The 2010

Ashbourne Cup The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college. The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie. The competition features many of the ...

inter-collegiate camogie championship was staged at the Cork IT sports complex in Bishopstown, Cork over the weekend of 20–21 February. It was won by

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who defeated

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in the final by two points, a repeat of the pairing and result, though not the margin of victory, of the 1999 final. Player of the tournament was WIT's Katrina Parrock.

The final

Waterford led 0-3 to 0-2 at half-time and extended their lead before

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's 37th-minute goal for UCC, dispossessing Redmond and soloing from halfway and unleashing a shot from just outside the 20m line. WIT saw their lead cut back to a point immediately afterwards but regained the initiative and goalkeeper Kristina Kenneally's late save from

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secured their victory.

Arrangements

For the first time the

, the highest division in collegiate camogie, was played alongside the Purcell Cup, the second division of collegiate competition, bringing 400 collegiate camogie players had been together at one event for the first time in camogie history. Cork City Council held a reception for the 16 Ashbourne and Purcell Captains before the event on 19 February 2010.

Participants

Waterford IT and UCC emerged as the favourites for the competition from an early stage, although University College Dublin ran UCC to one point in the Ashbourne semi-final. The two finalists had several inter-county players among the entrants, from Kilkenny and Cork respectively, including

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captain of the Kilkenny team, All Star Katie Power ( Kilkenny) and Orla Cotter from the Cork team had played in the 2009 All Ireland final the previous September. The competition is administered by th
Higher Education
committee of the

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Results

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Ashbourne All-Stars

The 2010 Ashbourne All-Stars selected after the tournament were:2010 All-Star teams on Camogie.ie
/ref> Eleanor Mallon (

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); Mairéad Luttrelle ( UCD), Sabrina Larkin ( UL), Gráinne Stapleton ( UCD);

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( WIT), Fionnuala Carr (

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(

); Katrina Parrock ( WIT), Alison Maguire ( UCD); Gráinne Kenneally (

), Áine Lyng ( UL),

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( WIT); Fiona Lafferty ( UL),

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( WIT), Deirdre Twomey ( NUIG).

Purcell All-Stars

The 2010 Purcell All-Stars selected after the competition were: Martina O'Brien ( IT Tralee); Karen Mullins ( DIT), Therese Lynn (

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), Sarah Ryan ( DIT);

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(

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( IT Tralee), Aileen O'Loughlin ( DIT);

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( DIT), Paula Kenny (

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); Christine Kenny ( DCU), Keelin Bradley ( Queen's), Niamh Mulcahy (

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); Shauna Jordan ( Queen's), Colette McSorley ( Queen's), Louise Walsh (

)

Ashbourne Shield

The Ashbourne Shield, played off among the four beaten Ashbourne Cup quarter-finalists, was won by the

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who defeated

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1-10 to 1-4 in the final. In the semi-finals

(8-19) defeated

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(1-8) and UL (6-9) defeated

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(0-7).

Ashbourne Shield Panels

UL: Susan Vaughan, Edel Frisby, Sabrina Larkin, Alison Walsh,

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, Mary Ryan, Clare Ryan, Clodagh Glynn, Shonagh Curran, Fiona Rochford, Mary Coleman, Áine Lyng (Captain) (1-5), Ciara Johnston (0-1), Mairead Scanlon, Darina Ryan (0-1), Anne Marie McGann, Siobhan O'Neill, Roisin Byrne, Fiona Lafferty (0-2), Juanita Brennan, Maria Walsh, Elaine Hough (0-1), Maria Moran, Ursula Quinn, Aine Brislane

Lisa Marie O'Mahoney (Cork), Patricia Moloney (Cork), Christine O'Neill (Cork), Aisling O'Keefe (Cork), Colleen Long (Cork), Julie McGrath (Cork), Charlotte Kearney (Captain), Elaine O'Riordan (Cork), Erin Reidy (Cork), Shona Cunningham (Cork), Ursula Day (Cork), Evelyn Ronayne (Cork), Erin Corkery (Cork), Denise Luby (Cork) (0-3), Michelle Browne (Cork) (1-1) Anne-Marie Ryan, Ciara McKenna, Suzanne Lynch, Clara Kavanagh, Emma O'Reagan, Mairead O'Sullivan, Aoife Doyle, Orla Gleeson, Sorcha Fenneily, Aoife Doyle, Anne-Marie Ryan, Ciara McKenna, Suzanne Lynch, Clara Kavanagh, Emma O'Reagan, Mairead O'Sullivan, Aoife Doyle, Orla Gleeson, Sorcha Fenneily, Aoife Doyle

Purcell Cup

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, beaten finalists by a point in 2008, won the Purcell Cup defeating IT Tralee 1-5 to 0-5 in the final. An early goal from

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proved to be the difference between the teams. The Purcell Cup quarter-finals threw up an upset when Mary Immaculate defeated Queen's University Belfast 1-7 to 0-2. In the semi-finals IT Tralee defeated

2-10 to 0-2 and Dublin IT defeated Mary Immaculate 3-7 to 2-9.

