St Mary’s Kircubbin became
2008 Indoor Camogie Champions making them double
winners of both hurling and camogie indoor titles
for 2008. Although it wasn’t all plain
sailing for the Ards School who had to come
from behind in the final against a very good
St. Dallan’s Warrenpoint, beating them
in extra time with a golden goal. In fact, neither
of the finalists made the running during the
group stages and both qualified for the semi
finals by scoring enough goals in their final
group match to qualify on goal difference.
The finals were played on a
sectional basis thus ensuring that each school
played a minimum of four matches.
The group results were as follows:
Group1
Ballygalget 3 1 Maghermayo
Mayobridge 1 1 Moneydarragh
Kircubbin 0 2 Ballygalget
Maghermayo 3 1 Mayobridge
Moneydarragh 1 1 Ballygalget
Kircubbin 3 1 Maghermayo
Ballygalget 5 0 Mayobridge
Moneydarragh 1 1 Kircubbin
Moneydarragh 2 1 Maghermayo
Mayobridge 0 2 Kircubbin
Group2
Portaferry 2 0 Strangford
Warrenpoint 2 2 Attical
Hilltown 1 1 Portaferry
Strangford 0 0 Warrenpoint
Attical 0 0 Portaferry
Hilltown 0 0 Strangford
Warrenpoint 0 2 Portaferry
Attical 0 3 Hilltown
Strangford 3 2 Attical
Warrenpoint 4 0 Hilltown
After the group stages Portaferry and Ballygalget
had won their respective groups quite well and
were followed by Warrenpoint and Kircubbin.
The first semi-final saw the all Ards clash
of Kircubbin and Portaferry which saw Kircubbin
beat their local rivals 2-0. The big upset came
in the second semi, were the unbeaten team and
favourites Ballygalget came up against St. Dallan’s
Warrenpoint . However they were unable to score
due to the resilience of the point keeper Nadine
O’Rourke while Amy Freer fired the South
Down girls into the final against Kircubbin.
Semi-Finals:
Ballygalget 0 1 Warrenpoint
Kircubbin 2 0 Portaferry
Final
Kircubbin 2 1 Warrenpoint
Runners up St.Dallan's Warrenpoint
Winners St. Mary's ircubbin
The final was an excellent
display of skill and endeavour. Both teams gave
it there all and it was the Point girls who
took the lead, but couldn’t hold out with
Kircubbin equalising with 2 minutes remaining.
With the final score 1-1 the game went into
extra time with a golden goal, and it was Kircubbin
who got the winner and were crowned Indoor Camogie
Champions of Down for 2008.
At the presentation, Brendan
Rice, Runai Cumann na mBunscol, congratulated
the winners, Kircubbin and all the other 9 schools
which took part, for their sportsmanship and
great skill. St. Mary’s High School was
also thanked for the use of their hall.
