The Harps Camogie Club

2010 Leinster League

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:46:27 +0000

The Harps had a great start to the 2010 season when they defeated Ferns on a scoreline of 4-12 to 2-4 in the Leinster League. The girls played a great game, considering we had only 15 girls on the day.

The panel was Helen Keane, Joan Dollard, Deirdre Holland, Patricia Dunphy, Catriona Phelan, Claire Walsh, Louise Mahony (1-4), Joanne Prior (0-1), Rosemarie Phelan, Elaine Mahony (0-2), Bronagh Dunne, Maria Dunne, Áine Mahony (3-5), Shauna Monaghan and Dervla Dunne

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Fixtures:

27/2/10 Ferns 2-4 Harps 4-12

6/3/10 Emeralds v Harps, Urlingford Co. Kilkenny.

13/3/10 Harps v Clara, Durrow, Co. Laois.

20/3/10 Donard Glen V Harps, Donard Glen, Co. Wicklow.

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3rd/4th April- Winners section A V winners section B.
17th April North Leinster Champions V South Leinster Champions.

Laois Camogie: National League Division 3

admin — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:24:57 +0000

Several Harps girls involved with the county team under the managment of former county star Joe Dollard.

Meath 3-3 Laois 5-14 (Laois Nationalist Report)
Laois 3-16 Dublin 0-1 (Laois Nationalist Report)
Laois v Kildare (27/February)
Laois v Armagh
Roscommon v Laois

2010 Dinner Dance

admin — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:21:28 +0000

Camogie President Joan O’Flynn presented the girls with their county and Leinster medals from 2009 at the Harps dinner dance in the Castle Arms Hotel.

Catriona Phelan is Laois Camogie Player 2009

admin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:41:36 +0000

Congradulations to our brilliant centre back Catriona Phelan on being chosen as Laois Camogie Player of the year for 2009. A natural leader with an incredable ability to read the game of camogie, she is long overdue recognition by her peers.

All Ireland Semi Final: Harps 0-16 St. Anne’s 3-10

admin — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:14:29 +0000

The girls incredible run of success finally came to an end in the All Ireland Semi Final in Portlaoise as they lost out to St. Anne’s of Waterford by a goal.

Two first half goals from St Anne’s gave them a strong lead mid way through the first half but the Harps pegged it back to just trail by 2 points at the break 2-5 to 0-9.

The girls came out firing on all cylinders in the second half and fought their way into the lead however a third goal from the Waterford girls with 10 minutes to go proved decisive and despite throwing all they could at St Anne’s in the remaining minutes they couldn’t peg back the difference.

St Anne’s now go on to play Lavey of Derry in the All Ireland Final.

The girls were given a huge ovation by their loyal band of supporters as they left the field in appreciation of their amazing 4 year run of success.

St. Anne’s, Dunhill (Waterford) 3-10:
Z O’Donoghue 2-0, K Kelly 1-6 (0-3f),J Simpson 0-2, N Rockett, M Murphy 0-1 each

Harps 0-16:
L Mahony 0-12, (0-9f, 0-1′45,A Mahony 0-4 (0-2f)

2009 Soaring Star Awards

admin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:41:50 +0000

Louise Mahony picked up a Soaring Star award at the 2009 camogie all stars. The Soaring Star awards are the All Stars for the Junior grade of counties. Laois had 2 recipients with Eimear Moynan of St Brigids getting an award at full back and Louise at midfield.

Here are some photos from the night and an interview with Louise courtesy of Coilin Duffy.

http://www.harpscamogie.com/audio/20091107_louisemahony.mp3 Click the Play Button for the Louise Interview

Feile Panel visits Four Roads

admin — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:23:25 +0000

The girls who were on the Harps Feile panel made a return trip to 4 roads in Roscommon on Saturday and Sunday. The 4 Roads girls stayed in Durrow, Cullahill and surrounding areas for the 2008 and 2009 Feile’s, and invited the Harps to stay with them. All of the Harps girls had a great weekend. On arrival they played in a 6 a side blitz. They then went to settle in with their host families and prepared for the Disco that evening. The following morning, the girls parted company with their hosts after mass and went shopping in Athlone before returning home.

Woodenbridge Paddlers Raft Race

admin — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:33:55 +0000

The annual Woodenbridge Paddlers Raft Race in aid of the Camogie Club was held on Sunday.
Here’s a bunch of pictures from the race, at the start by the Wooden Bridges and at the finish in Durrow.

