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ONTHEBALL THE OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF THE CAMOGIE ASSOCATION Spring/Summer 2016 AIB DECISIONS CLUB DECISIONS FINALS DECISIONS Milford hat-trick Coaching Corner Cahir in dreamland with Damien Young OUR SPORT, OUR FUTURE National Development Plan + VOLUNTEER AWARDS Facebook.com/officialcamogieassociation @officialcamogie www.camogie.ie WELCOME – PRESIDENT CATHERINE NEARY Year to Date It has been a busy start to 2016 for the Camogie Association, on and off the pitch. President Catherine Neary reflects Camogie President Catherine Neary is introduced to the Milford players before the AIB All-Ireland Senior Camogie Club Championship on the year so far. Final at Croke Park – page 6 OUR SPORT, OUR FUTURE VOLUNTEER AWARDS What we’re really trying to do is Without our volunteers, games just meet the needs of our own players, wouldn’t happen. Volunteers are the members, clubs and people outside bedrock of our Association and they do THE CAMOGIE ASSOCIATION of the camogie community so that an incredible amount of work to ensure Croke Park, we can make sure we meet the that the Association is as strong and St Joseph’s Avenue, requirements of working in a new era vibrant as it is. Dublin 3. and moving on from where we have Tel: 01 865 8651 www.camogie.ie been previously. FIXTURES REVIEW Securing a broadcast deal and two One of the big issues we have this COPYRIGHT NOTICE commercial deals are big things for us. year is a fixtures review. This will look No part of this publication may be used or The important thing is for people to see at fixtures across the whole spectrum reproduced without written permission of the our game and to put our players front Camogie Association. If such permission is and the impact of inter-county granted, the source must be acknowledged at time and centre so that people can see the games on club games. We want to and place of use. skills. If you don’t see the game then have meaningful games with good you don’t really know about the game. structures. We want to make sure that DISCLAIMER each player can play at a level that’s The Camogie Association does not accept responsibility for, nor necessarily, agree with any AIB CLUB FINALS suited to their skillset. of the views expressed, statements or claims made The great thing about the All-Ireland in any articles, news items, or advertisements club finals is that it’s a community BEING PRESIDENT published in or with this publication. day. It’s also a celebration of the club One of the nice things about being EDITORIAL player and their chance to play in an President is that you get invited to a Brendan Coffey All-Ireland Final. To play in Croke Park lot of medal presentations at clubs. is huge because every kid growing That’s where you get to meet the real CONTRIBUTORS up who is in any way involved in workers on the ground. I think it shows Caroline Murray, Daragh Ó Conchúir camogie or hurling or Gaelic football, you the significance of the honour PHOTOGRAPHY everybody wants to play in Croke Park of being President when you see the INPHO at some point and not everybody can enthusiasm of people and the welcome get to do that. The fact that you can that you receive. I’ve been up as far DESIGN be there as a club player makes a as Donegal and it’s wonderful to feel EMCreative.ie huge difference and we saw that this that welcome. You realise the love that year with the excitement of Cahir and people have for the game of camogie FRONT COVER IMAGE: Cahir’s Kirsty Arbuckle Milford. You can see the significance and the importance of camogie in their celebrates after the final whistle at the AIB All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Club Championship Final of it for them. life. 2 • ON THE BALL • Spring/Summer 2016 NEWS IN BRIEF Camogie4 Teens 2016 amogie4Teens is a new and exciting initiative specifically for teenagers. C Johnstownbridge players pose for selfies at Croke Park on AIB Club Finals Day The Camogie Association were one where they were honoured for their All-Ireland Junior Club victory of five national governing bodies to receive funding for a project from the Coca Cola Thank You Fund. County Boards have already applied for the cluster of five that is chosen within The aim of this unique programme the programme and the 20 counties a county will host an element of the is to cluster Camogie clubs together in chosen are as follows: programme for the teenegers involved. a county in order to provide targeted Phase 1: Dublin, Meath, Carlow, Programmes include: Coaching programmes for their teenagers (15-18 Westmeath, Derry, Antrim, Cavan, Course, Referee