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BBC News
22-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Coulter and McCormick step down as Antrim camogie bosses
Antrim are seeking new camogie management as it was confirmed on Monday that joint-bosses Carl McCormick and Martin Coulter have stepped down after two years in stepped into the role during a turbulent 2024, as Brian Kearney and Mark McFadden resigned prior to the start of the league. Last year, Antrim lost their All-Ireland senior status but did retain their place in Division 1B of the and Coulter were then ratified for 2025, and the Saffrons enjoyed an upturn in fortunes, winning Division 1B and retaining their Ulster crown, but would come up one point short in last weekend's All-Ireland intermediate semi-final against Offaly."After our Senior management's decision to step down at the end of a two-year run, Antrim Camogie would like to thank Carl and Martin and their backroom team of Joey, Cormac, Eleanor and Eimear for their tremendous commitment and hard work over the past two seasons," read a statement from Antrim Camogie."We thank them for leaving the Saffron jersey in a marvellous place, having won back-to-back Ulster senior titles and winning Division 1B earlier this season, securing our place in the top flight leagues next year."Antrim enjoyed a flying start to the year, winning all of their group games in 1B before a 3-10 to 1-11 victory over Clare in the final to seal promotion into the top was followed by a 2-17 to 1-11 provincial final win over Derry and in the Intermediate championship group phase, they scored victories over Meath and Westmeath before edging out Offaly by two points to top Group 1 and maintain their 100% record for the the Faithful would turn the tables in Newbridge on 12 July with a 1-16 to 2-12 win, which would see them into the final and end Antrim's season with McCormick and Coulter subsequently informing the county board on Sunday of their decision to stand down.
Irish Examiner
13-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Camogie: Kerry and Offaly through to intermediate final
Kerry and Offaly will play in the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland intermediate camogie final after coming through two rip-roaring semi-finals at Cedral St Conleth's Park in Newbridge. Both sides were beaten at this stage of last year's championship and were up against it when attempting to clear the penultimate hurdle this time, playing the two teams relegated from the senior championship 12 months ago, Antrim and Down. A 36th minute goal from Mairéad Teehan helped Offaly turn a half-time lead of two points to a seven-point advantage and that was critical as the Faithful held off Antrim to prevail by 1-16 to 2-12 in the first leg of a mouth-watering double-header. Two goals in under a minute, also in the third quarter, turned the tide in Kerry's favour against Down, with the Patrice Diggin planting a penalty in the 40th minute on her way to scoring 1-7, before Jackie Horgan popped up with a brilliant score. Hard though they tried, there was no way back for Down and it was the green and gold booking a date to Croke Park on a 3-12 to 0-16 scoreline. Goals have been the key to Offaly's success this year but they showed they had other strings to their bow when outpointing Antrim in the battle of the Very League champions. The Ulster crew were marginal favourites, given that they had beaten three senior sides to win the Division 1B title. But Offaly had impressed in garnering the Division 2 crown and were only two points in arrears when the teams met in the group stages. Antrim scored their first goal in the 15th minute, starting with good defensive work to thwart a dangerous looking Offaly attack. They countered quickly and Róisín McCormick won the long delivery well, then popped the sliotar to the onrushing Annie Lynn. Lynn didn't have to break stride before in turn feeding Caitrin Dobbin, and while her shot was saved brilliantly by Emer Reynolds, the Loughgiel sniper managed to scramble the rebound over the line. David Sullivan's crew responded well with Grace Teehan leading the resistance. She took over freetaking duties and quickly brought her tally to four points, finishing with a wonderful score from play just before the break to send her side in leading 0-10 to 1-5. Antrim had the wind in the second half however, and the hope that they could get Róisín McCormick into the play even more, the Loughgiel ace scoring all of her team's points in that opening period. The sides shared four points early on in the second half but after Grace Teehan converted another free from a tight angle, Offaly made the definitive burst thanks to a sublime goal by her cousin Mairéad. The Moneygall maestro, denied by a tremendous Caitriona Graham save in the first half, executed a lightning quick pick-up and took the direct route, cutting back expertly inside to lose two defenders in a blink before blasting off her left to the roof of the net. That put six