Barony Ladies Advance to Munster Final

Waterford are once again going to have an interest in this year’s Munster Intermediate Camogie Club Final after Gailltir overcame the challenge of a strong Blackrock side in the Munster Semi Final played at the WIT Sports Campus in Carriganore on Saturday afternoon last.

In the Munster final they will play the Tipperary champions who will come from Drom & Inch or Nenagh who will play in the county final in the premier county this Saturday at noon with the game going ahead at the Tipperary Camogie Grounds at The Ragg.

Despite scoring first in this game Gailltir for much of the first quarter of this game as the Cork champions raced into a three point lead, but once the Barony ladies found their feed in the final ten minutes of this game, there was no turning back for them.

Kate Lynch got the side in Sky Blue Shirts off to a terrific start in this game as she goaled inside a minute of the game starting thanks to some brilliant work by Áine Lyng and Trish Jackman in the build up.

The lead however was a short lived one as the dangerous Grace Mulqueen quickly cancelled out the lead with a goal for the Cork side.

And when Hayley Ryan followed up with a brace of frees and Kate Leneghan added points things were starting to not look good for the newly crowned Déise champions.

Áine Lyng had an attempt for goal foiled by Clodagh Coughlan on the quarter of an hour mark, but the home side in their next attempt for goal this time made no mistake as Trish Jackman blasted to the net on 21 minutes.

The same player followed up with a brace of points to give her side a 2-2 to 1-3 lead and when Áine Lyng followed up with a brace the signs were now looking as if it was going to be Gailltir’s day.

The Barony Ladies would turn about with a five (2-5 to 1-3) point lead when Trish Jackman brought her tally to 1-3 for the afternoon.

Gailltir started the second half as they had ended the first as Trish Jackman put over another brace of scores to stretch her sides lead to seven, but it was back down to five by the end of the third quarter when Katyln Hickey and Michelle Murphy split the posts.

Kate Lynch added a point on 47 minutes and Trish Jackman found the range again on 52 after some good work by Shauna Fitzgerald.

The visitors added points on 54 and 57 minutes to draw them within five points of Gailltir who recently celebrated in style their first County Final win since 2008, but with time running out it was goals that the Cork side needed.

The home side added the final score of the game late on through Áine Lyng.

A 2-10 to 1-7 victory was a good win for Gailltir in this game and from what was seen of them here, they will give either Drom & Inch or Nenagh plenty to think about in the coming weeks.

Gailltir: Ciara Jackman; Áine O’Keeffe, Clara Hogan, Claire Dunne; Aileen Cummins, Sally O’Grady, Sinead Cunningham; Emma Roche, Shauna Fitzgerald; Annie Glavey, Áine Lyng, Trish Jackman; Roisin Flood, Eilis Cullinane, Kate Lynch. Subs: Emer Walsh for Roisin Flood, Fiona Conroy for Eilis Cullinane.

Scorers: Trish Jackman 1-6 (0-2f, 0-1 ’45), Kate Lynch 1-1, Áine Lyng 0-3.

Blackrock: Clodagh Coughlan; Teresa Cummins, Aoife McCurtain, Clodagh O’Keeffe; Roisin de Faoite, Carol Ryan, Áine Kearney; Kate O’Brien, Kate Leneghan; Katlyn Hickey, Sorcha Broderick, Anne Farrell; Michelle Murphy, Hayley Ryan, Grace Mulqueen. Subs: Sarah Carroll for Kate O’Brien, Margaret Moynihan for Sarah Carroll.

Scorers: Hayley Ryan 0-4 (4f), Grace Mulqueen 1-0, Michael Murphy, Kate Leneghan, Katlyn Hickey (f) 0-1 each.

Referee: Philip Dee (Limerick)