2006 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship

The 2006 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship is a competition for age graded development squad county teams in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Kilkenny, who defeated Galway by 11 points in the final, played at Nenagh.

2006 All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship

Winners
Champions	Kilkenny (1st title)
Runners-up
Runners-up	Galway

Arrangements

Until 2005 the term minor was applied to the Al-Ireland under-16 camogie championship. W report in 2004 on the state of the game recommended bthat a minor under-18 championship, similar to other Gaelic game be introduced. A cup for the new competition was named for Síghle Nic an Ultaigh. Galway raced into a four-point lead against Cork in the semi-final at Glen Rovers’ grounds as Jessica Gill and Noreen Coen caused problems for the Cork defence and ran out winnersby 2–12 to 1–5. Michelle Quilty scored 3–2 as Kilkenny defeated Tipperary in the semi-final at Holycross. Laura Kavanagh scored two goals for Kilkenny.

The Final

Kilkenny made several positional switches for the final against Galway at Nenagh. Sinéad Walsh, Leanne Fennelly and Kate McDonald excelled in defence; Colette Dormer, Anne Dalton and Lucinda Gahan impressed in the middle of the field; and all the forwards scored.

B Division

The Minor B final was won by Down who defeated Antrim by a single point in a dramatic final, 5-8 to 6-4. Down led 2–2 to 1–4 at half time. Derry had three goals in the first four minutes of the second-half, then Antrim rallied and closed the gap to one point with ten minutes remaining. Raquel McCarry and Sara Louise Carr swapped spectacular goals toward the end.

Final stages

Final

Kilkenny	4-10 – 2-5	Galway

Nenagh

Kilkenny

Galway

Kilkenny: GK 1 Sinéad Walsh (James Stephens) RCB 2 Leanne Fennelly (Mullinavat) FB 3 Kate McDonald (Thomastown) LCB 4 Sarah Shore (St Martin’s) RWB 5 Noreen O'Keeffe (St Martin’s) CB 6 Collette Dormer (Paulstown) LWB 7 Eilish Cantwell (St Martin’s) MF 8 Lucinda Gahan (Mullinavat) (captain) 1-0 MF 9 Anne Dalton (St Lachtain’s) RWF 10 Mary Dalton (St Lachtain’s) 0-2 (0-1 free) CF 11 Edwina Keane (St Martin’s)  30' LWF 12 Katie Power (Piltown) 0-1 RCF 13 Laura Kavanagh (Emeralds) 1-2  49' FF 14 Marie Dargan (St Martin’s) 2-1 LCF 15 Michelle Quilty (Mullinavat) 0-1 Substitutes: MF Anne Marie Phelan (Windgap) for Edwina Keane  30' FF Sarah O'Mahony (Rower-Inistioge) for Laura Kavanagh  49' RB Paula Butler (Mullinavat)

Galway: GK 1 Stephanie Gannon RCB 2 Emer Haverty FB 3 Mary Ward LCB 4 Aisling Hobbins RWB 5 Sara Noone CB 6 Niamh Kilkenny LWB 7 Julie Brien MF 8 Lorraine Ryan MF 9 Paula Kenny RWF 10 Jessica Gill 0–1 CF 11 Catríona Cormican LWF 12 Marian Farragher RCF 13 Noreen Coen 0–2 FF 14 Martina Conroy 0-1 LCF 15 Richelle O'Brien 2–1 Substitutes: MF Gemma Lohan  30' FF Michelle Glynn  49'

External links

• Camogie Association