Lismore look for 3 in a row against Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Back Row – Left to Right: R. Knowles, A. O'Brien, S. Curran, S. Kiernan, S. Prendergast, J. Kinston, A. Hannon, A. Houlihan, N. Morrissey, M. Russell, S. Russell, S. Prendergast, N. Molumphy.

Front Row Left to Right: S. Bennett, S. Walsh, S. Geoghegan, L. Buckley, J. Houlihan, S. Coughlan, R. Geoghegan, C. McGlone, S. Fennessy, B. O'Keeffe

 

It's another big weekend for Camogie in Waterford as Lismore contest the Munster Intermediate Club Championship Final against Clare champions Newmarket-on-Fergus at the Latin Cullen grounds in Co. Tipperary. The game has a 2-45pm throw in.

Both sides go into this weekend’s game with a recent good run of results behind them.

In the Clare County Final played recently, Newmarket-on-Fergus had a 1-11 to 0-9 victory over Clooney-Quin on a 1-11 to 0-9 score line.

In the first half of that game, the winners totally dominated the opening half and retired at the interval holding a 0-9 to 0-2 advantage.

In the second half, the girls from Clooney-Quin came more and more into the game and restricted the winners to hitting 1-2 over thirty minutes.

Áine O’Brien finished top scorer for the Banner Ladies that day, with 0-8. Six of which came from frees and one from a forty-five.

Full forward Jenny Kelly was the Newmarket-on-Fergus goal scorer on the day and finished the game with 1-1 to her name while Niki Kaiser hit a brace of points.

In the Munster semi final played recently at Newmarket-on-Fergus, the home side proved to strong for Tipperary champions Éire Óg Annacarty winning on a 1-15 to 0-3 score line.

Áine O’Brien finished as top scorer once more for the Clare Champions in this game hitting 0-9 over the hour.

Her first score of the game came on two minutes when she put over a ’45. Niki Kaiser added a second score for the Clare champions on eight minutes and as the first quarter drew to its conclusion, Áine O’Brien hit her second of the game.

Carol Kaiser hit a goal for the Clare Champions on sixteen minutes but not before Sarah O’Neill in the Annacarty goals had pulled off a good save from Ann Marie Hayes.

A point from Jenny Kelly soon afterwards extended the Clare sides lead to seven before Ena Meagher pulled a point back for the Tipperary side.

Aine O’Brien cancelled out the Tipperary sides score with a point before Joanne Walsh and 18^th minute sub for Aislinn Keogh pointed, after which Siobhan O’Neill and Jenny Kelly swapped scores which gave the Clare side a 1-7 to 0-2 lead at the break.

The Clare side continued to dominate in the second half. Áine O’Brien hit over three points at the start of the second half before Siobhan O’Neill pointed once more for the Tipperary side, their last of the game.

The Clare side continued to dominate in the remainder of the game. Deidre Cassidy and Jenny Kelly pointed one each and Áine O’Brien hit three to give the Clare side a comfortable win.

The Clare champions will be expected to line out in a similar fashion to their last two games, meaning that Erica Minougue will start between the posts with Jane O’Leary, Laura McMahon and Aislinn Keogh expected to start in front of her. The half back line ons expected to be Aimee McInerney, Roisin McMahon and Aoife Griffin.

Áine O’Brien is expected to be a handful in the middle of the field and is expected to be partnered by Ruth Kaiser.

Deirdre Cassidy, Carol O’Leary and Carol Kaiser is expected for form the half forward line with Ann Marie Hayes, Jenny Kelly and Nicki Kaiser in the inside forward line.

Lismore also come into this weekend’s Munster Final in fine form having recorded a very comfortable win over Gall Tír in the county semi final and then had a hard fought win over Saint Anne’s in the county final.

In the Munster Semi Final against Carrigaline recently, they again had to work hard to secure their passage to this weekend’s Munster Final.

In a very tight first half, it was Carrigaline that just about shaded it.

The home side opened the scoring with a Rachel O’Shea free before Aoife Hannon banged over a brace to give Lismore a 0-2 to 0-1 lead after eleven minuets.

Lismore’s Ruth Geoghegan extended her sides lead to two but the Cork side hit back with 1-1 to take a two point lead.

Aoife Hannon pulled a point back for Lismore before Rachel O’Shea hit a brace but points from Aoife Hannon and Ruth Geoghegan before the break ensured that Lismore ended the first half just one point down, 1-4 to 0-6.

Aoife Hannon levelled matters early in the second half, but a brace from O’Shea in the home sides colours soon had her side 1-6 to 0-7 in front.

Lismore lost their top tallies person Aoife Hannon ten minutes into the second half, but it did not have too much of an effect on the team as Lismore proved to be the better of the sides.

