Tyrone Camogie News

After a short break in the training schedule the Tyrone senior squad resumed their rivalries with an Armagh senior team in the shape of a very strong Keady team. The Tyrone team were ravaged with injuries and had the minimum players available for selection. The weather conditions were more akin to mid-winter as the pitch was battered with severe gales. The game got under way with Tyrone with majority of possession but they failed to capitalise on it and Keady were more clinical and took the lead with a point on the five minute mark. Tyrone’s Maria Jordan was dominant in the middle of the park and there some great skill between Jordan and the forward line. Unfortunately the conditions didn’t favour any team and a succession of wides for Tyrone left the visitors ruing their missed chances. Keady had a period of dominance in the Tyrone goal mouth and stand in goal keeper Julie Lagan was heroic in her goal line clearances. Niamh Gavin and Siobhan Hughes in defence were formidable and with ease were able to keep Tyrone in the hunt. Aisling Jordan then received the ball in the half way and went on a blazing run ending with a driven shot that the Keady goal stopper who was fortunate to deny Jordan what would have been a memorable goal.The pressure Tyrone exerted was not rewarded and when Keady scored a deflected goal you sensed things were not going Tyrone’s way. However a minute after the goal Maria Jordan again with the help of Aisling Corr set up a scoring opportunity for Niamh McNulty who needed no second chance and she buried it to give Tyrone a well deserved goal. This seemed to waken Keady up and an intense period of play around the goal mouth saw Lagan, Hughes and Aine Donnelly make some determined stops. When the half time whistle sounded the visitors were behind by a solitary point.The second half started and again possession was not converted to scores and wide after wide for Tyrone was becoming the story of the game. Cathy Jordan and Emma McAliskey were dominant in their positions however the wind was not in Tyrone’s favour and the ball seemed to drift in all roads and directions. Keady on the other hand were able to take their chances and took another easy point. Maria Jordan again fed the forwards with ball after ball and Niamh McNulty converted one that hit the back of the net. Keady again came back at Tyrone and scored a goal of their own. Without the full quota of players available the Tyrone team kept the scoreline as close as they could  but Keady moved up a gear and in a period of play they scored freely with another goal and three points. The game then saw little chances in a period of ten minutes and then as the whistle blew Keady were winners by a goal and 3 points.
 

In other Camogie news there was a new sponsor for the training jackets in the form of “Darcy Scrap Metals” of  Tattyreagh. The kit was officially handed over during the week and the squad had it in their person for the game on Sunday. A big thank you extended to the Darcy sponsors who as most people know are camogie supporters to the core over the decades.The county Féile will see the clubs pitted against each other for the chance to play in the All Ireland version in Dublin this year. Details of the event will be released shortly though the club officials and we wish every team the best for the much anticipated event.