Course, Admin/PR year olds). Galway, Limerick, Cork. Course, Lifestyle & Blitz days. Tutors There will be five clubs clustered Phase 2: Wicklow, Offaly, Wexford, for the courses will be organised by together for each programme. Each Kildare, Down, Armagh, Donegal, the Camogie Association through the club will be able to nominate 6-8 Roscommon, Clare, Tipperary. Regional Development Co-Ordinators. teenagers for the initiative. There will be 20 programmes in total and they will Five clubs will be chosen within each For more information contact: be run over two phases. county for the programme. Each club in [email protected] AIB ALL-IRELAND AIB PROVINCIAL CLUB PLAYER AWARDS BILL & AGNES CLUB FINALS CARROLL CUP AIB, sponsor to both the GAA and Camogie Club Cork club Milford and Tipperary’s Cahir Championships, honoured 11 club players from camogie, The silverware on offer to the winner were the big winners at this year’s AIB football and hurling at the 20th AIB GAA Provincial Club Player of this year’s AIB All-Ireland Senior All-Ireland Club Finals. Awards. Club Championship Final had a new While Junior champions Killimor’s Susan Keane was the first star to be honoured at name. Johnstownbridge were also honoured on the ceremony hosted in Croke Park. The Galway sharpshooter Bill Carroll presented the cup the day at Croke Park, Cahir and Milford took home the Connacht camogie award. The Ulster camogie anonymously and it was only after he had the thrill of climbing the steps of the club gong was awarded to Emma McFadden of Loughgiel died that the trophy took on his name. Hogan Stand. For Cahir, it was especially Shamrocks. Leinster winner Ciara Storey, daughter of 1996 Now though, he will be joined by his sweet having known final heartbreak last All-Ireland winning captain Martin, followed in his footsteps as late wife to be remembered annually December. she skippered Oulart-The Ballagh ladies to back-to-back Leinster on one of the biggest days of the A total of 17 members of the panel were success. Milford stalwart, Ashling Thompson, scooped the camogie calendar, when the Bill and involved when Cahir lost the intermediate Munster camogie club player of the year award. Agnes Carroll Cup will be on offer. ladies football decider by two points but they got to experience the other end of the spectrum with this nine-point victory over Eyrecourt, 0-14 to 1-2. SPORTSWOMEN AWARDS In the Senior final, Milford collected Cork dual stars Briege Corkery and Rena Buckley were both recognised with the Irish Times/ Sport Ireland their third title in four years following a Sportswoman of the Year award for 2015. 2-8 to 1-3 victory over Killimor. Second Corkery and Buckley played starring roles in the Cork teams that won both the All-Ireland camogie and half goals from Maria Watson and Laura women’s football titles last September. It brought their individual All-Ireland medal tallies to 16 – six each in Stack, in response to Claire Conroy’s camogie and 10 each in football – and no GAA player has ever won more than that. They were also the first joint- 32nd minute major, set the seal on a well- winners of the award now in its 11th season, beating off the other 11 monthly award winners, including boxer deserved victory for the North Cork outfit. Katie Taylor, golfer Leona Maguire, rugby players Sophie Spence and Niamh Briggs, and jockey Katie Walsh. Spring/Summer 2016 • ON THE BALL • 3 ALL-IRELAND INTERVARSITY FINALS Joy & despair on St Valentine’s Day ASHBOURNE CUP was heightened when Mackey After another dramatic finale to found the net once more and the Ashbourne Cup, University the sides were level with five of Limerick claimed their sixth minutes remaining. title thanks to an injury time UL edged a couple of points goal from Sarah Fryday. clear once more thanks to It was heartbreak for UCC Diggin but UCC got their noses on St Valentine’s Day in Gort in front for the first time, and as Fryday’s late strike gave apparently with impeccable UL a sensational victory, timing, when Mackey registered 3-12 to 4-7. It looked like her third goal. But that was the Cork contingent might reckon without the desire and have snatched the honours character of the Shannonsiders, themselves when turning a six- and when Diggin dropped point deficit around to lead by a late free into the square, two after a very late goal from McMahon got the final touch Cork All Star Catriona Mackey. to snatch the honours with the However the conclusion was game’s final act. typical of the ebb and flow of the decider. PURCELL CUP Favourites UL went two Cork IT won the Purcell Cup, points clear early on but UCC defeating Maynooth University thundered into life with a goal 1-12 to 0-4.