U 16 County Finals 2022

Last week saw a jam packed week of U16 county finals taking place with 6 finals in total up for decision. Every evening large crowds gathered to support their team and each evening there was lots of excellent camogie and exciting games to witness.

U16 A Final

Moycarkey-Borris 2-10

Eire Og Annacarty  2-06

Thursday’s U16 A final was a very high standard game of camogie from the two excellent teams. Annacarty got off to a brilliant start with a goal from the opening attack within the first minute by Lucy Heffernan. They quickly added two points to establish an early lead 1-02 to a point after 10 minutes. Moycarkey soon settled and found their rhythm outscoring Annacarty from here until half time by 7 points to 1. Ciara Shelly who had a great game at centre forward was chief scorer along with Sarah Corcoran from frees. Led by Danielle Ryan and Lucy Heffernan in midfield and Ciara O’Hora in attack Annacarty went in search of further scores but found the Moycarkey Borris defence difficult to break down with Caoimhe Cantwell excellent at full back. At half time Moycarkey Borris held a 2 point lead 8 points to 1-03. The Annacarty girls came out strong in the second half and produced some lovely passages of play and fine scores from Ciara O’Hora and Lucy Heffernan. But Ciara Shelly was a constant thorn in their side at the opposite end of the field and she buried a great goal to the delight of their following. Against the wind Kate Dowling acted as a sweeper for Moycarkey to great effect winning lots of possession and covering every corner of the field. The game was really in the melting pot and only 2 points separated the sides with Moycarkey leading 1-08 to 1-06 when Moycarkey Borris struck for 1-1 in quick succession. Jane Corcoran with the goal and Ciara Shelly with her 4^th point from play, this was a real sucker punch for Annacarty who had begun to get on top in many areas of the field. This made it 2-09 to 1-06 and suddenly Moycarkey Borris were enjoying a 6 point lead with the clock ticking down. Great credit to Annacarty they continued to go on the attack and Ciara O’Hora who had a fine game throughout hit the back of the net to leave the final score 2-10 to 2-06.

Moycarkey Borris panel:  Aoife Shelly ,Victoria Cantwell ,Caoimhe Fitzgibbon ,Katie Lanigan, Emma Corcoran, Caitlin Shelly ,Eva Ralph ,Sarah Corcoran (0-040, Lucy Callanan (capt) Sophie Coughlan, Ciara Shelly(1-04), Emily Carroll(0-01), Jane Corcoran(1-0), Ciara Corcoran, Kate Dowling Katelyn Flnagan, Bronagh Donnelly, Niamh O'Gorman, Cora Walsh, Eimear Sheridan, Clodagh Maher, Grace Ryan, Laura Lanigan, Lilly Doherty, Mia O'Meara

Eire Og Annacarty panel: Clodagh Ryan, Molly Barry, Aisling de Cruis,Catriona Ryan  Shannon O Grady, Eva Cremins, Ide Mai Loughman, Lucy Heffernan(1-02), Danielle Ryan 0-1,free)  Kate Cremins,  Ciara o Hora (1-01),Rachel Heffernan, Shauna  Ryan, Danielle Butler, Libby Quinn  Aisling Carmody,Aoibhinn White, Leah Ryan (M)

U16 A Shield Final

Boherlahan Dualla 5-14

Brian Borus 1-03

Brian Borus and Boherlahan Dualla took to the field for the U-16 A/B County Sheild Final in the County Camogie Grounds, the Ragg on Wednesday evening.Boherlahan got off to a flying start and settled faster bringing huge intensity and hunger which was evident to see all over the field. Brian Borus tried hard to match this but found it difficult to contain an excellent Boherlahan attack where Abbie Horgan was to the fore with 8 points from play and placed balls in the opening half. Doireann Ryan goaled to extend Boherlahan’s lead and at half time the score read 1-10 to 1-00. The Brian Borus goal came from a well executed penalty by Isobelle O’Donnell. Boherlahan Dualla were on a high and started the 2nd half with gusto. They found the back of the net 4 more times thanks to Lauren Flynn, Amy Moloughney, Abbie Horgan and Doireann Ryan. Brian Borus showed huge fighting spirit throughout but couldn’t get a foothold in the game. Boherlahan were winning all the 50/50 battles and with Paula Quirke dominant in midfield and array of attacking options up front they ran out convincing winners.Brian Borus had 3 points in the second half from the excellent Isobelle O’Donnel.

