TIPPERARY 4-06 DUBLIN 1-15
Tipperary travelled to Portmarnock at the Trinity Gaels GAA complex to play this 3rd round Irish Daily Star National camogie league Div 1 league match. Tipperary were without a number of players due to injury but were quietly confident of getting a result. Tipperary started brightly enough and had the better of the early exchanges but failed to take a clear goal chance and were guilty of some poor wides. Dublin took the lead through two frees the Nicole Walsh opened the score for Tipperary .A fine point from play by Cait Devane brought Tipp level but Tipperary were conceding a lot of frees which Dublins Ciara Berkley converted. Good play by Mary Ryan and Alice Fogarty gave Aoife McGrath a sight of Dublins goal and she converted to give Tipperary a two point lead ,Tipperary were looking very comfortable until an error by goalie Orla McIniry let a speculative Dublin shot to slip into the goal. Minutes later fine attacking play by Amy Kennedy resulted in a penalty for Tipp Nicole Walsh pointed to leave the halftime score Tipperary 1-04 Dublin 1-05. Tipperary started the second half attacking Dublin and had them under severe pressure with Amy Kennedy scoring a fine goal from a great handpass from Sabrina Larkin. Tipp were playing very well at this stage with Cait Devane driving Tipperary on and getting a great long range point to increase Tipperary’s lead,great interplay again from Sabrina Larkin enabled Amy Kennedy to score her second goal to put further pressure on Dublin,however Tipperary continued to give frees away and Dublin’s Ciara Berkeley kept Dublin in touch. Dublin conceded another penalty and this time Nicole Walsh fired the ball into the top corner of the goal.Further frees from Nicole Walsh gave Tipperary a six point lead with only five minutes of play left when Dublin came storming back with six unanswered points two of them in added time to draw the match.Tipperary will feel very disappointed with this result and must wonder how they lost such a lead.
Tipperary scores Amy Kennedy 2goals Cait Devane 2pts Nicole Walsh 1-04 Aoife McGrath 1goal
MUNSTER MINOR A semi final
TIPPERARY 4-10 LIMERICK 2-08
After a bright opening by Limerick Tipperary gradually took control of the game with Roisin Howard and Jenny Grace having fine games along with Niamh Treacy who scored two first half goals. The second half saw Tipperary control the game giving them a well deserved victory.Tipperary will play Cork in the Minor A Munster final.
FIXTURES
Irish Daily Star National camogie league Division 1
TIPPERARY vs WEXFORD
Sunday 23rd March in the camogie grounds The Ragg @ 2.30pm
Minor All Ireland championship round 3
Saturday 22nd March
Galway vs Tipperary in Athenry Co. Galway @ 2.30pm
MUNSTER U16 A FINAL
TIPPERARY vs CORK
Sunday 23rd March Venue Martinstown Co.Limerick @ 3.45pm
ALL IRELAND JUNIOR SCHOOLS FINAL
Congratulations to Colaiste Dun Iascaigh (Cahir) on their fine win against Calasanctius Oranmore in the junior B final played in Nenagh last Saturday with a score of 6-20 to 3-09
FEILE SEMI FINAL
Silvermines vs Ballina
Sunday 23rd March @ 11am venue County camogie grounds. Winners play Nenagh Eire Og in final
U16 SPONSORSHIP
Tipperary county board are pleased to announce that Nenagh based ECHO IT are to sponsor our U16 teams.The teams will carry the ECHO IT logo on their jerseys starting with the U16 A team in Sunday’s Munster Final.
Echo are a successful IT company and and offer a broad range of IT services to their customers we appreciate their sponsorship.
By Jonathan Cullen Tue 18th Mar