A long range Shona Curran free dropped in front in the home sides goalmouth and Caithriona McGlone was quickest to react to slam the ball to the net.

Further points from Shona Curran and Caithriona McGlone extended Lismore’s advantage and secured their place in this weekend’s Munster Final.

Lismore have done a little chopping and changing to their team in recent games, but basically stick to the same fifteen.

Aisling O’Brien is a certainty to start in goal, while in front of her Sarah Coughlan, Shauna Prendergast and Sandra Prendergast could well start in the full back line.

Shauna Kiernan is set to start in the centre back line, and she could well be partnered by Marie Russell and Sarah Geoghegan.

In the middle of the field, team captain Shona Curran is likely to be partnered by Aoife Houlihan but if Marie Russell was to move out there, it would not be a major surprise.

Nicola Morrissey, Ruth Geoghegan and Sinead Walsh could form a dangerous half forward line with Aoife Hannon, Caithriona McGlone and Johanna Houlihan expected to fill the number thirteen to fifteen shirts.

Just as in hurling, Camogie is no longer a one to fifteen game and what comes off the bench could be vitally important.

Jennifer Kingston, Shauna Fennessy, Sarah Russell, Sinead Bennett, Laura Buckley, have all come off the bench in recent games and have proved their worth to the team and will be looking to win a place in the team for the start for this weekend’s game while Rachel Knowles, Ber O’Keeffe, Niamh Molumphy and Grainne Kenneally could also feature.

This will be the third meeting of the two sides in recent years. In 2010 and again in 2011, it was Lismore that came out on top. Will they make it third time lucky in 2013. Fingers Crossed.

 

Name;             Aisling O Brien

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Goalkeeper
Achievements; 4 senior titles,2 Munster Club Titles,3 National League titles,1 All Ireland Junior title,3 Munster Inter-Provincial titles, 1 college Inter-Provincial, 2 college Munster titles, Soaring Star Award 2011,Irish Shinty Camogie Team 2005.

Name;              Sarah Russell

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Defender
Achievements;3 U14 Co Titles, 3 Féile U14 Titles, 1 U16 Co. Title, 1 Junior Co. Title, 1 Senior Co. League title, 1 Senior Co. Championship Title.

Name;            Marie Russell
Occupation;   Student
Position;         Defender/Midfield
Achievements; All under age County Titles, 3 senior County Titles, 2 Junior County Titles, League County Titles, 2 Munster club Titles, Colleges Munster and All Ireland Titles, 2 National League Titles, 2 Munster titles with Waterford, 1 All Ireland title with Waterford, League title with UL

Name;            Ber O’Keeffe

Occupation;   Unemployed
Position;         Goalkeeper
Achievements; 6 Senior County Titles, 2 Junior County Titles, Numerous underage titles

Name;             Sinead Walsh

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Forward
Achievements; 4 U14 Co Titles, 4 Féile U14 Titles, 1 U16 Co. Title,1 Minor Title, Colleges Munster title, 1 Junior Co. Title, 1 Senior Co. League title, 1 Senior Co. Championship Title,

Name;             Sarah Coughlan

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Defender
Achievements; Feile participants 2009 and 2010, County championship u14, Senior county finalists, Minor county champions, Senior County champions, School honours, Junior Munster champions, County honours, Intermediate all Ireland quarter finalists 2013

Name;             Sandra Prendergast

Occupation;   Primary School Teacher
Position;         Defender
Achievements; Numerous underage County titles, All Ireland Title with BCS,3 County Senior Titles, Junior County Titles and Senior League Titles

Name;             Shauna Fennessy

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Defender
Achievements; 3 U14 Co Titles, 3 Féile U14 Titles, 1 U16 Co. Title, 1 Junior Co. Title, 1 Senior Co. League title, 1 Senior Co. Championship Title.

Name;             Laura Buckley

Occupation;   Dental Nurse
Position;         Midfield/Forward
Achievements; All Underage County Titles, Captained the u16 All Ireland team in 2003, 4 senior County Medals, 2 Munster Club Medals, 1 Munster Medal(Inter County)

Name;             Sinead Bennett

Occupation;   Student at Brunel University London
Position;         Forward
Achievements; 3 Senior County Titles, 3 Senior League Titles, 1 Junior League Title

Name;             Aoife Hannon
Occupation;   Student
Position;         Forward
Achievements; Feile winners and runners up, numerous underage medals, All Ireland Junior Medal, 2 U16 Munster with County, 2 All Irelands and 3 Munster with BCS,3 Senior County Champs and 3 League Champs, 2 Munster Club Titles.

Name;             Sarah Fenton
Occupation;   Student in the Toulouse school of Business on Erasmus from NUI
Position;         Defender
Achievements; Captained the Lismore U14 Feile Team to All Ireland Glory in 2006,C,B and A  All Ireland and Munster titles with BCS ,Numerous underage titles, 2 Senior championship medals and 2 Munster Club titles.

