BRAVE PERFORMANCE AGAINST LOUTH BUT WICKLOW FALL SHORT
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THIS weekend it’s the turn of the Wicklow ladies footballers and their camogie counterparts to don the county jerseys and do their best to bring home success to the Garden county.
The footballers kick off their Leinster Intermediate Championship campaign this Saturday at 2.30pm in Enniscorthy against neighbours Wexford.
Both teams come into the clash on the back of good league campaigns where they lost out narrowly in their Division 3 and 4 finals respectively.
Manager Mick O’Rourke says that the camp are quietly confident that they go down to Enniscorthy and come away with the Model scalp.
“We’re quietly confident that we can go and get the win on Saturday but we’re under no illusions that the challenge that Wexford pose is a big one. We’ve had a really good year so far and the league run has gotten confidence levels up but I suppose on the flip side Wexford had a similarly good run in Division 3 so the game really is there for whoever wants it most”.
Team captain Sarah Hogan says that the venue doesn’t matter and that hopefully supporters will travel down in large numbers.
“To be honest whether it’s in Wicklow, Meath, Wexford or Timbuktu it doesn’t matter so the venue isn’t an issue for us at all. The Wicklow support has been terrific all year,” she said
Meanwhile, the Junior camogie team set to line out against Offaly in the Leinster Junior Championship final. The match will be played in St Patrick’s Park, Birr, at noon on Sunday. The county team, under the stewardship of Brendan Phelan, will be seeking a back-toback win, having secured the title last year in Aughrim against Louth.