Purcell Cup Teams

: Nicola Byrnes (Dublin); Deirdre Barry (Westmeath), Gráinne Quinn (Dublin), Sarah Walsh (Kilkenny); Karen Mullins (Tipperary), Sarah Ryan (Dublin), Norah Kirby (Dublin); Jane Dolan (Meath) (0-3f), Aileen O'Loughlin (Laois); Cathy Bowes (Galway) (0-1), Coral Ann Canning (Dublin), Eimear Brunell (Dublin); Kathryn Katounia (Dublin), Noelle Corrigan (Kilkenny) (1-0), Joleene Hoary (Dublin) (0-1). Sub: Aisling Brogan (Dublin) for Brunell (22, inj). IT Tralee: Martina O'Brien (Cork); Alva Neary (Limerick), Tara Cooney (Galway), Maura O'Brien (Cork); Áine Byrne (Tipperary), Edwina Keane (Kilkenny), Jill Hurley (Cork); Sarah Sexton (Cork), Megan Moran (Galway); Grace O'Riordan (Limerick), Geraldine Norton (Wicklow), Orlaith Murphy (Cork) 0-4, three frees one 45); Danielle Sheedy (Clare) (0-1), Ailish Considine (Clare), Mairéad Fitzgerald (Limerick).

Purcell Shield

Queen's University Belfast won the Purcell Shield defeating

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by 1-8 to 0-8 in the final. In the Purcell Shield semi-finals, played off among the four defeated Purcell Cup quarter-finalists,

defeated DCU 0-13 to 1-5 and QUB defeated

4-9 to 1-3.

Purcell Shield Panels

Queen's: Laura Quinn, Sarah Louise Henry, Anne McGuigan, Adelle Archibald, Theresa Adams, Kerry Crossey, Maire McGeehan, Claire Laverty, Mairead Short, Claire Dallat (0-1), Keelin Bradley (1-0), Shauna Jordan (Captain) (0-1), Louise McAleese, Collette McSorley (0-6), Ciara Donnelly. Subs Leona Quinn, Breanainn Mullan, Maeve Boyle, Janine McNeill, Brenda Toner, Ciara O'Kane, Eimear Murphy, Kathleen Kielt, Orla O'Neill, Sinead Cassidy

: Jane Power (Meath), Jackie Doyle (Wexford), Therese Lynn (Kildare), Laura Hogan (Wicklow), Jenna Murphy (Meath), Sarah King (Westmeath), Aisling Newton (Donegal), Annie Kirwin (Dublin), Siobhan Mac Court (Kildare), Aoife Kavanagh (Dublin), Catherine Walsh (Kilkenny) (0-1), Martha Kirwin (Laois) (Captain), Sabine Kennedy (Kildare), Sinead McHugh (Kildare), Maria Divilly (Kildare). Subs Louise Walsh (Kildare) (0-7), Niamh Lyons (Kildare), Sarah Nealon (Kildare), Mariona Tyrell (Kilkenny), Mags Shorthall, Aimee Singleton (Dublin), Emma Carroll (Kilkenny), Ailbhe Rogers (Louth), Laura Newman (Westmeath), Edel Ni Dhunaigh (Dublin)

Fr Meachair Cup

The 2010 Fr Meachair Cup seven-a-side for colleges who do not compete in the Ashbourne or Purcell Cups was hosted by Marino College at the Nearby St Vincent's GAA Grounds on February 25, 2010 and won by St Mary's Belfast.2010 Fr Meachair Cup St Mary’s, Belfast 1-8 Dundalk IT 1-4 at St Vincent's
/ref> Group Results: Group A: Marino 4-4 Carlow IT 1-7; Carlow IT 5-2 Froebel 3-2; Marino 1-2 Froebel 0-5; Group B: Dundalk IT 1-4 Crumlin 1-1; St Mary’s Belfast 3-4 Dundalk IT 0-2; St Mary’s Belfast 3-5; Crumlin 3-3; St Mary’s, Belfast 10-4 Coleraine 0-0; Crumlin 2-4 Coleraine 1-1; Dundalk IT 3-3 Coleraine 1-1; Fr Meachair Cup Semi-finals: Dundalk IT 2-4 Marino 2-2; St Mary’s, Belfast 2-6 Carlow IT 0-0; Fr Meachair Cup Final: St Mary’s, Belfast 1-8 Dundalk IT 1-4 (AET); Shield Final; Froebel 4-4 Coleraine 1-0,

References

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