all those budding referee enthusiasts, contact us and get involved. Don’t forget to follow our ‘club and county development page ‘on Facebook to keep up to date with all the latest camogie development news in Tipperary.

Here’s to a great summer of camogie, fun and friendships.

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