FBD Insurance Championship Round Up - Week 1

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August 24, 2022

FBD Insurance Senior Championship

Thurles Sarsfields 0-11

Cashel King Cormacs 1-08

 

Thurles Sarsfields and Cashel King Cormacs went toe-to-toe on Saturday evening in the opening round of the FBD Insurance Senior Championship. On 58 minutes Karin Blair nailed an excellent free to level the match. Both teams had a number of chances afters but neither side could get the crucial winning score and grab all 3 points on offer. Thurles began with the aid of a strong breeze and led after 7 minutes 2 points to no score thanks to 2 Aoife Dwyer frees. By the 10th minute the sides were level with Cashel’s best player Karin Blair splitting the posts from a free and play. Thurles were on top at this stage of the game with Emma Carey and Karen Kennedy dominating in the half backline while up front Aoife Dwyer was a constant threat. Two more pointed frees from Dwyer and Karen Kennedy stretched Thurles’s lead before Philly Fogarty broke onto a ball along the sideline and fired over a fine point. Thurles though were settling more and more into the game and enjoyed a great spell before half time with 3 unanswered point. Karen Kennedy with the first followed by Andrea Loughnane. Sarsfields final score before half time was courtesy of Sarah Stakelum who showed lovely movement to get out in front of her marker and gather possession from a Andrea Loughnane delivery. At half time Sars held a deserved 3 point advantage 7 points to 4.

The game really sprung to life in the second half. First Lucy Purcell pointed for Thurles before Philly Fogarty spotted half a chance and fired home a cracking goal from distance to give Cashel a real boost and bring the gap back to a single point 0-8 to 1-04. The Thurles response was very good as Aoife Dwyer and Andrea Loughnane (free) both pointed to put 3  between the sides again with 10 minutes gone in the second half. Cashel though seemed to find another gear and Lilly Fahie, Amy Crosse and Karin Blair started getting on more and more ball and feeding the lively Anna Fahie inside who was fouled on a number of occasions. Karin Blair who put in a great shift in midfield scored a tremendous point from play in between 2 frees to make it a draw game and it looked like the game maybe slipping away from Thurles. Credit to the homeside they too sensed this and upped their workrate, Karen Kennedy making a brilliant turnover at one stage and then storming forward on another occasion to set Aoife Dwyer up with a point from play. Two minutes later it was all square once again as Karin Blair struck her 7th point and the games final score as this highly entertaining contest came to what was it’s fairest conclusion. It was great to see Karen Kennedy back on the field after a long term injury as she reminded us what a brilliant player she is with a classy display at centre back. At the other end although her possessions were few Philly Fogarty also displayed the fabulous skill that made her such a hugely influential player for both Tipperay and Cashel in the eary 2000’s with a goal and a point from play. When moved into full forward in the second half she had a great battle with Niamh McCormack who didn’t give her an inch. This was a good first outing from both teams who had many younger players playing, along with players just back from J1s and injuries. Both managements will have noted plenty of areas for improvement too and one could expect both sides to get stronger as the championship progresses.

 

Thurles Sarsfields: Katie McCormack, Aoife Butler, Niamh McCormack, Rebecca O’Meara, Aisling Dwyer, Karen Kennedy(0-2, 1 free), Emma Carey, Ciara Cummins, Laura Loughnane, Nicola Loughnane, Aoife Dwyer(0-05, 4 frees), Lucy Purcell(0-01), Sarah Stakelum (0-1), Andrea Loughnane (0-2, 1 free), Emer Kennedy.