between the teams and the margin quickly became seven with all the momentum in the Faithful's direction. It was McCormick who provided the fuel injection Antrim needed six minutes after Teehan's major. Kate Molloy did the donkey work on this occasion, somehow emerging from a ruck with possession. She offloaded to McCormick and she did the rest, slaloming into space before unleashing an unstoppable shot from close range. It was nip and tuck from there to the end, Offaly wasting a few chances to extend their advantage and Antrim chipping away to reduce the deficit to the minimum with points from McCormick (free) and Dobbin. Offaly defended well in the last two minutes of injury time however and it was the midlanders progressing to HQ. There had been nothing between Down and Kerry in the group stages either – two points again – so no one was surprised that this also went down to the wire. Defences had held sway on that occasion and this was no scorefest either for a long while before the game really opened up as both outfits threw off the shackles with everything on the line. Playing with the breeze, Down started with real intent and had four points on the board in less than ten minutes. Paula O'Hagan, back from injury, had three of those and the Mourne women led by four after 13 minutes, Beth Fitzpatrick also landing a monster. The legendary Diggin drove Kerry forward and shot a fantastic point into the wind but a very lucky goal from Amy O'Sullivan seemed to knock Down for six, briefly at least. O'Sullivan twisted and turned to make space and let go for a point, but the sliotar dropped into the corner of the net and suddenly the teams were level at the end of the first quarter. The scoring rate dropped thereafter and Jackie Horgan showed her trademark strength to make space and point just before the break, sending Kerry in leading by 1-5 to 0-7. Down are a side with plenty of experience and they used the interval well to steady down. They resumed in similar fashion to how they started the first half, hitting four points to go one in front but the game was turned on its head by those two goals in under a minute. Diggin dispatched a penalty to the corner in the 40th minute, after Ann Marie Leen was fouled in the square and before Down knew what had happened, Horgan was rampaging in from the corner, having shown good pace to go with her strength to get away, shortening her grip and making enough of an angle to finish expertly. Down never gave up but they had given themselves too much to do and in the end it was Diggin who had the final say with a pointed free from distance to spark wild celebrations.
Irish Examiner
12-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Cork and Galway eye first U23 camogie crown
For today's inaugural Glen Dimplex All-Ireland U23A final between Cork and Galway at TUS Gaelic Grounds (2pm), the only formline that can be drawn upon is the group encounter between the sides on June 7 at the Cork Camogie Grounds. On that occasion, the home team were too powerful, outscoring the westerners by 2-15 to 0-11. The Rebels started the campaign as favourites, given the number of players from All-Ireland-winning minor outfits they could call on, even allowing for those now playing at senior level. They could even afford to have their opening round victory over Kilkenny chalked off for a substitution infringement and still top the group. Their goalscoring prowess was in evidence as they were made to work hard to see off Tipperary in the semi-final, while Galway had a point to spare over the Cats in a humdinger at Kenny Park. The Maroons will need to find another gear but they have built momentum over the past few weeks and the Leesiders will need to be on their mettle to claim this cup for the first time. Elsewhere, both All-Ireland Intermediate semi-finals are in Cedral St Conleth's Park. The opener, Antrim v Offaly (1pm) is a meeting of league champions with Offaly winning Division 2 and Antrim Division 1B. The Ulster girls were relegated from the senior ranks last year but have won every game in national competition this term, beating three senior sides in the League including the Clare team that pushed Waterford all the way in last Saturday's senior quarter-final on two occasions. Offaly have been showing real goal threat throughout the season and only lost by two points to Antrim in the group. They were ruthless in ensuring progression from there and two goals in the first two minutes sent them on their way in a 12-point quarter-final success against Carlow last weekend. Antrim are marginal favourites. The second semi sees Down meet Kerry (3pm). These two were also only separated by two points when they met earlier in the campaign. The tight 0-13 to 0-11 away triumph secured Kerry the direct route to the semi-final. Down won their other games to go into the quarter-finals as the top seeds. For the Clanmaurice contingent, the goal of completing the All-Ireland intermediate club and county double will be an undoubted driving force.