Go to the Photo Albums page for all the photos.

Leinster Final: Harps 1-16 St. Laurences 3-7

admin — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:16:03 +0000

The Harps won their 4th Leinster title beating St. Laurence’s of Kildare by 1-16 to 3-7 after a thrilling hard fought game in Old Grange, St.Laurences home ground.

The Harps took about 15 minutes to settle and in that time, St. Laurence’s centre forward Carol Nolan scored a point from a free. In the 15th minute Louise Mahony got the Harps first score, a point from 30 yards. Theresa Bennett matched it on 16 minutes and Elaine Mahony scored another on 17 minutes. Soon after her score, Elaine was going in for another score when she was injured in a clash and had to be substituted by her sister Laura. In the 27th minute Louise Mahony scored her second point of the game. That point was soon added to by Áine Mahony to bring the score to 5 points to 1 in the Harps favour. Carol Nolan got the next score for St. Laurence’s from a free, which was followed by a fine save from The Harps keeper Helen Keane. Angela Hanlon was next to get in on the action , scoring a lovely point. As the first half came to a close , The defending champions were looking comfortable when in the space of 2 minutes St. Laurence’s full forward Louise Keatley scored 2 goals in a row, which was followed by a point from Carol Nolan. This left the score at half time at 2-3 to 0-6 in favour of St. Laurence’s.

The Harps were not to let this rattle them however. Elaine Mahony was returned to the pitch at the expence of Maria Dunne when play resumed and Louise Mahony was the first to score a point. Carol Nolan restored St.Laurence’s lead with a point from a free. For the next few minutes, The Harps were in control again. Áine Mahony scored the next 2 points, folowed by 3 points from Louise Mahony. Then came another come back from St.Laurence’s, with a goal and a point in quick succession, putting them ahead by 2 points. The Harps rallied again, with a point from Áine Mahony and 2 from Louise Mahony. Then came a touch of genius from Theresa Bennett as she shook the net to put The Harps in firm command in the closing minutes of the match, with a 4 point lead. St. Laurences got the next 2 points to close the gap to 2. Then Laura Mahony scored a point to leave St.Laurences needing a goal to force a replay. They went for that goal, but were scuppard by Helen Keane in goal as she made a fine save and the ball was cleared as the ref Nicholas Kehoe from Wexford blew the final whistle.
The Harps won their 4th Leinster tital in a row on a scoreline of 1-16 to 3-7.

Report Thanks To Johnny Campion.

Scorers: Louise Mahony 0-8, Aine Mahony 0-4, Theresa Bennet 1-1, Angela Hanlon, Elaine Mahony, Laura Mahony 0-1 each.

1. Helen Keane,
2 Deirdre Holland, 3 Denise Quigley, 4 Joan Dollard,
5 Michelle Fitzpatrick, 6 Caitriona Phelan, 7 Claire Walsh,
8 Elaine Mahony (capt), 9 Louise Mahony,
10 Angela Hanlon, 11 Joanne Prior, 12 Maria Dunne,
13 Áine Mahony, 14 Emma Saunders, 15 Theresa Bennett,
16 Laura Mahony, 17 Patricia Dunphy, 18 Martina Hyland, 19 Emily Delahunty, 20 Fidelma Lawless, 21 Bronagh Dunne, 22 Maria Fitzpatrick and 23 Aoife Donohue,
Trainer Tommy Carroll and selectors Anne Mahony and Johnny Campion.
Physio Theresa Delahunty.

Photos Thanks to Alma Ryan.

Leinster Semi: Harps 1-15 Kilmessan 2-7

admin — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:06:42 +0000

The Harps travelled to Kilmessan in Meath for the Leinster semi final and came away with a 1-15 to 2-7 win over the locals. They are now through to their 4th Leinster Final in a row where they will face St. Laurences of Kildare on October 10th.

THE HARPS: Helen Keane; Deirdre Holland, Denise Quigley, Joan Dollard; Michelle Fitzpatrick, Caitriona Phelan, Claire Walsh; Elaine Mahony (0-2), Louise Mahony (0-6); Angela Hanlon, Joanne Prior, Maria Fitzpatrick; Emma Saunders, Áine Mahony (0-7), Theresa Bennett (1-0).

http://www.hoganstand.com/Camogie/ArticleForm.aspx?ID=118361

(Photos courtesy of Annette Ryan)

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