Boherlahan Dualla panel: Jayden Carroll , Bríd Quirke, Leah Maher, Rachel Ryan, Dearbhla Casey, Sarah McLoughlin, Evanne Gleeson, Paula Quirke (JC), Maria Murphy, Molly Gilmartin (JC), Mya Hickey, Abbie Horgan, Doireann Ryan, Amy Moloughney, Neasa Dwan, Amy Gleeson, Margaret Keane, Lauren Flynn, Rachel O' Dwyer, Aoife Lawrence, Sarah Murphy, Leah Hickey, Kate McCarthy

Brian Borus panel: Ali O Donnell, Isabella McLoughlin,  Ellie O Connor, Erin Casey, Lauren Hickey, Caitlin O Gorman, Érinn Brennan, Anna French (Captain), Alex Smith, Maeve Maher, Isobel O Donnell, Shelly Ryan, Emily McGrath, Sarah English, Jennifer Langton, Kayla O Gorman, Kate O Donnell, Aoibhinn Roche, Rachel Coffey, Shannon Touhy, Katie Kelly, Aoibhe Maher

U16 A Plate Final

Borris-Ileigh  4-10

Cashel King Cormacs  0-08

The County Camogie Grounds played host to the County U16 A Plate Final on Friday evening between Cashel King Cormac and Borris-Ileigh. Exchanges were hard, physical and fast as both teams were battling for early supremacy. With four minutes on the clock, an excellent passage of play led to the opening score. Borris-Ileigh’s Ella Ryan worked tigerishly to win possession and offloaded with a "brick flick" to Therese Groome who in turn found Alesha Fanning thundering down the central channel and once she received the pass, she gave the goalkeeper no chance with a pile-driver to the net. A minute later, Emma Maher pointed a free to etch out an early four point lead. Cashel's attacking ability was dangerous as they used their speed to open up channels and offload to runners off the shoulder and the efforts were rewarded with two points in the 7th and 9th minutes from Hannah Butler (free) and Eimear Dwan (point).

Gabrielle Hodgins was doing trojan work out in the wing for Borris and after winning a ball, she was fouled and Ava Bevans floated a brilliantly struck ball between the posts to push the lead back out to three points.

Cashel tacked on another point before Borris-Ileigh raised the second green flag of the night following another impressive passage of play. Ava Bevans had moved to the inside forward line and the dividends were soon reaped when Emma Maher picked her out with a perfect pass and Ava had only one thing on her mind. Cashel refused to surrender however and their efforts were rewarded with two more points, both from deadballs.

With 23 minutes on the clock, we witnessed the score of the game. Aisling Boyle delivered a text book pass in towards the goalmouth area which Ava Bevans plucked from the air without breaking stride and dispatched to the net in superb fashion, a score worth the entrance fee alone. While Emma Bonnar gave an excellent display in defence for Cashel in the opening half it wasn’t enough and they found themselves trailing at the break 3-03 to 5 points, Emma Maher slotting over a free for the final score of the half.

Cashel started the second half the better team with Hannah Butler scoring an early point to get Cashel back on track and Tara Quinn also grabbing a point. Despite Cashel having the majority of the play in the 3rd quarter, Bevans still managed to tuck away her third goal followed swiftly by a superb point by Aisling Boyle. Another Eimear Dwan and Hannah Butler point added to the Cashel score line shortly before Emma Maher tallied up her 5th point of the game giving an excellent display in the Borris forward line. Cashel went in search of goals but the Borris-Ileigh inside line of defence stood solid with Tara Kennedy  a rock at full back where she was flanked by the hard working Tara Fitzgerald and Aoife Ryan. Emma tacked on another two points while Ava clipped over one more before the referee brought proceedings to a halt resulting in an impressive 4-10 to 0-08 victory for the girls in maroon. The effort of the Cashel girls could not be faulted as every girl on the field tried their very best to get a victory. Emma Bonnar and Orla Ryan were Cashel’s most influential backs while Up front Hannah Butler and Tara Quinn kept the score line ticking over. Ava Gillespie and Emer Dwan also putting in a massive shift in the engine room. On the night however they came up against an excellent Borri-Ileigh side with star attackers Ava Bevans and Emma Maher on top of their game.