The 42
14-06-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Dublin bring abrupt end to Kildare's summer of fun in hurling championsip
Dublin 3-25 Kildare 0-13 Paul Keane reports from St Conleth's Park, Newbridge KILDARE'S SUMMER OF fun is finally over, visitors Dublin bringing an abrupt end to the Joe McDonagh Cup champions' interest in the All-Ireland SHC. Just six days after claiming an unlikely tier two title with a huge Croke Park display, the hope was that Kildare might be able to summon a similar performance on home soil to extend their season. But they were summarily dispatched by a Dublin side that had victory, and an All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Limerick next weekend, as good as wrapped up by half-time in Newbridge. First-half goals from Ronan Hayes and Diarmaid O'Dulaing laid the platform for Dublin's 21-point win with Fergal Whitely adding a third goal late in the second-half. Sean Currie, who shot 0-8, finished as top scorer for the Dubs who were sent down the preliminary quarter-final route as a result of their third placed finish in Leinster behind Galway and Kilkenny. The jump in standard was simply too great for Kildare who were still cheered off the pitch by their fans at the end of a terrific season. They will meet Dublin again in next season's Division 1B, though. Their dubious reward for this big win is a quarter-final clash with Limerick next weekend. Kildare hoped to carry the momentum from their breakthrough triumph through to this game, their seventh of the year in Newbridge. They'd won five of their previous six outings at home, only slipping up to Kerry in Round 1 of the Joe McDonagh Cup, and were tied with Dublin after 10 minutes. But when Hayes struck Dublin's first goal at that point of the game, it created a blue wave that washed over the overwhelmed hosts. By half-time the Dubs put 2-14 on the board to Kildare's 0-5 – the Lilywhites managing just two points from play in that period. The loss of James Burke from the team to injury hardly helped Kildare, but Dublin were still without Donal Burke while former All-Star Danny Sutcliffe was absent too through injury. Advertisement Burke was at least togged out and, in a positive development ahead of next weekend, got through a light warm up along the sideline in the closing minutes of the game. John Hetherton was a late addition to the Dublin lineup and the big St Vincent's man made two great first-half fetches, laying on points for Currie and O Dulaing. Rising star O Dulaing was the other late addition to the team and filled his boots, striking 1-4 in the first-half alone. The Commercials attacker was a constant threat, jinking this way and that and contorting his body to clip some terrific scores. He grabbed his goal in the 17th minute after a powerful run in from the right wing that left Dublin 2-6 to 0-4 up and already in the clear. In all, between the 14th minute and half-time, they outscored a stunned Kildare by 1-10 to 0-1 to open up that 15-point half-time lead. Hayes almost sniped a third goal for Dublin in the 43rd minute but blasted wide when he had Currie free on his left. It wasn't a fatal error. While Dublin weren't as prolific in the second-half, Kildare never looked like making it a contest again. The one time they did get in on goal, Cathal Dowling was thwarted by goalkeeper Sean Brennan who pulled off a great save in the 49th minute. Both sides rolled in their full allocation of substitutes in the closing minutes as the game petered out towards its inevitable conclusion. Whitely registered Dublin's third goal and finished with 1-1, beating the Kildare goalkeeper at his near post following a run in from the left wing for his 65th minute goal. Scorers for Dublin: Sean Currie 0-8 (0-5f), Diarmaid O Dulaing 1-4, Fergal Whitely 1-1, Ronan Hayes 1-1, Rian McBride 0-3, Brian Hayes 0-3, Cian O'Sullivan 0-2, Chris Crummey 0-2, Conor Burke 0-1. Scorers for Kildare: David Qualter 0-8 (0-6f, 0-1 65), Gerry Keegan 0-2, Jack Sheridan 0-1, Cian Boran 0-1, Jack Travers 0-1. Dublin 1. Sean Brennan (Cuala) 2. John Bellew (Lucan Sarsfields) 3. Paddy Smyth (Clontarf) 4. Conor McHugh (Na Fianna) 5. Paddy Doyle (Naomh Barrog) 6. Chris Crummey (Lucan Sarsfields) 7. Paddy Dunleavy (Ballyboden St Enda's) 9. Brian Hayes (Kilmacud Crokes) 11. Fergal Whitely (Kilmacud Crokes) 13. Sean Currie (Na Fianna) 15. Ronan Hayes (Kilmacud Crokes) 10. Rian McBride (St Vincent's) 20. John Hetherton (St Vincent's) 25. Diarmaid O Dulaing (Commercials) 14. Cian O'Sullivan (St Brigid's) Subs: 8. Conor Burke (St Vincent's) for Whitely (28-29, blood) Burke for McBride (45) 26. Conal O Riain (Kilmacud Crokes) for O'Sullivan (50) 17. Andrew Dunphy (St Brigid's) for Dunleavy (51) 18. Sean Gallagher (Naomh Barrog) for Brian Hayes (59) 12. Darragh Power (Fingallians) for Ronan Hayes (65) Kildare 1. Paddy McKenna (Clane) 4. Dan O'Meara (Maynooth) 3. Rian Boran (Naas) 2. Richy Hogan (Naas) 7. Paul Dolan (Eire Og Corra Choill) 19. Liam O'Reilly (Naas) 6. Cian Boran (Naas) 8. Daire Guerin (Naas) 5. Simon Leacy (Naas) 9. Cathal McCabe (Maynooth) 11. Gerry Keegan (Celbridge) 12. David Qualter (Maynooth) 13. Darragh Melville (Leixlip) 14. Cathal Dowling (Naas) 15. Jack Sheridan (Naas) Subs: 17. Jack Travers (Leixlip) for McCabe (45) 18. Harry Carroll (Naas) for O'Reilly (50) 21. Muiris Curtin (Moorefield) for Sheridan (58) 23. Killian Harrington (Naas) for Dowling (60) 22. Oisin Lynam (Celbridge) for Qualter (67) Referee: James Owens (Wexford).