Cashel King Cormacs: Aoife O’Brien, Ella O’Dwyer, Ellie Butler, Laura Connolly, Katelyn Downey, Lily Fahie, Amy Crosse, Nicole Shelly, Karin Blair(0-07, 5 frees), Grace Moloney, Aine O’Dwyer, Anna Fahie, Philly Fogarty(1-01), Ciara Dwan, Aideen Bergin,

Subs used: Sorcha Ryan for Nicole Shelly (inj), Nicole Shelly for Ciara Dwan (half time)


Drom-Inch 4-26

Nenagh Eire Og 1-03

As expected Drom-Inch were much too strong for Nenagh Eire Og in the Ragg on Saturday evening and stormed into an early lead as Nenagh struggled to get to the pace and physicality of the contest. At half time the home side led 2-10 to 2 points. Niamh Treacy was excellent in midfield and finished with a personal tally of 5  points. Drom-Inch’s 4 goals came courtesy of Miriam Campion (2), Anne Eviston and Katie O’Dwyer who was making her first ever championship start.  For Nenagh Alanna Morris  scored a goal and two points while Grace O'Brien also scored a point. The work rate by this young Nenagh team was very good and they never stopped trying but ultimately they were up against a much stronger and experienced team facing the reigning County champions.

 

 

Clonoulty Rossmore 1-16

Eire Og Annacarty 1-09

 

Clonoulty Rossmore led 1.12 to 2 points at half time after a dominant first half display. Casey Hennessy, Cáit Devane, Sophie Maher & Courtney Ryan all had points from play while Hennessy goaled after 15 minutes. Clonoulty Rossmore were on top all over at this point with Moira Kinane & Clodagh Quirke impressing at the back.

It was a much improved Annacarty who emerged in the second half and reduced the margin to 5 points with 2 minutes left on the clock thanks to a goal from Eva O’Dwyer. However Clonoulty finished strong with points from play from Eimear Bourke and Kayleigh Davern to record an impressive 7 point victory. 

Eimear Loughman and Aoife Bourke had really strong 2nd halves and Clonoulty Rossmore will be happy with how all players performed

 

Clonoulty Rossmore:  Therese White, Lorna Ryan, Moira Kinane, Aoife Bourke, Shannon Quirke, Clodagh Quirke, Eimear Loughman, Sinead Ryan, Courtney Ryan, Kate Ferncombe, Kate Ryan, Cáit Devane, Eimear Bourke, Casey Hennessy,Sophie Maher

Eire Og Annacarty: Aoife Butler, Mary O’ Dwyer, Rosanna O Donnell, Laura Heffernan, Elaine Kelly, Orlagh Walsh, Shauna Heffernan, Ciannait Walsh, Orla O’Brien, Eibhlis McDonald, Leah Heffernan,  Rachel O’Dwyer ,Cora Heffernan, Eva O’Dwyer, Jean Kelly

Subs:Karen Fox for Shauna Heffernan, Ciara Slattery for Cora Heffernan

 

Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams  0-12

Burgess / Duharra  1-15


Burgess /Duharra were the opposition for Knoackavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams first ever senior championship game. Having lost the services of Tipperary senior player Caoimhe McCarthy through injury and Niamh Slattery who was also injured it was always going to be a big task for Kickhams facing Burgess / Duharra in their opening game. In a close hard fought opening half Burgess led at the break 1-03 to 5 points with Amy Kennedy scoring a fantastic goal. It was one point all after 7 minute when Kennedy struck for a goal and gave Duharra the lead. Kickhams responded well and after 20 minutes the sides were level 1-02 to 5 points.

Knockavilla’s main forward last year Eimear Heffernan was selected at centre back where she enjoyed a great battle with Burgess’s Jenny Grace. Jenny’s accuracy from frees were key to their victory scoring 5 in total while also finishing with 2 points from play. In the second half Burgess began to get more on top and extended their lead which they never lost. Best for them was their county players Caoimhe Maher, Ciardha Maher, Jenny Grace and Ciara McKeogh while up Amy Kennedy scored 2 lovely points to add to  her goal. For Kickhams Eimear Heffernan was ably assisted in defence by Caoimhe Mccormack and Jessie Collins. Beth Ryan and Sarah ryan were impressive in midfield while up front Ellen Browne and Ereena Fryday were their most potent attackers on the day.


Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams: Sheena Ryan, Sinead Furlong, Megan McCormack, Jessie Collins, Emma O’Meara, Eimear Heffernan, Caoimhe McCormack, Beth Ryan, Sarah ryan, Sinead Hayes, Ereena Fryday, Eimear Gleeson, Emma Ryan, Averyl Fryday, Ellen Browne

Subs used:  Jade Collins for Emma Ryan, Keriann Walsh for Averyl Fryday

Burgess / Duharra:1. Laura Reid 2. Grace O’Dwyer 3. Fiona Kirwan 4. Una Quigley 5. Laura Kennedy 6. Aisling Cremin 7. Ciara McKeogh (0:01) 8. Caoimhe Maher (0:01) 9. Kaitlin O'Halloran 10. Ciardha Maher (0:03) 17. Jenny Grace (0:7 - 5 points from frees, 2 from play) 12. Eimear Dwan 13. Fiona McGauley 14. Amy Kennedy (1:02) 15. Caoilfhinn Maher.

Subs used: Iris Grace on for Fiona McGauley and Ella Slattery for Kaitlin O’Halloran

 

FBD Intermediate Championship Round Up

The FBD Insurance Intermediate Championship got off to an exciting start with big wins for Borris-Ileigh, Cahir and Newport.  In Boherlahan it was all square at the break between Borris-Ileigh and Boherlahan. The game got off to a blistering start as both teams traded points. Boherlahan goalkeeper Lauryn Horgan also pulled off two fantastic saves to keep her side well in it at half time with the scores at 0-4 apiece. However 3 goals without reply in the third quarter from County Under 16 players Aoife Fitzgerald (2) and Emma Maher turned the game in Borris-Ileigh's favour. For Borris-Ileigh, Kellie Healy played very well in the goals while Julieanne Bourke and Katie Fitzgerald were excellent in the halfback line. Avril Ryan and Dani Ryan put in a great shift in midfield while upfront Aoife Fitzgerald, Aedin Hogan and Emma Maher were in good form.cBoherlahan Dualla girls never gave up and fought until the final whistle adding six more excellent points to their tally. Seven of their players got on the scoreboard which is very encouraging for them going forward in their first ever Intermediate championship campaign.

Cahir recorded a very impressive win against Kilruane MacDonaghs at home beating them 1-14 to 1-08.Kiruane were many peoples favourites to win this years championship having being narrowly pipped by Knockavilla last year in the semi-final, while Cahir had a disappointing year failing to reach the knockout stages. That was all irrelevant though on Saturday evening as Cahir produced a great performance to run out winners on a scoreline of 1-14 to 1-08 their goal coming from Carol Casey while Roisin Howard racked up the majority of the points. Others to impress were Roisin and Sarah Finnane while Emma Buckley excelled in defence. 

In the other Intermediate game at the weekend Newport Ballinahinch had a 3 point victory over Shannon Rovers in a closely contested game in Newport on Saturday evening. In a lively opening half Shannon Rovers led 2-05 to 10 points with their goals coming from Aine Cleary and Celine Guinan. In the 2nd Half , the Newport Ballinahinch team played with the wind and pushed on with a Goal from Emma Flanagan. It was a  tight finish but Newport Ballinahinch defence held on  for victory in what was a good team effort with excellent displays from Caroline Mullaney, Saoirse McGrath and Amy Quigley.Newport Ballinahinch’s main scorers were from freetaker  Saoirse McGrath , ably assisted by Aine Finn ( 2) , Amy Quigley (2 ) , Keely Lenihan ( 3), Grace O Toole (1) and Emma Flanagan (3) all from play.

