Meet Waterford’s All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Final Panel

Aisling Power is a member of the Cappoquin Club. She is one of a number of players brought into the panel this year by Sean Fleming after impressing in recent years playing underage Camogie. She Captained Waterford win last years All-Ireland Under 16 ‘B’ Final against Derry and was also part of last years All-Ireland winning team. A sub for this years league final after an impressive championship in the white and blue shirt she will be hoping for a start this Sunday. She also has in her collection of medals 2 Munster under 16 ‘B’ medals, a Munster Junior Colleges Medal, an Intermediate Championship medal won with Cappoquin as well as a Junior Championship medal, A Junior League Medal as well as titles won at under 14, under 16 and minor levels with the Cornerstone Club as well as a Féile title win in 2011.

 

Becky Kavanagh is a very versatile member of the Saint Anne’s Club who could slot in at almost every position on the field. Her only inter County honour won with Waterford was this years league title, but she has helped Saint Anne’s achieve so much in the last five or six years, winning a two county senior championships and a minor A title. She is the proud owner of an All-Ireland School’s D Final medal and was part of the D.I.T. Panel beaten in the final of this years Purcell Cup after a replay to Mary I. She came on as a sub against Meath in the semi finals and will be hoping for another run out this weekend.

 

Beth Carton from the De La Salle Club is one player that needs no introduction to Camogie supporters. The brilliant half forward player lit up the underage scene in recent years and in her first season with the Intermediates has made a similar impact.  The owner of two All-Ireland medals already won last year at under 16 and minor levels she will be looking to add a third this weekend. In her collection she has already won a Division two league final with Waterford  as well as two Munster Under 16 medals won in 2013 and 2014. With De La Salle she has helped the Gracedieu club win titles at under 12, 14 and 16 levels and now that the club have an adult team she will be looking to win titles with the club in the near future. Beth is one of a number of players selected to play for Munster in this years Inter Provincial Series. 

 

Brianna O’Regan is another young brilliant player that has come through from the De La Salle Club. Brianna is a goalkeeper of some quality and is unlucky not to have played more for Waterford in the adult grades despite the fact she is in her first year involved, but she is up against another brilliant goalkeeper in Deirdre Brennan for the number 1 shirt. Brianna’s collection of medals is a mirror image of her club mate Beth Carton’s. she also won the Waterford Camogie Poc Fada this year at Tramore Racecourse and gave an excellent account of herself in the Munster Final. Surly its only a matter of time before she is rivalling Trish Jackman in the Cooley Mountains.

 

Caithriona McGlone from Lismore is the captain of the side this year and has already lifted the League Final Cup back in May and will now be looking to do the same in Croke Park on the steps of the Hogan Stand. Caithriona has made a bit of a reputation for herself in recent years as a bit of a goal scoring machine and it would not be a surprise to see her bang one or two on Sunday afternoon. Like Becky Kavanagh Caithriona’s only inter county honours won so far is the League final this year but she has won a fine collection of medals with Lismore which includes Four County Senior medals, Four Munster Intermediate medals and of course one All-Ireland intermediate Club All-Ireland medal as well as honours won at underage levels as well as Munster and All-Ireland Colleges medals won with Blackwater Community School.

 

Charlotte Raher from the Saint Anne’s Club is one of the most experienced players on this year’s panel. Charlotte can regularly be seen wearing a white and blue shirt in the half back line for Waterford and never lets the side down.  A nurse by profession she had many honours for Waterford including an All-Ireland Junior medal won in 2011, National League medals as well as Munster Intermediate and Junior medals. In the Green and Red of Saint Anne’s Charlotte has also impressed in the last number of years and has won many County Senior Championships as well as a Munster Intermediate Club Championship. She also had an Ashbourne medal in her collection of medals.

 

Claire Murphy is another relatively new member of the panel. A member of the Saint Annes Club from the middle of the county, she was part of the Waterford panel that won the Division two league final earlier this year beating Laois at Dr. Cullen Park in Carlow in early May. She also has a minor championship medal from 2013 in her collection of medals.

 

Claire Whyte from the Saint Anne’s Club has proven to be a rock solid full back for Waterford all year. She has been involved with Waterford with a few years now winning a Junior All-Ireland Medal in 2011 when Waterford beat Down at Croke Park, an Intermediate medal in 2013 and a Division two league medal this year. She has win two county senior championships with Saint Anne’s and also won a League title with Saint Anne’s as well as minor and under 16 titles. She has also won numerous honours playing Ladies Football.

 

Dawn Power from Dungarvan is another new member of the Waterford panel this year. She was part of the Waterford panel to win the Minor ‘B’ Championship with Waterford last year and added a National League Division two medal to her collection in May. With the Old Boro Club she has had a few impressive years winning titles at Under 12, 14 and 16 levels. Like Claire Whyte she is also an accomplished footballer and has won numerous honours in the last few years and could be someone to look out for in the years to come in both codes.

