2011 National Camogie League

The 2011 National Camogie League was won by Wexford, their third league title in succession. The final was played on April 17 2011 as a curtain raiser to the hurling match between Tipperary and Wexford at Semple Stadium[2] and drew an attendance of 4,180.[3]

National Camogie League 2011

Championship Details
Dates	13 February-24 April
Counties	22 (8 in Div 1, 10 in Division 2, 5 counties enter 2 teams)
Sponsor	Irish Daily Star[1]
National League Champions
Winners	Wexford (4th title)
Captain	Ursula Jacob
Manager	JJ Doyle
All-Ireland Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway
Captain	Ann Marie Hayes
Manager	Noel Finn
Matches played	15

Summary

The first National Camogie League Match ever to be televised live opened the season, an unfortunately one-sided encounter under lights in Croke Park in which Kilkenny (7-16) beat Dublin (0-5), televised by Setanta Sports. [4] The eight teams in the first division (Offaly having been promoted since 2010) were drawn into two groups of four. Each team played one another once only. The top two in each group contested the semi-finals. Since 2006 the league is organized into four divisions, with 22 competing county teams graded into four divisions, with the strongest teams in Division 1. The semi-finals were contested at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on 3 April 201q,[5] in which Galway won revenge for the previous year, beating Kilkenny with a last minute point from Veronica Curtin, and Wexford defeated Tipperary with first-half goals from Una Leacy, Kate Kelly and Katrina Parrock. [6] In the final at Semple Stadium Thurles on Sunday, 17 April 2011, Wexford’s player-of-the-match Una Leacy scored three goals, one from a penalty, against |Galway.[7] Wexford led by 1-5 to 0-6 at half-time. Eleven counties in Division 2 were drawn in two groups of five and six, including the second teams of Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford, champions for the past two seasons. The divisional competition was marred by the withdrawal of the previous year’s third division champions, Laois. Waterford defeated Antrim by a point in the Division 2 final. Five teams contested Division 3, including the second team of Dublin with Meath topping the table and defeating Kildare by a point in a very competitive final. Four counties contested Division 4. London dropped out and Cavan re-entered the competition, but the divisional fixtures were incomplete as Carlow contesting just one of their three fixtures. Westmeath defeated Cavan in the final.

Fixtures and results

Group 1

February 13

Wexford	3–9 – 2-6 [8]	Galway

Ballinasloe

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February 13

Clare	1-10 – 0-13 [8]	Offaly

Meelick

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February 27

Galway	0-17 – 0-8 [4]	Clare

Ballinakill

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February 27

Wexford	2-10 – 0-10 [4]	Offaly

Birr

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March 12

Wexford	2-16 – 0–4 [9]	Clare

Piercestown

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March 13

Galway	1-10 – 0-11 [9]	Offaly

Duggan Park, Ballinasloe

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Wexford	3	3	0	0	7–39	2-20	+34	6
Galway	3	2	0	1	3-33	3-28	+5	4
Offaly	3	0	1	2	0-34	4–34	-12	1
Clare	3	0	1	2	1-22	2-46	–27	1

Group 2

February 27

Kilkenny	7-16 – 0-5[4]	Dublin

Croke Park

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February 27

Tipperary	0-14 – 1-10[4]	Cork

The Ragg

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Mar 13

Cork	4-20 – 0-4 [9]	Dublin

Cork Institute of Technology

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Mar 13

Kilkenny	2-11 – 2–8 [9]	Tipperary

Kilmanagh

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March 20

Tipperary	4-10 – 0-8 [9]	Dublin

Rathcoole

March 20

Cork	0-10 – 0-10[9]	Kilkenny

RCIT

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Kilkenny	3	2	1	0	9-37	2-23	+35	5
Tipperary	3	2	0	1	6-32	3-29	+12	4
Cork	3	1	1	1	5-30	0-28	+27	0
Dublin	3	0	0	3	0-17	15-46	–74	0

Final stages

April 3
Semi-Final

Galway	0-14 – 2-7 ,[5]	Kilkenny

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

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April 3
Semi-Final

Wexford	4-12 – 0-13[6]	Tipperary

Nowlan Park, Kilkenny

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2011-4-17
Final
14:00 BST

Wexford	3-10 – 0-10	Galway
Una Leacy 2-1, Ursula Jacob 1-2, Kate Kelly 0-3f, Katrina Parrock 0-2, Mary Leacy 0-1f, Evelyn Quigley 0-1		Aislinn Connolly 0-5, Orla Kilkenny 0-2, Niamh Kilkenny, Brenda Hanney, Veronica Curtin 0-1 each

