2006 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship

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2006 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship winners
Winners Kilkenny (1st title)
Captain
Manager
All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up Galway
Captain
Manager
Matches played

The 2006 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship, the most important elite level inter-county competition for age graded development squad county teams in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Galway by 11 points in the final, played at Nenagh.[1][2]

Arrangements[]

Until 2005 the term minor was applied to the Al-Ireland under-16 camogie championship. W report in 2004 on the state of the game recommended bthat a minor under-18 championship, similar to other Gaelic game be introduced. A cup for the new competition was named for . Galway raced into a four-point lead against Cork in the semi-final at Glen Rovers’ grounds as Jessica Gill and Noreen Coen caused problems for the Cork defence and ran out winnersby 2–12 to 1–5. Michelle Quilty scored 3–2 as Kilkenny defeated Tipperary in the semi-final at Holycross. Laura Kavanagh scored two goals for Kilkenny.

The Final[]

Kilkenny made several positional switches for the final against Galway at Nenagh. Sinéad Walsh, Leanne Fennelly and Kate McDonald excelled in defence; Colette Dormer, Anne Dalton and Lucinda Gahan impressed in the middle of the field; and all the forwards scored.[3][4][5][6]

B Division[]

The Minor B final was won by Down who defeated Antrim by a single point in a dramatic final, 5-8 to 6-4. Down led 2–2 to 1–4 at half time. Derry had three goals in the first four minutes of the second-half, then Antrim rallied and closed the gap to one point with ten minutes remaining. Raquel McCarry and Sara Louise Carr swapped spectacular goals toward the end.[7]

Final stages[]

Kilkenny4-10 – 2-5Galway
Nenagh
Kilkenny
Galway
Kilkenny:
GK 1 (James Stephens)
RCB 2 (Mullinavat)
FB 3 Kate McDonald (Thomastown)
LCB 4 (St Martin’s)
RWB 5 (St Martin’s)
CB 6 Collette Dormer ()
LWB 7 (St Martin’s)
MF 8 (Mullinavat) (captain) 1-0
MF 9 (St Lachtain’s)
RWF 10 (St Lachtain’s) 0-2 (0-1 free)
CF 11 Edwina Keane (St Martin’s) Substituted off 30'
LWF 12 Katie Power (Piltown) 0-1
RCF 13 (Emeralds) 1-2 Substituted off 49'
FF 14 Marie Dargan (St Martin’s) 2-1
LCF 15 Michelle Quilty (Mullinavat) 0-1
Substitutes:
MF (Windgap) for Edwina Keane Substituted in 30'
FF (Rower-Inistioge) for Laura Kavanagh Substituted in 49'
RB ()
Galway:
GK 1 Stephanie Gannon
RCB 2 Emer Haverty
FB 3
LCB 4
RWB 5
CB 6 Niamh Kilkenny
LWB 7
MF 8 Lorraine Ryan
MF 9
RWF 10 Jessica Gill 0–1
CF 11
LWF 12
RCF 13 Noreen Coen 0–2
FF 14 Martina Conroy 0-1
LCF 15 2–1
Substitutes:
MF Substituted in 30'
FF Substituted in 49'

References[]

  1. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. ^ All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship on Camogie.ie
  3. ^ Report of final in Irish Independent, October 1, 2006
  4. ^ Report of final in Irish Times, October 1, 2006
  5. ^ Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 1, 2006
  6. ^ Report of final in Irish News, October 1, 2006
  7. ^ 2006 minor b Down 5-8 Antrim 6-4 report on Hogan Stand Archived 2010-07-14 at the Wayback Machine

External links[]

Preceded by All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship
2006 – present 		Succeeded by
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