Passage U-14 Camogie team register a great win in the county

   Passage 5-02    St.Catherines 3-03

   Passage u-14's had a great win in the quarter final of the county championship in Glanmire last night, defeating Imokilly representatives St.Catherines. Passage started slow and fell 2 points down after 10 minutes but as the game progressed they grew in confidence and excellent displays from Lisa O'Sullivan at centre back and Natashsa O'Sullivan at full forward saw them advance to the semi-final.

Great credit is due to all involved and hopefully they can go all the way.

CAMOGIE

The Passage Camogie Club was re established in February 2000 and has grown into a vibrant successful club catering for girls from the ages of 6 to 16. There are currently 5 teams competing at U-11,12,13,14 +15 and the 6-10 year olds have coaching sessions every Tuesday evening in St. Peters Community School between 5 and 6pm. This season the U-11's qualified for the semi-final of the League by beating Na.Piarsaigh, Delaneys and finishing level with neighbours Douglas who were their semi final opposition. The girls unfortunately lost the semi by 2 goals but the management team of Celine Hyde and Liz Farr are delighted with the teams progress.

The team trains every Thursday between 4 and 5pm in St. Peters school pitch. The U-12's reached the quarter-final of the league for the first time ever beating Na.Piarsaigh, St. Vincents and Delaneys. Blarney proved tough opposition and beat the Passage girls by one goal to progress to the semi-final. The final score being Passage 2-1 Blarney 3-1. This team has tremendous talent and there is high hopes for next season. The U-13 team lost to Brian Dillons and Douglas in the league but won their last match against St.Vincents well.

It was a pity there was no more matches as the girls were improving with every game. At the time of writing the U-15 team are due to play in a one day Blitz in the run up to Christmas. Overall it has been a great year on the playing front with a huge improvement on performances from the teams. Off the field the club travelled to Croke Park on the 19th of September to watch Cork in the Senior and Junior Camogie All Ireland Finals. The Rebels won the Junior Final and player of the match Amanda O'Regan brought the All Ireland trophy down to the clubhouse on the Monday of the Bank Holiday weekend much to the delight of everyone in the Passage Club. Thanks to all the girls who played this year, the managers Liz Farr, Celine Hyde, Liam O'Sullivan and Lilian O'Brien for all their time and effort, Treasurer Assumpta Lydon for all her hard work, Marion Mullins who helped out at all the matches and to all the parents who provided transport during the year. Finally new members are always welcome .

LADIES FOOTBALL

Catherine O'Neill was appointed Ladies Football Team Manager back in February. Catherine played Inter County Camogie for Cork down through the years but her first love was always Gaelic Football. She moved to Passage last year and having previously set up Ladies Football Teams in Carrigaline and Mahon she offered her help in re organising the Ladies Football Club. Training was held every Tuesday night at 7pm and the girls had their first two matches (friendlies) against Nemo Rangers in Manning Park during the Family Day in June. Despite narrowly losing both games Catherine was very proud of the girls performance.

Kieran Keane was drafted in to help out with the coaching during the summer and the girls were split up into two teams U-12 and U-14. Their first competitive game in September was again against Nemo Rangers in the League and the improvement since June was remarkable. The girls put up a great show and ended up sharing the spoils with a far more experienced Nemo side. This result shows what a great job Catherine and Kieran are doing thanks to both for all their hard work. Thanks to all the girls for their effort over the season and to everyone who supported the club during the year.