Champions for a fourth year in a row is deserving of more than a paragraph at the end of the lad’s report. Our ladies dominance of the European Championship is unquestioned. It can be argued that they simply have the best players but that would ignore their relentless commitment to training. I can remember more than one occasion trying to get the full pitch off Caoimhe for a night and being rejected because they couldn’t possibly miss a training session!!
It’s a case of what next now for them. It must be difficult for other clubs to keep going when they are facing such dominant opposition. Our girls can’t do much about that though but they need new challenges or new teams to emerge.
Travelling to 7’s tournaments in Dublin or London would give them that but it would add more expense and time to an already taxing calendar. It’s a tough situation as you sense many of them could improve even more if they had more regular competitive games. Hopefully things will take a swing in Paris or Holland in the coming months and they can build themselves back up. Maybe even Iberia could combine their talents to force a challenge.
The girls were dominant again on Saturday despite missing their defensive lynchpin Grainne. Sinead Fitz led from the front with her usual ‘hustle’ and even cracked a smile when she picked up the Player of the Tournament.
So a fourth successive success, claimed with three tournaments left. The trophy will sit nicely alongside the 2011 Camogie Championship until well into the new year.
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