Back to back titles for De La Salle.

These are exciting times for Camogie in Waterford.

Over the past number of years we have seen the club achieve a lot on the underage front.

Gailltir in particular have performed remarkably well at Féile na Gael over the past few years.

On the Inter County front we have seen Waterford win titles at Under 14, Under 16 and Minor levels.

We have seen Lismore win an All-Ireland Club Final and contest another final.

For many seeing Waterford win National League (Division two) and an All-Ireland Intermediate Final was the highlight of the great work put in within the county when  it comes to the game. To others, seeing Waterford compete in Division One of the league and in the Senior All-Ireland Championship this year was an even greater achievement than what was achieved in 2015.

Along the way there are some remarkable stories to tell. One such story is of the De La Salle Club.

They are only playing in the adult grades for two years and already have won the Junior and Intermediate titles.

They will play in the senior grade next year where they will face strong opposition in the likes of Lismore, Gaultier, Cappoquin and Saint Anne’s but from what we have seen from the side in white and red shirts, they will be serious challengers to their more experienced opponents, which all goes well for Camogie within the county.

While records will show that Dungarvan/Brickeys combination lost this game by eighteen points, there can be no disputing that this is a good side and it is only a matter of time before they are playing amongst the giants of the game within the county at senior level.

Right throughout this team there is some good players to pick from. They their quota of players that have played for the county at different levels as well on the colleges scene and have the medals to prove it.

Players like Kayleigh Veale, Taylor Murray, Kate McGrath, Katie Ferncombe, Caoimhe McGrath, Kaiesha Tobin, Dawn Power, Aisling Baumann and Molly Curran are all quality players, that will look to help this side to go one step further next year.

But last Saturday’s County Intermediate Final at the WIT Sports Campus in Carriganore was all about one team.

On the day De La Salle were outstanding. Beth Carton was outstanding on the day and hit 2-11 of her sides tally of 7-11, 1-8 of which came from placed balls.

While Beth Carton gets many of the headlines when it comes to games that she plays in, this is by no means a one woman team.

Brianna O’Regan is a brilliant young goalkeeper who no doubt will soon establish herself as the number one keeper within the county.

Elsewhere throughout the team they also have plenty of other stars. Taylor Healy, Rachel Butler, Niamh Murphy, Courtney Healy, Caoimhe Drohan, Katie O’Keeffe and Chloe Dempsey are all players of note, and sooner rather than later we will see many of them join team mates Beth and Brianna on the senior inter county set up.

On a weekend when it rained goals across the county, this game was no different. Chloe Dempsey hit the first of her sides seven goals on four minutes following up from a Ann Marie Tutty save from a Beth Carton effort.

Eight minutes later De La Salle had the ball in the Dungarvan/Brickeys net for the second time, after some good work by Ciara Twomey in the build up.

Beth Carton hit two more goals to give De La Salle a 4-5 to 0-4 a lead that stood at 4-6 to 1-4 at the break after Kaiesha Tobin finished to the De La Salle net.

Ciara Twomey kicked to the net for goal number five for De La Salle, and Aisling Madigan hit goal number six giving her side a 6-11 to 1-7 lead with five minutes still to play.

Ciara Twomey completed the route moments later to help her side win back to back county titles, but the side will know that the step up to the top flight next year will show how good the side is. One thing is for sure, from what we have seen from them in recent years, they are not going to be out of their debt, and it would not be a major surprise if they made it three titles in a row this time next year such is the talent that is in this set up.

De La Salle: Brianna O’Regan; Katie Ryan, Taylor Healy, Ciara Flynn; Rachel Butler, Niamh Murphy, Colette Hogan; Courtney Healy, Caoimhe Drohan; Ciara Twomey, Beth Carton, Katie O’Keeffe; Emma Fitzgerald, Chloe Dempsey, Liz McEnaney. Subs Used: Rachel Daniels, Becky Roche, Aisling Madigan, Patricia Farrell.

Scorers: Beth Carton 2-11, Ciara Twomey 2-0, Chloe Dempsey, Katie O’Keeffe, Aisling Madigan 1-0 each.

Dungarvan/Brickeys: Ann Marie Tutty; Kayleigh Veale, Sibeal Duggan, Taylor Murray; Clodagh Curran, Kate McGrath, Katie Ferncombe; Alice Hahessy, Caoimhe McGrath; Kaiesha Tobin, Dawn Power, Aisling Bauman. Isabel Wade, Molly Curran, Michaella Moran. Subs Used: Caoimhe Denmead, Amy O’Riordan.

Scorers: Kaeisha Tobin 1-2, Dawn Power 0-4, Aisling Baumann, Molly Curran 0-2 each, Clodagh Curran 0-1.