Semple Stadium, Thurles

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Mike O'Kelly (Cork)

Wexford

Galway

WEXFORD: GK 1 Mags D'Arcy (St Martin's) RCB 2 Claire O'Connor (Rathnure) FB 3 Catherine O'Loughlin (Monageer-Boolavogue) LCB 4 Karen Atkinson (Oulart-The Ballagh) RWB 5 Noeleen Lambert (St Martin's) CB 6 Mary Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) 0-1 LWB 7 Aoife O'Connor (Rathnure)  52' MF 8 Deirdre Codd (Duffry Rovers) MF 9 Kate Kelly (St Ibar’s) 0-3 RWF 10 Josie Dwyer (Ferns)  39' CF 11 Ursula Jacob (Oulart-The Ballagh) 0-2 LWF 12 Michelle O'Leary (Rathnure) 0-1  39' RCF 13 Lenny Holohan (Rathnure) FF 14 Una Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) 3-1 LCF 15 Katrina Parrock (St Ibar’s) 0-2 Substitutes: LWF Bríd Gordon (Blackwater) for Michelle O'Leary  39' RWF Evelyn Quigley (Rathnure) 0-1 for Josie Dwyer  39' LWB Fiona Kavanagh (HWH Bunclody) for Aoife O'Connor  52'

GALWAY GK 1 Susan Earner (Meelick Eyrecourt) RCB 2 Regina Glynn (Athenry) FB 3 Sarah Dervan (Mullagh) LCB 4 Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh)  52' RWB 5 Niamh Kilkenny (Pearses) 0-1  60' CB 6 Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor) LWB 7 Sinéad Keane (Kinvara) MF 8 Emer Haverty (Killimor) MF 9 Orla Kilkenny (Pearses) 0-2 RWF 10 Aislinn Connolly (Castlegar) 0-5 CF 11 Niamh McGrath (Sarsfields)  47' LWF 12 Brenda Hanney (Killimor) 0-1 RCF 13 Veronica Curtin (Kinvara) 0-1 FF 14 Noreen Coen (Athenry) LCF 15 Tara Ruttledge (Portumna)  47' Substitutes: LCF Martina Conroy (Killimordaly) for Tara Ruttledge  47' CF Emma Kilkelly (Kinvara) for Niamh McGrath  47' LCB Sandra Tannian (St Thomas) for Sinéad Cahalan  52' RWB Lorraine Ryan (Killimordaly) for Niamh Kilkenny 60'

MATCH RULES

• 60 minutes
• Replay if scores level
• Maximum of 5 substitutions

Series statistics

Scoring

• Widest winning margin: 32 points
  • Wexford 7-16 : 0-5 Dublin
• Most goals in a match: 7
  • Wexford 7-16 : 0-5 Dublin
• Widest winning margin (other divisions): 26 points
  • Derry 7-14: 0-9 Down

Division 2

GROUP 1

• Feb 13 Galway 2-9 Wexford 1-8 Ballinasloe
• Feb 27 Galway 0-16 Down 0-6 Ballinderry
• Feb 27 Antrim 3-6 Tipperary 3-4 Craobh Chiarain
• Mar 13 Galway 1-12 Derry Duggan Pk
• Mar 13 Antrim 1-11 Down 0-4 Clonduff
• Mar 20 Antrim 4-11 Galway 0-12 Sarsfields, Belfast
• Mar 20 Wexford 4-6 Derry 3-7 Craobh Chiarain
• Mar 27 Down 3-10 Wexford 2-12 Blakestown, Co Dublin
• Mar 27 Antrim 3-14 Derry 0-13 St Mary’s, Banagher, Co Derry
• Apr 2 Derry 7-14 Down 0-9 Bellaghy

Group one table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Antrim	4	4	0	0	11-42	3-33	+33	8
Galway	4	3	0	1	3-50	7-30	+8	6
Derry	4	1	0	3	11-39	8-41	+7	2
Wexford	4	1	0	3	10-30	11-32	-5	2
Down	4	1	0	3	4-29	10-36	-25	2
Laois	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

