GAELIC SPORTS WORLD Issue 36 - October 17, 2015 | Page 22

LONDON, ENGLAND
ALL-BRITAIN SENIOR CAMOGIE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL
OCTOBER 5, 2015

TARA TOO TOUGH
FOR GAELS
BY JAMIE CASEY

Hawkes picked up where she left off at the beginning of the
second period, pointing another free with yet another beautiful strike of the ball, before a point from Caroline Kelly extended Tara’s lead to 11 points.

Tara won the newly-named All-Britain Senior Camogie
Championship with a 3-10 to 1-04 win over new side Shire
Gaels at the Irish TV Grounds in Ruislip on Sunday week last,
October 4th

The Gaels, an amalgamated side made up of players from
Liverpool Wolfe Tones, John Mitchels (Birmingham), Fullen
Gaels (Manchester) and Erin Go Bragh, threatened to come
back into proceedings soon after though.

Having won the previous six London Senior Camogie Championships, it is their seventh successive title and it rarely looked
in doubt in a game they dominated from start to finish.

A long puck from Karen O’Leary sailed into the penalty area
and Emma McParland reacted quickest to bundle in a goal
after Tara keeper Fiona O’Grady’s initial block.

The two sides traded scores early on before Lucy Hawkes
began to take control of the game for Tara, slotting over three
consecutive points – one from play and two from frees.

Aoife Murphy then scored a ‘45 with the Gaels coming to life,
though Ciara Daly shot an effort wide as they looked to up the
pressure on Tara.

Her fellow half-forward Claire Ryan was also proving a
thorn in the side of the Gaels, scoring a point from play, while
Hawkes continued to show impressive accuracy from dead
balls.

However, Tara’s class shone through as they soon stifled the
Gaels’ new-found determination, with Hawkes adding to her
tally with another free over the bar.

TARA 3-10
SHIRE GAELS
1-04

With Tara already in control, Orlaith Jenning ensured they
went into the break with a 1-07 to 0-01 lead after flicking past
Gaels keeper Ariane Parcell for the first goal of the game.

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And any hopes of the Gaels making a second-half comeback were effectively put to bed when Hawkes’ attempt from
a distant free slipped under the crossbar seeing the green flag
raised for a second Tara goal.