Borris-Ileigh Panel: Lucy Rabbitte, Aoife Ryan, Tara Kennedy, Tara Fitzgerald,  Eve Maher, Aoife Fitzgerald, Abi Kelly, Alesha Fanning (1-00), Therese Groome, Gabrielle Hodgins, Ava Bevans (3-03), Ella Ryan, Aisling Boyle (0-01), Emma Maher (0-06), Grace Stapleton,  Laura Ryan, Ava Marie Rabbitte, Niamh Ryan, Ella Slattery, Ciara Maher, Ava Stapleton, Ava Fanning, Hannah Clarke

Cashel King Cormacs: Ellen Ryan, Orla Ryan, Megan O’Grady, Emma Bonnar, Ava Gillespie, Ava Adcock, Mia Doherty, Clara Brosnan, Emer Dwan, Hannah Butler, Eadaoin Bonnar, Anna O’Brien, Aoife Byrne, Tara Quinn, Emily Moloney, Rachel Fahy, Emma Brosnan, Ruth Meehan, Sarah Grogan, Lucy Burke, Lucy Burke, Niamh Manton, Lorna Ryan, Sophie Manton, Molly Hally, Grace Flanagan

U16 C Final – Toomevara Vs St Patreick’s

On Tuesday evening Toomevara and St Patrick’s met in the U16 C county final. The Toomevara girls dominated the first half with brilliant defending, hooking & blocking. Unfortunately for St Patrick’s they came up against a Toome side really on top form and early scores quickly created a gap that despite stout resistance continued to grow. All lines of the Toomevara team played their part and gave great support to each other giving them a comprehensive lead at half time.The St Pats girls came out fighting in the second half however and didn't make it easy for Toomevara to score showing great workrate and skills that was evident throughout the year and had gotten them to this stage. The Toome girls held their ground with team mates making the hard runs and blocks. It was a very impressive team performance with every girl contributing to the victory. Stand out performances from Toomevara were Maura Gleeson, Grainne Flynn, Tara McCormack & Eimhear Troy.

Toomevara Panel: Lily Evans ,Shauna Gleeson ,Maura Gleeson Grainne Flynn, Ella Frend ,Neamh Flynn, Chloe White , Aine Mousney ,Tara McCormack, Jenna Hackett, Eimhear Troy, Cailin Kennedy, Amy Armstrong, Seonaid McGuigian, Marese Bourke Darcy ,Leah Hickey ,Shauna Fogarty, Laura Kinsela

St Parick’s Panel: Rachel Kelly, Ella Corbett, Laura Butler, Sarah Grace, Sarah Boland Kate Fox  ,Ailise Fitzgerald, Rosie O'Brien,Lucy O'Brien,Erin Moriney, Emily Fox, Anna O'Dwyer,Lucy Aspel, Milly Cleere, Niamh O'Brien ,Grace Noonan, Siobhan Hogan ,Aoibheann Sugrue, Claire Fitzgerald

U16 C Shield Final

Kiladangan  3-07

Nenagh Eire Og 0-10

Kiladangan and Nenagh Eire Og played out a highly entertaining game in the County U16C Shield final in Shalee on Monday evening.  Both teams were evenly matched with Kiladangan ahead at half time by 2-3 to 0-6.  The Kiladangan goals came from Ava Seymour and Cara Mulcahy.  The second half was a tight affair with Nenagh coming back into it strongly thanks to some great scores from their top scorer Grace Cleary who finished with an impressive tally of 8 points. By the midway point there was only 2 points between the sides.  The Kiladangan girls dug in and started to get on top in defence and capitalising with scores when they drove forward.  A goal from Cara Mulcahy with 5 minutes remaining put daylight between the teams leading to a Kiladangan victory on a score line of 3-7 to 0-10.