 

Deirdre Brennan from the Butlerstown has established herself as the number one goalkeeper in the county in the last year or two. She has proven to be key to Waterford’s success in the last few years and has already won two titles with Waterford in the last few years, a Munster Intermediate medal in 2013 and a League Medal this year. I wonder if asked what would President Obama say if asked can Deirdre win a third medal with Waterford this Sunday. With Butlerstown she also has had a great few years, winning Intermediate Championship and League titles, Junior Championship and League medals, under 21, and Minor titles as well as an All-Ireland 7’s title and won the Feile Skills Competition a few years back. She also has titles from her colleges days and was part of the DIT team that lost the Purcell Cup final after a replay this year.

 

Elizabeth McGrath is another member of the Butlerstown club and one of the many young exciting young players that have come through in the county in the last few years.  She was brought into the Waterford panel earlier this year after Waterford’s league final win over Laois. She has is another Waterford player with two inter county medals in her collection winning a Minor ‘B’ All-Ireland last year and a Munster ‘B’ under 16 medal from the previous year. With Butlerstown she has won an Intermediate League final earlier this year and will be looking to add a championship medal to her collection in the coming weeks.

 

Iona Heffernan is from the Ferrybank club and is a player that has began to make a bit of name for herself in the last few years up through the different grades. She has become a regular in the team this year playing in the middle of the field or in the half back line and will be hoping she has done enough to retain her place for Sunday. She has won an under 16B medal with Waterford in 2013 and last year added an All-Ireland medal at minor level to her collection and a League Final medal this year. With Ferrybank she has won a Junior League Medal earlier this year and also has won under 16 and minor medals as well as medals won with Abbey Community School to her collection in the last few years.

 

Jennie Simpson is another long standing member of the panel who can play a number of places on the field. She has won three league medals with Waterford as well as a Junior All-Ireland with Waterford in 2011. She also has a Munster Intermediate medal in her collection and was part of the Waterford under 16 team that beat Armagh in the All-Ireland Under 16B final back in 2003. With her club Saint Anne’s she won senior County finals in 2009 and 2012 and a Munster Intermediate club medal in 2009 and a county senior league medal in 2014. She has also won two Soaring Stars awards an has won Interprovincial and Ashbourne Cup medals.

 

Jenny McCarthy is one of three members of the Cappoquin Club travelling to Croke Park with the Waterford team. She is another player that has achieved a lot in recent years. She was part of the Waterford team that won the 2011 All-Ireland Junior Final, an Intermediate medal in 2013 and a Division two league medal this year. With Cappoquin, she has won an Intermediate League and Championship double in 2014 with further intermediate league titles win in 2012 and 2013. She won a Junior League and Championship double in 2010 as well as winning Minor A and B Championships and at under 16 levels. At under schools level she won titles in 2008 and 2009 and win Fr Meagher and Purcell Cup medals in 2012 and 2015 respectively and also a Division two third level league medal.

 

Kate McMahon from Butlerstown is another brilliant young player that has come into the panel this year from successful underage teams. Earlier this year she was given the chance to impress in the side after a place in the team became available after Emma Hannon moved abroad after Waterford’s league final win and she grasped her chance with both arms and has not looked back since. She has won Munster Under 16 ‘B’ medals in 2013 and 2014 and win Under 16 and Minor Medals in 2014 and this year added a Division two league medal to her collection. Don’t rule out the possibility of more being added in the very near future.

 

Lorraine Bray from Cappoquin first came to my attention a few years back when she lined out for Waterford in the league against Wexford at Fraher Field and have been very impressed with her since. In the White and Blue of Waterford she has already won a string of honours including a Munster Minor ‘B’ title in 2012, a Munster Intermediate Medal in 2013, a Minor ‘B’ All-Ireland in 2014 and a Division Two league final medal this year.  With Cappoquin she also has won a string of honours including Intermediate and Junior League and Championship medals as well as honours at Minor and Under 16 at A and B Level. She was selected on the Munster panel this year for the Inter provincials and also win a Munster Colleges Junior Medal in 2012.

 

Molly Curran is from the Brickey Rangers Club and has made an impact in her first year playing for the County Intermediate side and has made headlines on more than one occasion with some big performances and hitting some very important scores.  She has in her collection of medals from playing with Waterford a Munster under 16 B medal, an All-Ireland Minor ‘B’ Medal and a Division two league medal. With her club she has won an under 14 B medal and is one of a number of players in the panel who is also an excellent footballer and has won different honours in the game.

 

Niamh Rockett from the Saint Anne’s Club is another very experienced member of the panel who will be looking to get a run out at Croke Park on Sunday. She is one of a number of players in the panel who has played in Croke Park before winning a Junior All-Ireland medal there in 2011 when Waterford beat Down. She is the holder of three league medals with Waterford as well and an Munster Intermediate medal won in 2013. With Saint Annes she has won Munster a Munster Intermediate Medal with Waterford and won county senior medal in 2009 and 2011. She also has in her collection a County Senior League medal and also has medals from the under 16 and minor grades. She also has in her collection Munster and All-Ireland colleges medals from 2012.

