All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 2009 Explained

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 2009
Winners:	Cashel (Tipperary) (2nd title)
Captain:	Una O'Dwyer
Runnersup:	Athenry (Gal)

The 2009 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Cashel from Tipperary, who defeated Athenry from Galway in the final, played at Clarecastle.^{[1] [2]}

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Oulart the Ballagh (Wexford) and Loughgiel Shamrocks (Antrim) winning the championships of the other two provinces.

The Final

The final was played in high winds and torrential rain, Cashel holding on to win by two points despite the arrival of Jessica Gill on the Athenry team after being sidelined since September with cruciate ligament damage.^[3]

Final stages

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Cashel (Tip): GK 1 Helen Breen RCB 2 Claire Ryan FB 3 Una O’Dwyer (captain) LCB 4 Noelette Dwyer RWB 5 Paula Bulfin CB 6 Philly Fogarty LWB 7 Julie McGrath MF 8 Jill Horan MF 9 Linda Grogan RWF 10 Cora Hennessy CF 11 Mairéad Morrissey LWF 12 RCF 13 Alison Lonergan FF 14 Emily Hayden LCF 15 Cliona Dwyer

Athenry (Gal): GK 1 Stephanie Gannon RCB 2 Katherine Glynn FB 3 Alice Poniard LCB 4 Darelle Coen RWB 5 Ciara Cunniffe CB 6 Regina Glynn LWB 7 Krystle Ruddy MF 8 Sarah Donohue MF 9 Laura Linnane RWF 10 Natalie Jordan CF 11 Therese Maher LWF 12 Noreen Coen RCF 13 Brenda Kerins FF 14 Katie O'Dwyer LCF 15 Mary Keogh

References

External links

• Camogie Association

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. 2009 Cashel 0-11 Athenry 0-9 report in Irish Times Irish Independent, RTE online and Tipperary Star