All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1986 Explained

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 1986
Winners:Glen Rovers (Cork) (1st title)
Captain:Mary Ring
Runnersup:St Paul’s (Kk

The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Glen Rovers, who defeated St Paul’s from Kilkenny by one point in an exciting and robust final, played at Glen Rovers.[1] [2] An injury to the iconic St Paul’s star Angela Downey after she had scored two comeback goals, was a factor in Glen Rovers victory.

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Athenry, and Eglish, winning the championships of the other two provinces. Angela Downey scored 7–5 for St Paul's in their semi-final defeat of Eglish.

The Final

Glen Rovers won the final by a single point having lost a six-point lead in the closing stages. Angela Downey scored two snap goals for St Paul's before suffering a nasty injury and had to leave the field in an often robust final. Val Fitzpatrick was named Player of the Match. Anne O'Donovan became the first player to be sent off in an All Ireland camogie final at any level.[3] [4] [5]

Final stages

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Glen Rovers
GK 1 Fiona McCarthy
FB 2 Mary Ring (captain)
RWB 3 Diana Deane
CB 4 Marie Ryan
LWB 5 Anne O'Donovan
MF 6 Sandie Fitzgibbon
MF 7 Val Fitzpatrick
MF 8 Mary Currid
RWF 9Anne Hourigan
CF 10Therese O'Callaghan
LWF 11Geraldine McCarthy
FF 12June Hamill
St Paul’s (Kk:
GK 1 Maria Lawlor
FB 2 Liz Neary
RWB 3 Annette Stapleton
CB 4 Bridie McGarry
LWB 5 Helen Holmes
MF 6 Clare Jones
MF 7 Ann Downey
MF 8 Caroline Holmes
RWF 9Breda Ryan
CF 10Breda Holmes
LWF 11Angela Downey
FF 12Mary Canavan

References

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Moran, Mary . Mary Moran (camogie)

    . Mary Moran (camogie) . A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie . Cumann Camógaíochta . 2011 . Dublin, Ireland . 460. 978-1-908591-00-5

  2. http://www.camogie.ie/club.asp All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie
  3. Report of final in Irish Press, October 29, 1986
  4. Report of final in Irish Independent, October 29, 1986
  5. Report of final in Irish Times, October 29, 1986