GROUP 2

• Feb 13 Limerick 1-11 Tipperary 2- 8 Ahane
• Feb 27 Cork 0-11 Tipperary 0-6 The Ragg
• Feb 27 Waterford 0-11 Limerick 0-8 Fraher Field, Dungarvan
• Mar 13 Kilkenny 0-10 Tipperary 0-8 Kilmanagh
• Mar 13 Waterford 2-13 Cork 2-11, Cork Institute of Technology
• Mar 20 Kilkenny 1-12 11 Limerick 1-7 Tullogher
• Mar 20 Tipperary 0-13 Waterford 1-10 The Ragg
• Mar 27 Cork 3-15 Limerick 3-8 Ahane
• Mar 27 Waterford 1-9 Kilkenny 1-9 Walsh Park
• Apr 2 Cork 1-19 Kilkenny 1-4 Cork Institute of Technology

Group 2 Table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Cork	4	3	0	1	6-56	6-32	+25	6
Waterford	4	2	2	0	5-40	3-41	+5	6
Kilkenny	4	2	1	1	3-35	3-43	-8	5
Tipperary	4	2	0	2	2-35	2-42	-7	4
Limerick	4	0	1	3	5-34	7-43	-15	1

Division 2 Group 2 Play-off

• Apr 10 Waterford 1-12 Cork 1-9 St Catherine’s, Ballynoe, Co Cork

Division 2 Final

• Apr 17 Waterford 0-16 Antrim 2-9 Donaghmore, Ashbourne [10]

Division 3

• Feb 13 Kildare 2-4 Armagh 2-3 Straffan
• Feb 13 Meath 1-7 Dublin 0-5 Trim
• Feb 27 Kildare 0-12 Roscommon 0-3 Athleague
• Feb 27 Meath 3-12 Dublin 0-6 Athletic Grounds
• Mar 13 Kildare 1-13 Dublin 0-4 Craobh Chiarain
• Mar 13 Meath 3-12 Roscommon 0-3 Trim
• Mar 20 Meath 2-11 Armagh 1-11 Armagh Athletic Grounds
• Mar 20 Roscommon 3-12 Dublin 2-10 Craobh Chiarain
• Apr 3 Meath 2-9 Kildare 1-9 Cappagh
• Apr 3 Armagh 0-11 Roscommon 1-4 Knockcroghery

Division 3 table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Meath	4	4	0	0	8-39	3-29	+25	8
Kildare	4	3	0	1	4-34	4-22	+12	6
Armagh	4	2	0	2	6-37	5-25	+11	4
Roscommon	4	1	0	3	5-26	5-45	-15	2
Dublin	4	0	0	4	2-25	8-44	-37	0

Division 3 Final

• Apr 24 Meath 3-9 Kildare 2-11 Donaghmore, Ashbourne [11]

Division 4

• Feb 13 Cavan 4-10 Tyrone 2-6 Breffni Park
• Feb 27 Cavan 4-3 Carlow 2-3 Bagenalstown
• Mar 20 Westmeath 2-6 Cavan Breffni Park
• Apr 3 Westmeath 5-5 Tyrone 3-8 Collinstown

Division 4 table

Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	Diff	Pts
Westmeath	2	2	0	0	7-12	4-15	+6	6[12]
Cavan	3	1	0	2	9-20	7-16	+10	4
Tyrone	2	0	0	2	5-14	9-15	-13	2[12]
Carlow	1	0	0	1	3-3	4-3	-3	0[12]

Division 4 Final

• Apr 24 Westmeath 4-6 Cavan 2-7 Donaghmore, Ashbourne [13]

References

1. Irish Daily Star to sponsor National Leagues
2. League final fixed for Semple Stadium
3. Wexford v Tipperary NHL report in Irish Times, Apr 18 2011
4. Report on camogie.ie
5. League semi-final Galway 0-14 Kilkenny 2-7 report on RTE online and camogie.ie
6. League semi-final Wexford 4-12 Tipperary 0-13 report on RTE online and camogie.ie
7. Wexford 3-10 Galway 0-10 report on RTE Online, Irish Times, Enniscorthy Echo, and Irish Examiner
8. report on Camogie.ie
9. Report on RTE online Archived 2011-03-15 at the Wayback Machine and Camogie.ie
10. Antrim v Waterford Division 2 final report on camogie.ie
11. 2011 Div 3 Final Meath 3-9 Kildare 2-11 Hogan Stand and Breakingnews.ie
12. Tyrone and Westmeath were granted a walkover by Carlow in Division 4
13. 2011 Div 4 Final Westmeath 4-6 Cavan 2-7 report on Breakingnews.ie

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