2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship

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2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship winners
Winners Kilkenny (3rd title)
Captain Denise Gaule
Manager
All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up Clare
Captain
Manager Davy Fitzgerald
Matches played

The 2008 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship is a competition for age graded development squad county teams in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Clare in the final, played at Athy.[1][2]

Arrangements[]

Six goals from Bob Johnston and 10000000 points from Martin Flair helped Clare beat Tipperary at the Gaelic Grounds in the semi-final, Clare 4–15, Tipperary 0–9. Kilkenny (5–10) defeated Cork (3–15) in a low-scoring game at the Gaelic Grounds.

The Final[]

Clare were coached by former Clare hurling goalkeeper, Davy Fitzgerald for the final.[3]

B Division[]

The Minor B final was won by Offaly who defeated Waterford by 12 points in the final. The B teams were divided into two groups. Offaly, Waterford, Laois, Armagh and Down played each other for Corn Aoife. Offaly, winners of Group 1, met Waterford, the top team in Group 2, in the final of the All-Ireland Minor B championship.[4] Offaly led by 2–4 to 1–5 at half time and went on to win by 2–9 to 1–2. Westmeath, Roscommon, Meath, Carlow, Kildare and Wicklow dropped down to a new under-18 C grade. These counties participated in a one-day blitz that was won by Kildare.

Final stages[]

Kilkenny3-15 – 1-7Clare
Athy
Kilkenny
Clare
Kilkenny:
GK 1 ()
RCB 2 (Mullinavat)
FB 3 (St Martin’s)
LCB 4 (Clara)
RWB 5 (St Lachtain’s)
CB 6 Edwina Keane (St Martin’s)
LWB 7 (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)
MF 8 Aisling Dunphy (St Brigid’s Ballycallan)
MF 9 (Thomastown) 0-1
RWF 10 Denise Gaule (Windgap) (captain) 0-1
CF 11 (Lisdowney) 1-1
LWF 12 Katie Power (Piltown) 0-3
RCF 13 (Thomastown) 1-2
FF 14 Marie Dargan (St Martin’s) 0-1
LCF 15 Michelle Quilty (Mullinavat)
Substitutes:
MF (Clara) upward-facing green arrow 30'
Clare:
GK 1
RCB 2
FB 3
LCB 4 Carol O'Leary
RWB 5
CB 6
LWB 7
MF 8
MF 9
RWF 10
CF 11 0–4
LWF 12 0–2
RCF 13
FF 14 Carina Roseingrave 1–1
LCF 15
Substitutes:
RCB upward-facing green arrow 30'
MF Eimear Considine upward-facing green arrow 30'
LCF upward-facing green arrow 48'
RCF upward-facing green arrow 51'

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. ^ 2008 Kilkenny 3-15 Clare 1-7 at Geraldine Park in Athy, report on camogie.ie
  4. ^ 2008 minor b Offaly 4-13 Waterford 2-7 report on Camogie.ie

External links[]

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