Leinster Senior Camogie League Camross (Laois ) 1 ­ 5 Celbridge 1 ­ 5 Sun , Feb 21st, Abbeyleix The Leinster Camogie League, a pre season tournament for clubs in Leinster, kicked off on Sunday, with Celbridge making the trip down to Laois to meet local kingpins Camross. The home side have won 8 out of the last 10 County Championships, so it was a daunting opener for Tim O’Mahony’s team, which was made up of a blend of youth and experience. Conditions on the day were far from ideal, and along with a heavy pitch, the Hazelhatch girls found themselves playing against a strong wind and also the hill for the first half. Not surprisingly, Camross had the bulk of the play for the opening session, and Celbridge did very well to keep the score down to 1 ­ 3 to 0 ­ 1 at half time. The vital Celbridge score coming from a clever handpassed point from Fiona O’Sullivan. Now playing with the elements, one would have expected Celbridge to eat into the Camross lead, but it was the Laois girls who started the second half better, and they soon sent over two quick points to open up a 7 point gap. But the girls in Blue gradually clawed themselves back into the game, and a goal from Aisling O’Sullivan followed by some excellent freetaking by the team captain Niamh Egan, ensured that Celbridge left the field with a well deserved draw. Kate O’Brien in goals and Niamh Concannon on the edge of the square kept the Celbridge defence strong, while youngsters Pia Mitchell, Aoife Kearney and Sinead Lee also featured well,and as well as her accuracy from the placed ball, Niamh Egan put in trojan work for Celbridge in the middle of the field. This was a good start to the 2016 season for the Celbridge girls, and manager O’Mahony has been delighted with the commitment shown by his panel at this early stage of the season. Celbridge : Kate O’Brien, Sinead O’Carroll,Niamh Concannon, Anna Gallagher,  Aoife Kearney, Clare O’Sullivan, Aoife Wright,Niamh Egan, Fiona O’Sullivan,Ciara Naughton,Claire Fitzmaurice,Roisin Nolan Pia Mitchell, Sinead Lee, Aisling O’Sullivan & Shamira Bagnell

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The Kildare girls will be in action this weekend (13-Feb)  in All-Ireland semi-finals in Connacht GAA centre Mayo this Saturday as part of the CCAO third level camogie weekend. Good luck to Chanice Corcaran from Celbridge GAA. Chanice Corcaran Celbridge MU Meabh Walsh Maynooth DIT Niamh Hegarty Naas MU Aoife Greally Maynooth MU Deirbhíle Byrne St. Laurence’s MU Derry Helen McMillan Maynooth TCD Claire Reilly Nurney TCD Aine O'Neill Rathcoffey WIT Emer Pierce Keogh Eire Óg MU Lorna Murray Kilcock MU Sian Miller Maynooth

Commiserations to the Celbridge Camogie U21 team who lost out to Maynooth in the County Final. Sunday 22nd November Camogie U21 County Final  Celbridge 1-7 Maynooth 3-10 Venue: Eire Og/CC Here are some deadly pictures from the match. Many thanks to Brigitte Mitchell for taking these pics and sending them along for us to enjoy. [widgetkit id=339]   [widgetkit id=341]

Our Snr Camogie lost out to JTB in Rathcoffey, 26-september, in the county final.  [widgetkit id=277]  

The senior Camogie won the Championship semi final 4-7 to 2-7 against Cappagh. They will now play in the county final against Johnstownbridge on Saturday, 26-september, in Rathcoffey, 3.45pm All Support Welcome :)   

Championship Round 1 Results Maynooth 0.4 Celbridge 5.14 Clane 3.14 Johnstownbridge 2.11 Cappagh 2.11 St Laurences 1.5   Round 2 Results Celbridge 2.9 St. Laurences 2.3 Cappagh 0.12 Clane 2.5 Johnstown Bridge 7.22 Maynooth 1.4      

They say goals win games and in Kilcock last week it proved to be very true.  A hugely impressive display of attacking Camogie full of guts and determination and a never say die attitude paved the way for the Senior Camogie team to win the 2014 kildare Senior Camogie league.  Playing the defending Champions JTB, the Celbridge team started brightly and quickly opened up a 1-1 to 0-0 lead. By half time the lead was 6 points.  JTB came back stongly in the second half and with under 10 minutes left they had taken a 2 point lead.  But a great team spirit meant that Celbridge were always in the game. In a frantic finale that involved 3 goals , 1 point and 8 minutes of injury time. Celbridge eventually came out with a 2 point victory. The win was achieved despite the Senior team not having a coach and would not have happened without the fantastic support of the Junior team. So no four in a row for JTB and only 1 team can go for 2 in a row next year.