This article is from page 69 of the 2011-06-21 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 69 JPG
HAVING WON the county Féile, beating St Josephs, then Clarecastle in the semi final and Éire Óg in the final, Sixmilebridge manager Alma Keane would love to see the girls reach their potential and lift the Division 2 title in this weekend’s Feile na nGael finals. While they hosted the national tournament last year, Sixmilebridge last represented Clare as county winners in 2008.
This time round they will be hosted by Clarinbridge, with the sides clashing on Friday afternoon. On Saturday morning they will play Armagh champions, St Patricks of Keady, as well as Oranmore. With four teams in each of the four groups, the ‘Bridge girls will more than likely need to win all their games to progress to the semi-final that evening.
This same panel of players competed in the U14 Championship in Clare recently and gave some excellent displays of camogie.
Mike Morey, a selector on the backroom team, feels the standard of Under 14 camogie in Clare is high at the moment, a factor he attributes to the hard work being put in Clubs.
“Look at Inagh/Kilnamona, St Josephs, Clooney/Quin, and Éire Óg who won the Div 2 Feile title last year, and you can see what work is being put in. The standard is up across the board. Clubs are putting the emphasis on skills and it’s starting to show.”
Club secretary Keevah Whyte is also delighted with the support the club has received from locals in fundraising for Féile particularly the parents, and paid tribute to the hard work put in by the fundraising committee of Linda Carey, Breda Kennedy, John Carey and Fergal Kennedy. The Club is chaired by Joe Robbins whose positive approach to all things camogie in the ‘Bridge is a refreshing example to all involved in the county.
Sixmilebridge
Panel Nicole Shanahan, Rachel O’Callaghan, Niamh O’Dea, Leanne Gaule, Katie Freeman, Rebecca Keane, Emma Kennedy, Niamh Whyte, Keelin Lyons, Niamh McInerney, Karen Gallagher, Sarah Loughnane, Olivia Phelan,Aoife Roche, Rachel Kelly, Mary O’Connor, Laura Collins, Aoife Corbett, Sarah Moloney,Aoife Hurley, Caoimhe O’Callaghan, Maygen Griffin, Caoimhe Phelan, Hayley Brookes
Management
Alma Keane (Manager), Mike Morey, Flan McInerney,Aine McNamara CLARECASTLE HANDBALL Club are represented by both a girls and boys team for the national finals this weekend which only enhances the strides the club have made during its rejuvenation in recent years. Under the guidance of Pat Hayes, Gabriel Sheridan and Jeff Healy,
both teams will travel to Galway this weekend in confident mood.
The boys team will compete at Williamstown in Division 3 against the hosts (Friday, 3pm) and Carlow side Garryhill the following afternoon (12.45pm) while the girls are hosted by Micheal Breathnachs in Division 2 and are due to take on the home side first on Friday (12.30pm) before encountering Kilkenny side Clogh (4pm) and Sligo’s Castleconnor (7pm) on Saturday.