LISMORE LOOK TO ADD TO ROLL OF HONOUR IN MALLOW ON SATURDAY

Lismore will look to record a third successive Munster Intermediate Club Camogie title to their roll of honour at the second time of asking on Saturday afternoon when they take on Tipperary Champions Cahir at the G.A.A. Complex in Mallow with the game having a 2pm throw in.

This game was to have gone ahead two weeks ago at the same venue but the weather conditions that weekend did not allow it to happen.

Ideally with Lismore without a competitive game since they beat Saint Anne’s to win the County Final back in the first weekend of October would liked to have had the game go ahead last weekend, but with Cahir involved in an All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies Football Semi Final last weekend, they had to wait till this weekend for the game to be rescheduled.

Cahir come into this game with a big 3-14 to 1-6 over Cork Champions Brian Dillon’s at White’s Cross in the Munster Semi Final a number of weeks back, a win that will give them plenty of confidence for their meeting with the side that has contested the last two All-Ireland Finals at this grade.

Last weekend’s Ladies Football All-Ireland semi final win over Glenelly from Tyrone who they beat 5-15 to 1-8 will give those involved in both games plenty of confidence and they will be looking to give the South Tipperary Club the chance to appear in possibly two All-Ireland Club Finals in the new years, something that can only happen if they win this weekend.

Prior to their Munster Semi Final win over Brian Dillon’s, Cahir beat Silvermines in the Tipperary Intermediate County Final at The Ragg on a 0-14 to 0-9 score line having beaten Newport 3-17 to 2-8 in the semi finals and in the group stages played Moycarkey and Drom & Inch.

Lismore as pointed out have not had a competitive game since they beat Saint Anne’s for the third year running in the County Final back in Early October but they will enter this game with having left no stone unturned as they look to add to what is an impressive run of results in the last few years.   

Prior to their win over Saint Anne’s in the County Final they had wins over Gailltir and Cappoquin and drew with Saint Anne’s in the group stages of the competition, results that were good enough to send then straight to the county final and earlier this year they had an excellent win over Cappoquin in the League Final at Tallow, the third time the Lismore club won the final in four years.

Cahir to many may not have the household names that the Lismore side have when it comes to camogie but none the less they have some quality players some of whom are well known in Ladies Football circles in Waterford and beyond in the likes of Roisin Howard, Aisling Moloney, Caoimhe Condon, Carol Casey, Orla and Lorna McEniry, Emma Buckley and Lauren Fitzpatrick a member of the Tipperary Intermediate Ladies Football team who plays her Club football with Ballymacarbry.

Lismore will be looking to the likes of intercounty players Caithriona McGlone, Shona Curran and Nicola Morrissey for much of their inspiration while they will also be looking for big games from experienced players like Gráinne Kenneally, Aoife Hannon, Ruth Geoghegan, Marie Russell, Shauna Prendergast, Tanya Morrissey and team captain Shauna Kiernan in a game that could well prove to be their toughest so far this year.

Lismore in their two previous Munster Final wins had to pull out all the stops to beat Newmarket-on-Fergus in 2013 and Sarsfields in 2014 before to claim the trophy on offer to the winners, and this time around it is expected to be no different.

Cahir to date have put up some very good scores to this weekends rescheduled final and the Lismore defence will have to be at their very best to stop them this weekend putting up another big score which the South Tipperary side are capable of, but Lismore’s greater experience and their hunger for another All-Ireland title, a first in Croke Park should see them move a step closer to winning a first All-Ireland Title at Croke Park, something that the club would love to see happen.