Irish Examiner
14-06-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Dublin summarily dispatch of Kildare at St Conleth's Park and book All-Ireland quarter final spot
All-Ireland SHC preliminary quarter-final: Dublin 3-25 Kildare 0-13 Kildare's summer of fun is finally over, visitors Dublin bringing an abrupt end to the Joe McDonagh Cup champions' interest in the All-Ireland SHC. Just six days after claiming an unlikely tier two title with a huge Croke Park display, the hope was that Kildare might be able to summon a similar performance on home soil to extend their season. But they were summarily dispatched by a Dublin side that had victory, and an All-Ireland quarter-final clash with Limerick next weekend, as good as wrapped up by half-time in Newbridge. First-half goals from Ronan Hayes and Diarmaid O'Dulaing laid the platform for Dublin's 21-point win with Fergal Whitely adding a third goal late in the second-half. Sean Currie, who shot 0-8, finished as top scorer for the Dubs who were sent down the preliminary quarter-final route as a result of their third placed finish in Leinster behind Galway and Kilkenny. The jump in standard was simply too great for Kildare who were still cheered off the pitch by their fans at the end of a terrific season. They will meet Dublin again in next season's Division 1B though for Dublin themselves, their 2025 season still has at least one more game to run. Their dubious reward for this big win is a quarter-final clash with Limerick next weekend. Kildare hoped to carry the momentum from their breakthrough triumph last weekend through to this game, their seventh of the year in Newbridge. Dublin's Sean Currie made all the difference on the day. Picture: Bryan Keane/Inpho They'd won five of their previous six outings at home, only slipping up to Kerry in Round 1 of the Joe McDonagh Cup, and were tied with Dublin after 10 minutes. But when Hayes struck Dublin's first goal in the 10th minute, it created a blue wave that washed over the overwhelmed hosts. By half-time Dublin had put 2-14 on the board to Kildare's 0-5 with the Lilywhites managing just two points from play in that period. The loss of James Burke from the team to injury hardly helped Kildare. But Dublin were still without Donal Burke while former All-Star Danny Sutcliffe was absent too through injury. Burke was at least togged out and, in a positive development ahead of next weekend, got through a light warm up along the sideline in the closing minutes of the game. John Hetherton was a late addition to the Dublin lineup and the big St Vincent's man made two great first-half fetches, laying on points for Currie and O'Dulaing. Rising star O Dulaing was the other late addition to the Dublin's team and filled his boots, striking 1-4 in the first-half alone. The Commercials attacker was a constant threat, jinking this way and that and contorting his body to clip some terrific scores. He grabbed his goal in the 17th minute after a powerful run in from the right wing that left Dublin 2-6 to 0-4 up and already in the clear. In all, between the 14th minute and half-time, Dublin outscored a stunned Kildare by 1-10 to 0-1 to open up that giant 15-point half-time lead. Hayes almost sniped a third goal for Dublin in the 43rd minute but blasted wide when he had Currie free on his left. It wasn't a fatal error because while Dublin weren't as prolific in the second-half, Kildare never looked like making it a contest again. The one time Kildare did get in on goal, Cathal Dowling was thwarted by Dublin goalkeeper Sean Brennan who pulled off a great save in the 49th minute. Both sides rolled in their full allocation of substitutes in the closing minutes as the game petered out towards its inevitable conclusion. Whitely registered Dublin's third goal and finished with 1-1, beating the Kildare goalkeeper at his near post following a run in from the left wing for his 65th minute goal. Scorers for Dublin: S Currie 0-8 (0-5f), D O Dulaing 1-4, F Whitely 1-1, R Hayes 1-1, R McBride 0-3, B Hayes 0-3, C O'Sullivan 0-2, C Crummey 0-2, C Burke 0-1. Scorers for Kildare: D Qualter 0-8 (0-6f, 0-1 65), G Keegan 0-2, J Sheridan 0-1, C Boran 0-1, J Travers 0-1. DUBLIN: S Brennan; J Bellew, P Smyth, C McHugh; P Doyle, C Crummey, P Dunleavy; B Hayes, F Whitely; S Currie, R Hayes, R McBride; J Hetherton, D O'Dulaing, C O'Sullivan. Subs: C Burke for Whitely (28), blood, Burke for McBride (45), C O Riain for O'Sullivan (50), A Dunphy for Dunleavy (51), S Gallagher for B Hayes (59), D Power for R Hayes (65). KILDARE: P McKenna; D O'Meara, R Boran, R Hogan; P Dolan, L O'Reilly, C Boran; D Guerin, S Leacy; C McCabe, G Keegan, D Qualter; D Melville, C Dowling, J Sheridan. Subs: J Travers for McCabe (45), H Carroll for O'Reilly (50), M Curtin for Sheridan (58), K Harrington for Dowling (60), O Lynam for Qualter (67). Referee: J Owens (Wexford)
