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After a titanic battle in Fraher field Dungarvan on Sunday July 19th Waterfords u16 camogie team beat
It was Waterfords Aoife Hannon who registered the first score of the game from a well taken point in the first five minutes of the game followed by Corks Laura Burke who scored the second point three minutes later.There was nothing between both teams at this stage as each team battled hard to win the ball. Several minutes later Waterfords Michelle Tobin slotted the ball over for another point which was to be Waterfords final score of the half. After this,
The second half began, with Cork coming out with great confidence, with Corks Susan Brosnan scoring the first goal of the half three minutes into the half.At this stage Waterford seemed to find it hard to break through the Cork defence as they marked the Waterford forwards very tightly. Two more points were scored by
On the twelfth minute of the half the introduction of substitute Clara Arrons proved to be a great move on Waterfords behalf when a ball that was dropped in to the forward line from out field was pulled into the back of the
The
Great credit is due to the girls as they never gave up even tho’ things did look bad going into the last quarter of the game. As the saying goes ‘never give up until the final whistle blows’. Many thanks to the selectors Dan Geoghegan, Morgan Conroy, Eilish McGlone and Kieran Tobin who gave up allot of their spare time over the last six months training and travelling with the girls to matches.
Panel; Helen O’Donnell, Clara Hogan, Sarah McGlone, Claire Whyte, Jemma Burke,Shauna Prendergast,Jessica Gleeson, Una Jackman(0-1),Michelle Tobin (Cpt)(0-5), Aoife Hannon (0-3),Shannon Denton, Niamh Rockett, Ciara Moore, Ruth Geoghegan, Amy Beecher, Aine McCarthy,Niamh Beehan, Kate Ryan, Clara Arrons (1-0), Lorna Cullen, Niamh Prendergast, Caroline Farrelly, Valerie O’Brien, Emer Fennell (1-1), Katie Brown, Aoife Landers.
Selectors; Dan Geoghegan, Eilish McGlone, Kieran Tobin and Morgan Conroy.
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