2010 All-Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship

All Ireland Colleges Championship 2010

Cup winners
Winners	Loreto, Kilkenny (2nd title)
Captain	Aisling Dunphy
Ashbourne Cup Runners-up
Runners-up	Blackwater CS, Lismore
Captain	Shauna Kieran Marie Russell

The 2010 All-Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship was won by Loreto, Kilkenny, who defeated Blackwater CS, Lismore by 2-5 to 1-7 in the final on March 6, 2010 at Ardfinnan.^[1] Lismore's one point defeat in the final narrowly prevented a unique treble for the sport of Senior C, Senior B and Senior A titles in successive years.

Graded Competitions

There were graded competitions for colleges at three different levels. In the 2010 All Ireland Senior B final Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig from Cork defeated Borris Vocational School from Carlow by 3-9 to 2-5, in Cahir. In the 2010 All Ireland Senior C final Presentation, Thurles defeated Banagher Community School by 3-18 to 1-1 in Toomevara.

Trophy

The trophy is the Corn Sceilge in honour of Seán Ó Ceallaigh (1872-1959) (known as Sceilg, an acronym of his name in Irish: Seán S. Ó Ceallaigh), one of the members of the Keating Branch of the Gaelic League that participated in the first Camogie matches in 1904. The shape of the cup is on the lines of the Ardagh Chalice.

Semi-finals

At the inter-provincial stages of the 2010 competition Blackwater CS, Lismore beat Portumna Community School 3-5 to 0-3 and Loreto, Kilkenny beat St. Patrick's College, Maghera 2-11 to 3-07 in the semi-finals. In the Senior B semi-finals Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig defeated Holy Rosary, Mountbellew by 2-14 to 0-3. Borris VS, Carlow beat St Colm's, Draperstown 2-5 to 3-0 after Colm’s led by three goals to two points at half time. In the Senior C semi-finals Presentation, Thurles beat Seamount, Kinvara 3-11 to 1-1 and Banagher CS defeated St Louis, Kilkeel 5-6 to 4-6 in a replay after drawing 3-4 to 2-7.

2010 Final

Loreto College, Kilkenny

Lismore Community School, Waterford

WIT: GK 1 Sinéad Maher (Dicksboro) RCB 2 Stacey Quirke (St Martin’s) FB 3 Niamh Kelly (Dicksboro) LCB 4 Sarah Dunne (Graigue-Balycallan)  43' RWB 5 Caoimhe Shiel (Bennetsbridge) CB 6 Grace Walsh (Tullaroan) LWB 7 Nicola Butler (Graigue-Balycallan) MF 8 Aisling Dunphy (Graigue-Balycallan) (captain) MF 9 Niamh Byrne (Clara) RWF 10 Aine Curran (St. Lachtain's) 0-1 CF 11 Claire Phelan (Lisdowney) 0-2 (2 frees) LWF 12 Aoife Nolan (O'Loughlin Gaels) 1-0  30' RCF 13 Aisling O’Grady(Dicksboro)  43' FF 14 Orla Hanrick (Dicksboro) 0-1  37' LCF 15 Lydia Fitzpatrick (St. Lachtain's) 1-1 Substitutes: LWF Aoife Murphy (Lisdowney) for Nolan  30' RCF Kate Holland (Lisdowney) for O’Grady  43' LCB Noelle Maher (Tullaroan) for Dunne  43'

UCC: GK 1 Tracey Kiely RCB 2 Shauna Prendergast FB 3 Jenny McCarthy LCB 4 Emma Foley RWB 5 Jessica Gavin Johnson CB 6 Shauna Kieran (co-captain) LWB 7 Sarah Fenton MF 8 Marie Russell (co-captain) 0-5 (frees) MF 9 Michelle Tobin RWF 10 Aoife Hannon CF 11 Jemma Burke  41' LWF 12 Clara Aarons RCF 13 Ruth Geoghegan FF 14 Caitriona McGlone 1-1 LCF 15 Niamh Prendergast 0-1 Substitutes: LWF E Heneghan for Burke  41' MATCH RULES 60 minutes Extra Time if scores level Maximum of 5 substitutions

References

1. 2010 final Loreto Kilkenny 2-5 Blackwater CS Lismore 1-7 in Irish Independent

External links

• Official Camogie Website