Hazelwood College Capture Cork Camogie Title
On Wednesday last Hazelwood competed in the Cork Colleges first year blitz in Inniscarra for the first time. The girls got off to an excellent start beating Carrigaline (6-0 to 0-0). Next up were Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Hazelwood recorded another victory (5-3 to 0-0). The full back line of Aine O Sullivan, Caroline Watson and Gemma Barrett were supreme and were in “thou shall not score” mood throughout the day. Our final game of the group was versus St Marys Mallow. This was an extremely tough game as Mallow had strong players all over the field. The inside forward line of Katie Coughlan, Kara Clifford and Emer Cunnigham utilised every ball. The scoreline of 3-2 to 1-1 does not reflect the intensity that both sides played with throughout the entire game. This was a heart stopping game and were it not for the hard working midfield of Grainne Sheehy, Katie O Sullivan and Orla Cunnigham a victory wouldn’t have been recorded. Our goal keeper Amy Ryan had an unbelievable day between the posts only allowing one goal to be scored in 5 games despite the tough opposition. Having won all our games we then played the semi final against Coachford. At this stage Hazelwood were unstoppable and had their sights firmly fixed on a place in the final. The entire team had the game of their lives. Having beaten Coachford (5-1 to 0-0) we waited to see our opponents. Kinsale emerged as the other finalists. Kinsale were tough opposition, having won this title last year. Kinsale got off to a great start scoring a point within the opening ten seconds. Goalkeeper Amy Ryan responded with a long puck picking out her club mate, Katie Coughlan. Katie made no mistake placing the sliotar in the back of the net. This gave Hazelwood the confidence they needed and began their scoring spree. Grainne Sheehy having found her scoring touch in the semi final contributed 1-2 in the final. Katie O Sullivan was Kinsales worst nightmare scoring 2-0. Kara Clifford and Emer Cunnigham hassled the backs and goal keeper and did not allow any ball to be cleared without huge pressure. Orla Cunnigham worked extremely hard throughout the entire game and gave huge relief to the backs whenever she was needed. Caroline Watson (0-2) despite playing in the full back position emerged from the back line looking for scores and was successful on several occasions. Hazelwood College surfaced deservedly as winners in a scoreline of 6-3 to 0-3.
Team: Amy Ryan (Newtown), Gemma Barrett (Kileedy), Caroline Watson (Milford), Aine O Sullivan (Newtown), Katie O Sullivan (Ballyagran), Grainne Sheehy (Milford), Orla Cunnigham (Kileedy), Katie Coughlan (Newtown) Captain, Kara Clifford (Newtown), Emer Cunnigham (Kileedy), Niamh Cunnigham (Kileedy).