Kildare Camogie Feile Final

Celbridge 4-2 Maynooth 1-1
The weekend of 5th May 2008 will go down in history in Celbridge as the club’s under 14 camogie team secured the final leg of a remarkable treble when they won the Kildare Camogie Feile final. This victory secured the third of three county titles for the club in the under 14 age group, across three codes. It also secured the honour of representing their club and county in three All Ireland competitions.
The camogie victory means that the girls will join the club’s hurlers in the All Ireland Feile camogie and hurling finals in Laois/Offaly in June 2008.  A number of weeks previously, the club’s footballers secured the honour of representing the county in the All Ireland football Feile in Fermanagh in July.
The young camogie team earned the spoils by maintaining a consistent level of performance throughout the game. Scoring 2-1 in each half, they were inspired by the all round excellence of their team and in particular their captain and midfielder Niamh Berry. Maynooth excelled in putting up a strong challenge to deny Celbridge the possibility of a two-in-a-row title and the leadership of Louise Doran and Sarah Greely ensured that they contested every ball to the final whistle.
In a sun-kissed Eire Og/Corra Choill GAA ground, the game’s opening score came after nine minutes. A 30m free from Celbridge’s Berry lobbed over the Maynooth goalkeeper and into the back of the net. Celbridge piled on the pressure for the next quarter and in return were rewarded with a goal and point from impressive full forward Sinead Cummins. Maynooth’s attacks were limited but coming up to the last five minutes of the first half, they broke through the Celbridge defence. Maeve Walsh secured their opening score with an outstanding angled point from 20 m.
Celbridge extended their lead five minutes into the second half. Substitute Emma Barry was in the right place to finish a ball to the back of the net. This followed some lovely combination play from the half back line when Chloe O’Donoghue found Sinead Cummins, now at half forward, who found Barry on the edge of the square.
Trailing by three goals coming up to the 40 minute mark, Maynooth upped the pace of their game from here on. Sarah Grealy, Louise Doran, Sienna Henehan, Jenny O’Dwyer and Ruth Hurley all worked hard in the fightback but the Celbridge midfield and backs were resolute. Berry and her midfield partner Sinead McCabe worked tirelessly.
The Celbridge half back line of Chloe O’Donoghue, Katie Devine and Aisling Slevin minimised Maynooth’s opportunities to get close to goal but  Ruth Hurley pegged one back with a lovely goal in the 45 min.
Celbridge, however, were not letting go of their grip and Barry quickly replied for the team in blue with her second and Celbridge’s fourth goal. This resulted from an

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