Name:             Nicola Morrissey

Occupation:   Primary School Teacher
Position;           Forward
Achievements; Numerous underage titles,4 senior County titles, 2 Munster Intermediate  Club Titles,3 County Intermediate Munster Titles,2 Munster Intermediate school Titles, 4 national league titles, Junior All Ireland title, Interprovincial Title with Munster, Soaring star Award.      

Name;             Ruth Geoghegan

Occupation;   Student In UL
Position;         Forward
Achievements; All underage A county titles.  4 County Feile medals,  All Ireland Feile Champions  2006 and All Ireland Feile Runners-up 2008, 4 County Senior League titles,  3 County Senior Championship titles, 2 Munster Intermediate Club titles. Premier Junior All Ireland Title, Division 2 League champions, Munster Intermediate Champions, Inter-provisional  medal, 2 U16 Munster titles, U16 All Ireland runners up medal,  1 Munster U18 title, All-Ireland U18 runner-up title. Schools:-  Munster Junior 7’s title, All Ireland Junior 7’s runners-up title, Munster Senior A, B & C titles  and All-Ireland Senior B & C title,  All Ireland Senior A runner-up title.

Name;            Gráinne Kenneally

Occupation;   Army Kadett
Position;         Defender
Achievements;2 Senior Club County titles,2 Munster Intermediate Club title, National League Division 2 and 3 titles, Munster Junior and Intermediate titles, Third Level Colleges Division 1 title, Ashbourne title, All-Star, Gael Linn Interprovincial title.

Name;             Johanna Houlihan

Occupation;   Student BCS
Position;         Forward
Achievements; Club: u12,14,16 and minor county titles. 2 senior league and 1 championship. School: Junior Munster final winners. County: Minor Munster final winners.

Name;             Niamh Molumphy

Occupation;   Primary School Teacher
Position;         Defender
Achievements; Club County Senior Titles2000, 2010, 2011 and 2013 Munster Club Titles 2010 and 2011, National League Title 2007 and Inter-County  Munster Title 2008. Munster School Intermediate Title 2005

Name;             Shauna Kiernan

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Defender
Achievements; National league div 2 champions 2011, county senior league champions 2010, 2011 and 2013, Senior county and Munster Titles 2010 and 2011, senior league 2010, 2012 and 2013, Munster intermediate Title 2009, All Ireland finalists 2009, all Ireland junior champs 2011, All Ireland finalists u16, u18, All Ireland Féile 2005, 3 Munster colleges titles,  All Ireland colleges winners 08, 09, Numerous underage titles, Junior Club Titles .

Name;             Aoife Houlihan

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Defender
Achievements; 4 U14 Co Titles, 4 Féile U14 Titles, 1 U16 Co. Title,1 Minor Title, Colleges Munster title, 1 Junior Co. Title, 1 Senior Co. League title, 1 Senior Co. Championship Title,

Name;             Caithriona McGlone

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Forward
Achievements; All under age County Titles, 3 senior County Titles, 1 Junior County Titles,3 League County Titles, 2 Munster club Titles, Colleges with BCS Munster and All Ireland Titles.

Name:-            Sarah Geoghegan

Occupation:- Student Blackwater Community School
Achievements- U14 and under 16 County A titles. U18 runner up title, 1 Feile County title. 1 senior league title and 1 Senior championship title, Inter County Honours: - U16 Munster Title and U16 all-Ireland runner-up medal. School: - Junior Munster tile and Junior Munster runner-up title.

Name;              Rachel Knowles

Occupation;   GlaxoSmithKline, Dungarvan
Achievements; Played with Broadford Camogie club in Kildare until U 16, Played with Johnstownbridge Senior Camogie after that, Joined Lismore Camogie Club in 2013 won Senior League and senior Championship with them.

Name              Jennifer Kingston

Occupation;   Member of the Irish Army
Position;         Defender
Achievements; 6 County Medals, 2 Munster Club Medals

Name;             Shona Curran Captain

Occupation;   Student
Position;         Mid-Fielder
Achievements; 3 County Titles, 2 Munster Club Titles,1 Soaring Star, 2 Munster Intermediate titles with County, 1 Irish Welly Throwing Champion 2009 (A very important title).

Name;             Shauna Prendergast

Occupation;   Student Mary I Limerick
Position;         Defender
Achievements; Feile winners and runners up, numerous underage medals, 2 U16 Munster with County,2 All Irelands and 3 Munster with BCS,3 Senior County Champs and 3 League Champs, 2 Munster Club Titles.

Thanks to Mary Russell for her help with the profiles.