Camogie Senior A’s come up just short against Vincent’s – 17/04/18
A fight back in the end wasn’t enough to secure victory for the girls in blue. The first half was looking good for both teams, with many well-worked points. Two first-half goals for Vincent’s meant that they went into the break with a 4-point advantage.
The second half seemed to be going well for Boden when they reduced the deficit to just two points and had a penalty with 3 minutes to go. However, the goal attempt was saved on the line and Vincent’s managed to slot over two more points before the final whistle.
Final score 2-9 to 1-8 to Vincent’s
Boden: Síle Nic Coitir, Hannah Leddy, Hannah Hyland, Laura Burns, Aisling Gargan, Mairead Luttrell (0-1f), Grace Walsh, Aoife O’Brien, Martha O’Donoghue (0-1), Sarah Nagle (0-1), Jodie White, Doireann Mullany (0-2), Erica Tobin (0-1), Dearbhla Brennan (0-3, 0-3f), Hollyn Kennedy (1-0), Ally Ramsden, Ciara O’Neill, Sarah Ann Murphy, Susan Kennedy (for O’Brien), Aisling Byrne (for Tobin 47mins), Sarah Keehan (for Mullany 47mins), Claire Kirwan (for Nagle 37mins), Olivia Meagher (for White 28mins), Robyn Flynn.
U-13B League – Rathcoole – 22/04/18
Commercials 3 – 1 BBSE 4 – 3
On Sunday our U-13B team travelled to Rathcoole to play our second league game against Commercials. The damp conditions and the long grass were not conducive to good hurling but in fairness both teams produced hurling of the highest quality in what turned out to be a brilliant competitive match.
Scores were hard to come by early on as play went from end to end, before Commercials finally made the breakthrough to find the back of our net. A response was needed and Tara produced the goods – goaling after a tussle in the Commercials square. We then took the lead with a brilliant point from our captain Sarah, but this was cancelled out before half time to leave the scores level at the break. A highlight just before the break was a brilliant point blank save by Millie Larkin, who was one of three u-12s who were playing up on the day.
The second half began with a point from Millie, who had moved from goalkeeper to full-forward. However, Commercials were giving as good as they got and regained the lead with a goal. We then cut the lead with a point before restoring our advantage with a goal from a free, followed by another goal. Commercials then responded with a goal of their own to leave the game in the melting pot. However, our girls defended and made sure the path to goal was well sealed, to allow us to record our first competitive victory.
First and foremost, this was essentially a team victory, with each and every one of the girls giving their all. Special mention must go to the three u-12 (Millie, Ruby and Cara) all of whom acquitted themselves really well and slotted seamlessly into the team. As well as the players already mentioned, Hannah Leahy was a livewire, driving the team forward time and again, while Jodie was a revelation, even neutralising their danger player during the second half.
A match and a result to savour, as we look forward our next game against Naomh Mearnog.
Team – Millie Larkin, Rachel Byrne, Liadan O’Connor, Millie O’Reilly, Hannah Bury, Ruby Hynes, Ruby Murphy, Rachel Grealy, Cara Cosgrave, Jodie Stenson, Grace Delaney, Sarah Doyle (C), Tara McCluskey, Hannah Leahy, Ciara Heffernan, Eimear Kirwan, Grace Carruth.
U11 Camogie v Cuala and Lucan at Ballycullen.
A brief respite from the 10 month winter gloom finally allowed our U11 girls out to play camogie on some actual grass on Sunday, as all four Ballyboden U11 camogie teams lined out together against 2 teams each from Cuala and Lucan Sarsfields in Ballycullen.
All the practice and training for our girls is clearly paying off, as the Boden girls quickly settled into their positions and held their shape. Some committed play, some lovely passing and some really fine scores from play underlined just how far this group has come, as more and more of our girls take the ball on and rise it to strike from the hand, while the tackling and breaking through the tackle across all four Ballycullen pitches was as strong and committed as ever.
As the numbers showing up for training each week attests, this is a committed group of players who really enjoy playing camogie, and their hard work, determination and growing team spirit could be seen in the noticeable improvement in their performances and results on Sunday.
Well done to all the U11 girls, a great afternoon’s work.
Team – Millie Larkin, Rachel Byrne, Liadan O’Connor, Millie O’Reilly, Hannah Bury, Ruby Hynes, Ruby Murphy, Rachel Grealy, Cara Cosgrave, Jodie Stenson, Grace Delaney, Sarah Doyle (C), Tara McCluskey, Hannah Leahy, Ciara Heffernan, Eimear Kirwan, Grace Carruth.
U11 Camogie v Cuala and Lucan at Ballycullen.
A brief respite from the 10 month winter gloom finally allowed our U11 girls out to play camogie on some actual grass on Sunday, as all four Ballyboden U11 camogie teams lined out together against 2 teams each from Cuala and Lucan Sarsfields in Ballycullen.
All the practice and training for our girls is clearly paying off, as the Boden girls quickly settled into their positions and held their shape. Some committed play, some lovely passing and some really fine scores from play underlined just how far this group has come, as more and more of our girls take the ball on and rise it to strike from the hand, while the tackling and breaking through the tackle across all four Ballycullen pitches was as strong and committed as ever.
As the numbers showing up for training each week attests, this is a committed group of players who really enjoy playing camogie, and their hard work, determination and growing team spirit could be seen in the noticeable improvement in their performances and results on Sunday.
Well done to all the U11 girls, a great afternoon’s work.
Under 9 Girls Camogie Go Games
The Under 9 girls were all looking forward to their first ever Camogie Go Game on the 8th of April, but in spite of perfect sunshine, water-logged pitches meant the away games were cancelled. Fortunately, 3 teams were able to play Faughs at home and had a great time with smiles all round. Two weeks later and thankfully all games could go ahead. Three enthusiastic teams of Boden girls played their 2nd set of matches, this time against Lucan Sarsfields (home), while the other three teams played their first Camogie Go Games against teams from Stars of Erin and Kilmacud Crokes in a blitz format at Oatlands College in Stillorgan. The away matches were a challenge for our Boden girls as they had not played on grass since their academy days but it didn’t take too long to adjust to the conditions. Both at home and away the girls did themselves, their parents, coaches and club proud.
