Minor Camogie - Darraghcross v An Ríocht 1st round championship - 07/09/03

The An Ríocht girls got off to a flying start with Michelle Cousins on top form in full forward, scoring a personal tally of 8:03. Playing the first half into the bright evening sun in darragcross' home ground never fazed An Ríocht who continued to keep the sliotar in the oppositions half.

Goals from Roísín O'Reilly and Suzanne Campbell kept the Kingdom well in front approaching half time. The Kingdom had a comfortable lead at half time but manager/coach Ben Fox urged the team to continue the top performance and effort that they were giving.

The sliotar rarely reached the kingdom half back and full back lines but when it did Joanna Sloan, Kathryn Donnelly, Marie Trainor and Karen Curran cleared successfully, along with Michelle O'Hanalon who pucked well.

Midfields Clara Killen, Eilish Mulholland and Lisa Hughes kept the pressure on their fast markers and sent many good balls in for the forwards.

Emma-Jayne Magee had and excellent game in half-forward but Michelle Cousins finished with a superb goal from a very awkward angle.

Although the Kingdom came out of the match on top they weren't given an east fight. Darraghcross had a limited number of players to chose from but still produced a fast, skilled team that gave the kingdom a good match.

The An Ríocht Minor camogie team hope to continue their top form when they meet Liatroim in the 2nd round of the Championship.

Team:
1. Michelle O'Hanalon, 2. Maire Tranior, 3.Joanna Sloan, 4. Kathryn Donnelly, 5. Karen Curran, 6. Eilish Mulholland, 7. Lisa Hughes, 8. Clara Killen, 9. Emma-Jayne Magee, 10. Suzanne Campbell, 11. Michelle Cousins, 12. Roísín O'Reilly

Subs used
Kerri White

Minor Camogie League

Kilcoo [Home] win
Clonduff [Away] lose
Newry given points
Longstone [Home] win
Ballyholland [Home] draw
Attical [Away] still to play

In the Minor Camogie League An Ríocht had comfortable wins over Longstone and Kilcoo but unfortunately lost out to Conduff who are currently top of the league. The Kingdom girls drew with Ballyholland in a match that proved to be brilliant with both teams giving everything. But a draw was a fair result for both teams involved.