Kiladangan Panel: Aoife Gleeson(0-01, Maedbh Kennedy, Katie Ryan, Roisin Connolly,Eire Ryan, Ava Seymour(1-01), Abbie Mae McGrath, Sadhbh Fogarty, Isabelle Kingston(0-02), Cara Mulcahy(2-02), Niamh Kelly(0-01), Katie Lynch, Katie Ryan, Ellen Seymour, Maeve Mulvhill, Laoise Ryan, Marie Gleeson

Nenagh Eire Og Panel: Niamh Boland, Lauren Grace, Isabel O’Farrell, Rhiannon Jones, Laura Nagle, Eimear Brislane, Clodagh Spain(0-01), Anna O’Dwyer, Ella O’Brien, Grace Cleary(0-8), Audrey McNamara, Samantha Howard (0-01) (Capt),Eleanor Boland,Cassandra Jones, Katie Ryan, Faye Sheridan Kelly, Nikola Zarina, Alannah Peters, Saoirse Ryan, Lilly Morris, Tara McTiernan,Carly Walsh

U16 C Plate Final

Gortnahoe Glengoole  2-11

Portroe  2-07

On Monday evening Gortnahoe Glengoole and Portroe had a great battle in the U16 C Plate final with victory going to Gortnahoe winning by 4 points 2-11 to 2-07. Only her second game back after recovering from an injury Ciara Gleeson started in goals for Gortnahoe in the opening half making some vital saves and also coming out to nail a 45m. Her move out the field for the second half proved crucial though as she stopped Portroe from dominating in midfield and also scored 2 points from play along with 5 pointed frees. Gortnahoe got off to a great start with a goal after 4 minutes from Aoife Gleeson. They needed this goal as Portroe soon got on top and with Caitriona Finn in excellent form the scores started to come. A Caitriona Finn goal along with points from Grace Kirby and Lauren Quin put the north Tipp side ahead. Just before the half time whistle Aoife Gleesnon kicked the ball to the back of the net for her second goal to reduce Portroe’s lead to a single point 1-05 to 2-01. The second half was a lively affair and in the 26^th minute Caitriona Finn raised a second green flag to extend Portroe’s lead. But with Ciara Gleeson now outfield Gortnahoe began to enjoy more and more possession and Mary Kate Ely scored the first of her two points from play. On the 44^th minute Amy Reddan scored an excellent point for Gortnahoe after a pass from Mary Kate Ely. For Portroe Ella Mulrooney and Grace Mulrooney were very good while Sophia Madden always looked dangerous in possession. However Gortnahoe continued to drive at the Portroe defence and won a number of frees with Ciara Gleeson made no mistake in converting. The scores came easier for Gortnahoe in the second half and they built up a 4 point lead to run out winners on a final scoreline of 2-11 to 2-07.

Portroe panel:Kara Madden, Isabelle Dower, Isabelle Murphy, Aimee Murphy, Stephanie O’Halloran, Grace Mulrooney, Caitriona Finn(2-03), Grace Kirby(0-2), Ella Mulrooney, Sophia Madden, Keeley Slattery, Lauren Quinn(0-2), Kaitlyn Conroy, Emily Ferris, Tilly Kennedy, Aoife O’Connor, Ava Mounsey, Anna Hogan

Gortnahoe Glengoole panel: Ciara Gleeson (0-08, 45m, 5 frees), Niamh Lanigan, Eimear Ryan, Lauren Heffernan, Sarah Rochford, Aine Power, Amy Reddan (0-1), Chloe Kenny, Meadh Leahy, Mary Kate Ely(0-02), Emily Kenny, Aoife Gleeson(2-0),  Roisin Phelan, Isabella Jones, Tara Pollard, Michelle Kenny, Realtin Morrissey, Abigail Davy