 

Nicola Morrissey from Lismore is another hugely experienced player. She like others in the panel win an All-Ireland Junior final with Waterford in 2011 and also has four league final medals. She also has helped Waterford win two Munster Intermediate Camogie Championships, and a Munster Junior Championship. With Lismore she has also won an impressive array of medals, including five Senior County titles, four Munster Intermediate titles and one All-Ireland Intermediate title. She also has won a Soaring Star award and had been selected to represent Munster in the Inter Provincials.

 

Orla Flynn from the Clonea Club is another of the brilliant underage players in recent years to get a call up to the Waterford Intermediate panel this year by Sean Fleming and his management tea. Orla was part of the Waterford team that won the Minor ‘B’ All-Ireland last year against Derry and was a sub for the Intermediates when they beat Laois at a wet Dr Cullen Park in May. With her club she has won an under 14 title. Another player is equally as good at football as camogie she has also won honours in the big ball code.

 

Saoirse Bonner is another member of the Saint Anne’s Club. She is another of a brilliant crop of young players that have come through the underage ranks, where she helped Waterford win successive Munster ‘B’ under 16 titles in 2013 and 2014 and last year she was also part of the Waterford panel that won the Under 16 ‘B’ All-Ireland final. Having tasted success with the Intermediate’s earlier this year winning a National League medal she will be heading to Croke Park this weekend hoping to add an All-Ireland Intermediate Championship medal to her collection. With her club she helped Saint Anne’s win a County Senior League final in 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shona Curran from the Lismore Club made a welcome return to the Waterford set up in time for their semi final win over Meath recently at Nowlan Park, where she came on at the break and made a huge impact and scored 1-1. She has helped Waterford win a Munster Intermediate Munster Final two years ago and also has been impressive with her club winning four County Senior titles and four Munster Intermediate titles and of course an All-Ireland Intermediate title in 2014 when she captained the side. Again another player who is as equally as good a footballer as at camogie, she has helped Waterford win a number of Intermediate Munster Ladies Football finals in recent years.

 

Sibeal Harney from Saint Anne’s is another young player who impressed with the county under 16 and minor teams in recent years and who received a call up to the Waterford panel earlier this year. A player that is equally good in the middle of the field or in attack, she has helped Waterford win Munster Under 16 B Finals in 2013 and 2014 as well as Under 16 and Minor ‘B’ All-Ireland Finals last year and this year won a first medal in the adult grades as an inter county player when Waterford won the league final against Laois. With Saint Annes, she helped her side win a County Senior League Final just over 12 months ago.

 

Trish Jackman from Gailltir is a player that few if any sports fans in Ireland will not have heard of. She is the unofficial Queen of the Cooley Mountains having win the last seven Camogie All-Ireland Poc Fada’s and finished as runner up for a few years before she won her first title in 2009. A Very versatile player she can play in any position she is asked to she has helped Waterford win an All-Ireland Junior Final in 2011 and also two division two and one division three league finals and was part of the Waterford Under 16 team that won the All-Ireland B Final against Armagh back in 2003 at Portlaoise. With her club she has helped the ladies from the Barony win two Senior County Finals and one Munster Junior title. She is the proud owner of five Ashbourne Cup medals won with WIT.

 

Valerie O’Brien from the Roanmore Club is another that returned to the panel having spent a short period of time in the United States during the summer. She like Shona Curran came on against Meath as a sub in Waterford’s 3-10 to 3-9 win and will be hoping to have done enough to be given game time again this time round.  She is the owner of two Munster under 16 medals, one minor and 1 intermediate medal and helped Waterford win this years Division two league final earlier this year before moving to the states for the summer. With Roanmore she has won an under 14 medal and last year she played a major part in the Sky Blues winning the Junior County Final. She also helped WIT win an Ashbourne Cup this year and in the past has win a colleges title and Féile Skills title. She like others in the panel is also an excellent Basketball player who has won honours in the sport.

 

Vikki Falconer from the Butlerstown Club is another very important member of the panel. Like many others in the panel she is hugely experienced having helped Waterford win the 2011 Junior All-Ireland in 2011 and a Munster Intermediate title in 2013. She has also helped Waterford win Division two league finals in 2011 and 2015. Could we read something into the fact that Waterford made a trip to Croke Park in 2011 and will be doing so again this year and they also won Division two league finals in both 2011 and 2015. With Butlerstown she has helped them win the Intermediate Championship in 2013 and this year helped the side in Royal Blue win the intermediate league. In both of the latter years she also helped WIT win the Ashbourne Cup and was the captain of the side this year.