Busy week all round
A busy week for our U8 and U10 girls who took part in the Waterford Go Games Mini Blitz in WIT on Monday, 2nd May. The girls had a great day out and played some great matches and it was great to see so many girls with hurleys in their club colours in WIT on the day. Huge thanks to our club coaches and parents who travelled to cheer on the girls on the day.
Our U10s (combined some of our U11s) also played a great challenge match v Bride Rovers on Friday, 6th May. The girls showed great skill and got to practice all the things they have worked on in training over the past few weeks. Thanks to our coaches Karen and Ollie for looking after the girls on the night.
Training continues on Tuesdays at 7pm (U8) and Thursday at 6.15pm (U10). U6 Well Kids continues on Tuesdays at 6pm on the astro.
U12
Upcoming fixtures for our U12 season are as follows: Thursday, 12th May v Brickey Rangers (home). Thursday, 26th May v St Mollerans (home). Thursday, 9th June v Mount Sion (away). Thursday, 23rd June v St Declans/Ardmore (home). Thursday, 5th Jul v Lismore (away). Thursday, 19th July v An Rinn (home). Thursday, 4th August v Abbeyside (away). All matches start at 6.30pm.
Best wishes also to our girls and coaches John Lynch and Therese Twomey who have done exceptional work looking after our U12s so far this season. Training for U12 continues Tuesday nights and Thursday nights at 6.15pm.
U14
Well done to our U14s who played a challenge match v Cappoquin on Thursday, 5th May at 7pm. Our girls battled all the way and showed some great team work and skill from start to finish. Final score Cappoquin 2-05 Ballyduff 3-0. Well done girls and best of luck in the upcoming league campaign. Thanks to our coaches Trevor, Mag and Jackie for all the work being done behind the scenes.
U14 panel v Cappoquin - Sarah Barry, Lauren Drislane, Abbie Feeney, Dayna Hannon, Joanne O’Connor, Maeve Kearney, Grace Kenny, Ella O’Brien, Sinead Branagh, Roisin Daly, Sinead Geary, Leah Kenneally, Mia Geary, Aofie O’Donovan, Grace Drislane, Emma Casey.
Training for U14 continues on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 6.45pm. Upcoming fixtures for U14 league as follows: Thursday, 19th May home v Brickey Rangers. Thursday, 2nd June away v Mount Sion. Thursday, 16th June home v St Mollerans. Thursday, 14th July away v St Declans. All matches are 6.30pm throw.
U16
Our U16 continue their league campaign on Tuesday, 10th May when they welcome Tallow to Ballyduff. Throw in at 6.30pm. Best of luck girls and mentors Shane, Breda, Willie and Martina. U16 Training continues Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm.
Remaining fixtures for the U16 league are: Tuesday 2nd August (home) v Cappoquin. Tuesday, 9th August (away) v Tallow. All matches are at 6.30pm throw.
MINOR LEAGUE
A little bit of history for our club as our young minors took to the field against Cappoquin in the league on Tuesday, 3rd May. We believe this is the first time Ballyduff Upper have fielded a minor camogie team in a competitive match in some time (if not ever!). As we have a very young minor team this season, we knew this match was always going to be a challenge against an older, more physical Cappoquin side. But our girls got stuck in from the word go and worked their socks off for the full 60 minutes.
Cappoquin started brightly in the first half and went in at halftime well ahead. However our girls rallied in the second half quickly hitting 2 goals without reply which spurred on the whole team. The second half was a much tighter affair than the first with both teams going toe to toe. Unfortunately our girls could not claw back the scores conceded in the first half and Cappoquin went on to win on a final score of Cappoquin 4-11 Ballyduff 3-02.
Full credit to our girls who never gave up and battled all the way. It’s fantastic to see a few new girls getting their first camogie match under their belts against Cappoquin which will stand to them for the rest of the season - well done girls!
Minor team v Cappoquin Millie Feeney, Nora Ahern, Maebh Landy, Katie Kenneally (JC), Ailish O’Donovan, Ellen Hogan (JC), Niamh Ryan, Maeve Hickey, Emer Collins, Kate Ahern, Sinead Branagh, Sibhe Collins, Grace Kenny. Subs used Laura Kenny for Millie Feeney (inj). Absent - Molly Kenneally.
Minor training continues Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6.30pm. Remaining fixtures for Minor league are: Thursday, 12th May away v Lismore. Home v An Rinn (time and date tbc). All matches are 6.30pm throw.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to Niamh Ryan (joint captain), Ailish O’Donovan and Sibhe Collins who lined out for Waterford U16s that captured the Munster U16 A Shield beating Limerick on Saturday, 7th May in Mallow. Well done girls!
Congrats to Emma Casey and Aoife O’Donovan who were part of the victorious boys U11 team in the town and country hurling and football leagues last season. The girls picked up their winners’ medals on Saturday, 7th May from guest Stephen Bennett in Ballyduff.
CONDOLENCES
The club would like to offer its condolences to our underage coach Ollie Fitzgerald and the Fitzgerald family from Tallow on the recent passing of the late Patrick (Pad) Fitzgerald recently. May he RIP.
New members are always welcome for any age group from U6 to minor. Any queries, please contact any of our club coaches/committee or email us at secretary.ballyduffupper.waterford@camogie.ie.