The Harps Camogie Club

No luck for the girls this time as Kerry topped the group and in fact went on to win Division 3.

Results:

Harps 1-5 Four Roads (Roscommon) 2-1
Harps 1-0 Kerry 1-4
Harps 7-0 St. Brigids 4-0

Full Camogie Final Results:

Division 1: Douglas (Cork) 1-7 St Vincent’s (Dublin) 2-2
Division 2: St Brenda’s (Armagh) 2-4  O’Moore’s 2-2
Division 3: Kerry 0-4 Kiltale 0-3
Division 4: Na Brideoga (Mayo) 5-3 Seir Kieran 0-1

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Reports on the games from Johnny Campion:

The Harps Camogie Club played hosts to 4 Roads of Roscommon for the second year in a row for the Feile Na nGeal weekend, and as is tradition hosts played guests in their first game of the competition.
In the 1st half Shauna Monahan(capt) scored 3 points from 45’s and Orla Brennan scored a lovely individual point from play answered by a single point from 4 Roads.
After the break however, 4 Roads scored a goal to level the match. Shauna Monahan  scored a point from play to edge the harps in front again. Then 4 Roads scored another goal to put them in front for the 1st time in the game. Then Shauna snatched victory from the jaws of defeat for the Harps with a well executed goal. Final score Harps 1-5 to 4 Roads 2-1.

On Saturday morning The Harps 2nd game was against the might of the Kerry County team who were Division 4 Feile na nGeal champions in 2008 and the pick of county Kerry. From the throw in Kerry showed a physicality and strength that would be hard to match by any under 14 team, but The Harps girls rose to the challenge and showed Kerry that they would not have an easy victory over them. Some brilliant displays from Niamh Delaney, Stephanie Bergin and Shannon Saunders just to mention a few showed a determination never seen before from this Harps team. Shauna Monahan scored a lovely goal in the second half. However all the Harps valiant efforts would not overcome the Kerry giants and the Harps were beaten by 4 points.

The Harps next game was against their county rivals St. Brigids. It would prove to be another mighty clash between these 2 teams. Shauna Monahan scored 2 goals in the first half followed by a goal each for Stephanie Bergin and Edel Costigan. St. Brigids scored 3 goals in the 1st half to leave the score at the break at the Harps 4-0 to St. Brigids 3-0. Soon after the break St. Brigids scored a goal to level the match, but the Harps girls raised their game and responded with another goal from Edel Costigan and 2 more from Shauna Monahan. Final score The Harps 7-0 to St. Brigids 4-0.

As Kerry had beaten all 3 other teams in the group, they progressed and won both the semi final and the final.

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The u-14 Feile na nGael is on again this coming weekend, June 19th to 21st in Laois/Offaly. The Camogie team are competing in Division 3. The girls are grouped with Roscommon, Kerry and St. Brigids Rathdowney. All these games will be played in Durrow.

Fixtures:
Fri 19th @ 2pm: Harps v Roscommon
Sat 20th @ 10am: Harps v Kerry
Sat 20th @ 12.15pm: Harps v St Brigids.

The semi finals are on Saturday evening at 6pm and the final is Sunday morning at 11am.

The Feile parade takes place on Friday evening in Birr. The girls won an award last year in the parade for best dressed club.