All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1968

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All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1968
Championship Details
Dates
Competitors
Sponsor
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship winners
Winners St Paul’s (Kilkenny) (1st title)
Captain
Manager
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship Runners-up
Runners-up Ahane (Limerick))
Captain
Manager
Matches played

The 1968 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by St Paul’s (Kk, who defeated Ahane (Lk) in the final, played at .[1][2]

Arrangements[]

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Deirdre and Ballinasloe winning the championships of the other two provinces.

The Final[]

St Paul’s had the final won at half time when they led by 5-1 to 0-1. Anne Carroll scored 4-1 of their total and M Cassin 3-1. Carrie Clancy, their outstanding player, scored a second half goal from a thirty.[3][4][5]

Agnes Hourigan wrote in the Irish Press:

The winners were the more experienced side, showing fine combination, perfect positional sense, better ball control and were much better strikers. The visitors, while they had some fine individual players and a fine goalkeeper, lacked teamwork and were too slow to get rid of the ball.

Provincial stages[]

St Paul’s (Kilkenny)2-4 – 1-4Eoghan Ruadh (Dublin)
St John's Park, Kilkenny

Final stages[]

St Paul’s (Kilkenny)3-4 – 2-2Deirdre (Antrim)

Ahane (Limerick)3-3 – 3-2Ballinasloe (Galway)
Ballinasloe[9][10][11]

St Paul’s (Kilkenny)7-2 – 1-2Ahane (Limerick)
Ahane
St Paul’s (Kk:
GK 1
FB 2
RWB 3
CB 4
LWB 5
MF 6
MF 7
MF 8 Liz Neary
RWF 9
CF 10
LWF 11 (captain)
FF 12 Ann Carroll
Ahane (Lk):
GK 1
FB 2
RWB 3
CB 4
LWB 5
MF 6
MF 7
MF 8
RWF 9
CF 10
LWF 11
FF 12

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 club championships on Camogie.ie
  3. ^ Report of final in Irish Press, November 4, 1968
  4. ^ Report of final in Irish Independent, November 4, 1968
  5. ^ Report of final in Irish Times, November 4, 1968
  6. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 2, 1968
  7. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 1968
  8. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 1968
  9. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Press, September 9, 1968
  10. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 1968
  11. ^ Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 1968

External links[]

Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present
Succeeded by
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