Piltown are Michael Lyng Motors Senior Camogie County Champions for the first time

Michael Lyng Motors Senior County Final

Dicksboro 0-14 Piltown 3-11

By Aoife Lanigan, PRO

Piltown are Michael Lyng Motors Senior Camogie County Champions for the first time after they defeated reigning County, Leinster & All Ireland Champions Dicksboro in UPMC Nowlan Park last Sunday. It was a repeat of the League Final, played a month earlier

Aobha O’Gorman got the scoring underway with a point from play for the ‘Boro in the first minute. Aoife Prendergast added another point for the Cityside before Ciara Phelan tacked on her side’s third point by the 6th minute

Kellyann Doyle got Piltown’s first score with a pointed free in the 10th minute and she followed this up with another pointed free 30 seconds later

Piltown equalised when Katie Power played the sliotar forward and Heather Phelan fielded the ball, while she was surrounded by ‘Boro defenders, she dropped the sliotar to the boot and kicked a great point

Aoife Prendergast shot over two points for the ‘Boro while Katie Power and Kellyann Doyle slotted over a point each for Piltown, 5 points a piece after 22 minutes

Piltown then hit three unanswered points through Kellyann Doyle (2f) & Sophie Holden. Heading towards the half time whistle, the ‘Boro scored two points from Orla Hanrick & Asha McHardy to leave the interval score 0-8 to 0-7 in favour of the Southern team

Piltown got the perfect start in the second half, when Kellyann Doyle hit a free from the 50m line near Ardan de Gras, it got caught in the strong wind and dropped short, but it bounced passed the ‘Boro goalie into the net. Doyle added another two points for Piltown to extend their lead to 6 points

Aoife Prendergast then slotted over pointed frees. Kellyann Doyle scored a great point for Piltown when Patsy Kenny’s route to goal was blocked, Pasty played the sliotar back out to Doyle & Kellyann weaved her way through the ‘Boro defence and slotted over the bar

The ‘Boro hit three unanswered points through Aoife Prendergast (2f) and Aobha O’Gorman to leave the score 1-11 to 0-12

In the 50th minute, Piltown fired the sliotar out of defence, Katie Power fielded the ball, laid off the perfect handpass to Sophie Holden and the net rattled

The ‘Boro tried get scores, but the Piltown’s defence stood strong

Then in the 56th minute, Kellyann shot towards goal, the strong wind held up the sliotar. It hopped in front of the ‘Boro keeper but Niamh Culleton pulled first time and it flew into the net, this put Piltown 8 points ahead

Aoife Prendergast fired over two pointed frees for the ‘Boro, but it was too late as the referee blew the full time whistle & Piltown were Champions

Piltown are out again on November 3rd in the AIB Leinster Senior Club Semi Final against Glynn Barntown, Wexford

Scorers – Dicksboro – Aoife Prendergast 0-9 (9f), Aobha O’Gorman 0-2, Ciara Phelan, Orla Hanrick, Asha McHardy 0-1 each

Piltown – Kellyann Doyle 1-8 (1-7), Sophie Holden 1-1, Niamh Culleton 1-0, Heather Phelan, Katie Power 0-1 each

Dicksboro – Kirsty Maher, Jane Cass, Tara Clifford, Angela Carroll, Niamh Phelan, Caoimhe Dowling (Captain), Katie Byrne, Ciara Phelan, Ciara O’Shea, Asha McHardy, Aoife Prendergast, Aobha O’Gorman, Rose Kelly, Orla Hanrick, Rachel Dowling

Subs – Amy Clifford for Angela Carroll, Tara McGrath for Katie Byrne inj

Piltown – Aoife Norris, Lorraine Long, Emily McCarthy, Alice Talbot, Karen Duggan, Laura Norris, Alanna Gallagher, Lorna O’Shea, Aoife Landers, Ellen O’Keeffe, Kellyann Doyle, Niamh Culleton, Sophie Holden (Vice Captain), Katie Power (Captain), Heather Phelan

Subs – Patsy Kenny for Heather Phelan, Aine Doyle for Lorna O’Shea, Leah Cooney for Ellen O’Keeffe