Cobh 6-06

Charleville 3-10

After a good league run for our junior team, attention turned to the championship on Saturday when we played Cobh at our own venue. This game had all the hallmarks of championship with great commitment, skill and determination shown by both teams. Cobh started well and at times threatened to over run us, however the Charleville girls responded well to close the gap to 2 pts, 3-3 to 1-7 at the break. The game continued at great pace in the second half and although Cobh went further ahead, two well struck goals from Amanda O’Mahony cut the deficit to a single point. However, Cobh added a couple of late scores to go clear. There was much to admire from a Charleville point of view, a score of 3-10 would do justice to a higher grade of camogie. There was that incredible save by Sharon Currtin, the two sublime overhead connections by Leanne O’Regan to raise two white flags, not to mention her perfect first touch. All in all this was a great team performance, probably the best since this team started out last year, a game in which Mairead O’Sullivan excelled and which saw Tessa Cagney’s best performance in a Charleville jersey. The girls will play a challenge this week in preparation for the clash with Ballinora in the next round. The championship format is groups of four with two teams to qualify.

Team:- Sharon Curtin, Leah Murphy, Meadhbh Murphy, Sophie Renshaw, Mairead O’Sullivan, Sinead Dennehy (1-3), Tessa Cagney, Aine Noonan, Jane O’Flynn, Kate Keane (0-4), Tina Coughlan (0-1), Amanda O’Mahony (2-0), Leanne O’Regan (0-2), Danielle Nash, Laura Sheehan, Beth O’Sullivan, Lorraine Fitzgerald, Annmarie Curtin. On the night we were without Catriona O’Keeffe and Marie Coughlan both injured, and Claudia Hudner who was on international soccer duty.

Fixture: Junior ‘C’ Championship Sunday 14^th v Ballinora at Waterfall, throw-in 2.00 pm.