CARLOW continue to make a serious impact on the Camogie world and the county’s Minors beat a gritty Roscommon by 4-10 to 0-12 in the All-Ireland C final at the Coralstown/Kinnegad grounds.
Managed by Ger Power, senior boss Mark Brennan and Craig Wall, they showed the benefit of training with Brennan’s seniors and indeed nine of the team are members of the squad that is preparing for the Intermediate championship this year, having annexed the Premier Junior and Junior titles in the space of 12 months.
Add in the brilliant win by Myshall in the All-Ireland Intermediate Club decider and Carlow’s Camogie cognoscenti must be walking on air.
Ciara Kavanagh and Rachel Sawyer were the driving forces behind this latest success, with Kavanagh earning the player of the match award after a magnificent performance that yielded 1-6 of her team’s tally.
Goals were the ultimate difference between the teams, with Ali Cushin, Emma Cody and Kavanagh billowing the Roscommon net. That helped them establish a 3-4 to 0-6 interval lead.
Roscommon threw everything at them in the second half but they couldn’t get the goal that might have put some doubt into the minds of the Carlow players. Instead, it was the winners that raised another green flag, Sawyer displaying the experience of playing in last year’s All-Ireland Premier Junior final by grabbing the fourth goal from which Roscommon could never recover, despite the outstanding efforts of Shauna Fallon in particular, who scored eight points.
Carlow Senior Hurler Craig Wall is part of the management team and you can listen to the interview in full with Craig here.
Additional reporting By Daragh Ó Conchúir