FBD Junior A Championship Round Up

There were 3 games in the first round of the FBD Junior A Championship at the weekend with wins for Moneygall, Brian Borus and St Ritas’s. The wind was huge factor between the meeting of Templemore and Moneygall. Templemore were playing with the wind in the first half but trailed by 3 points  8 pts to 5 to Moneygall. In the second half Moneygall upped their performance and the final score was 1-16 to 7 points. Moneygall were without the injured Mairead Teehan but kickstarted their campaign impressively with 1-03 from Niamh Larkin, Caitlyn Treacy 0-5, Ciara Maher 0-3, Caitriona Doughan 0-3 and 2 points from Mary Ryan who operarted at midfield while the experienced Julie Kirwan played at centre back.

Brian Borus made the long trip to Puckane for their opening game against Kiladangan. Kildangan started the better and had the opening two points of the game before Borus hit back with an unanswered 1-04. The goal coming from Alison O'Mahony after latching on to the ball following a late run from midfield to fire to the roof of the net.  Kiladangan’s opening score was a pointed free from Sinead Meagher.

Both teams exchanged points before the interval and a goal from Emma Mulqueen left the half time score 1-06 to 1-04 in Brian Borus favour. The early stages of the second half were close with both teams exchanging scores before a goal from Aisling Ryan following a great run and strike left Borus 8 points up entering the closing stages of the game. Kiladangan struck for a goal late on but ultimately ran out of time with Borus closing the game out for a 5 point win on a scoreline of 2-12 to 2-07. Sinead Meagher had 3 further points in the second half while substitute Cara Mulcahy raised the green flag but it wasn’t enough against a very strong Brian Borus team. St Rita’s got their Junior A Campaign off to a winning start with a comprehensive 4-12 to 2-06 win over Drom-inch in Fethard.

FBD Junior B Championship Round Up

The Junior B Championship got underway on Friday evening with the meeting of Gortnahoe Glengoole and last years finalists Moycarkey Borris. Moycarkey led at half time 1-13 to 0-07. They continued to dominate in the second half to win 2-21 to 1-11. It was one way traffic between Moyle Rovers and Ballingarry with Moyle Rovers running out comfortable winners 1-12 to 0-02. Sunday’s Junior B game between Carrick Swans and Cashel King Cormac’s was a cracking contest.  Early exchanges were even with both sides scoring from placed balls and play.  Cashel led at the break 1-06 to 0-08. The second half was similar tight affair before a Cashel goal put them 5 points in front with 10 minutes to play. But Carrick Swans showed huged determination and rallied with a goal from Sarah Walters and Sarah Connolly. With the game tied at 2-12 apiece Cassidy Lonergan scored a huge free from distance to ear n Carrick Swans a 1 point victory.

FBD Junior B2 Championship Round Up 

There were 3 games in the FBD Insurance Junior B2 championship with impressive wins for Eire Og Annacarty, Clonoulty Rossmore and Toomevara. For the first time ever Boherlahan Dualla fielded a second adult team and they had a tough opening game against league winners Annacarty. A young Boherlahan team played their hearts out but were met with a very strong Annacarty side who were very clinical up front. The Boherlahan Dualla girls fought to the end with scores came from Shauna Butler 1-2, Molly Gilmartin 0-1 and Amy Gleeson 0-1 but they had no answers for a very strong Annacarty side who claimed victory 5-14 to 1-04.

Ballinderry was the venue for the Junior B2 clash between Clonoulty Rossmore and Shannon Rovers on Sunday evening. Clonoulty were trailing at halftime 1-4 to 2-4, following opening scores from Cait Hennessy, Clodagh Ryan & 1-1 from Andrea Quirke. The 2nd half proved better for them and strong performances from Julie Murphy, Orla Ryan, Clodagh Ryan, Ciara Quirke, Bronagh Coffey, Emma Ely (on frees) resulted in a strong win 2-11 to 2-04.


Toomevara led Ballybacon Grange 2-08 to 5 points at half time in their game. Ballybacon greatly improved in the second half outscoring Toome 2-3 to 4 points to leave the final score 2-12 to 2-08 in Toomevara's favour  giving both sides plenty to think about before their next round fixture.