The 2009 Ashbourne Cup inter-collegiate camogie championship was staged in Cork over the weekend of February 21–22. It was won by Waterford Institute of Technology who defeated the hosts UCC in Saturday's semi-final in The Mardyke before denying University College Dublin the three-in-a-row in the final by three points in Páirc Uí Rinn 24 hours later.2009 final WIT 1–9 UCC 1–6 at Páirc Uí Rinn, report in Irish Times and Player of the tournament was WIT's Stacey Redmond.
The Final Waterford's victory was inspired by a fifth-minute goal from Mullinavat's Michelle Quilty who combined effectively with Wexford duo Stacey Redmond and Ursula Jacob to shoot past Wexford inter-county team-mate Mags Darcy. Waterford led 1–6 to 0–1 at half-time. UCC came back in the second half when they had the breeze with strong performances from Wexford's Mary Leacy and Cork's Rena Buckley but their goal from another Wexford inter-county player Una Leacy 10 minutes from the end was not enough.
Shield Galway's Lorraine Ryan scored 1–8 of NUIG's total in a 1–14 to 2–10 victory over University of Limerick. Edel Maher and Maire O'Neill scored first half goals for Limerick who led 2–7 to 0–4 at half time.
Results
WIT: GK 1 Kay Ryall (Kilkenny) RCB 2 Keeva Fennelly (Kilkenny) FB 3 Karen Atkinson (Wexford) LCB 4 Therése Shortt (Tipperary) RWB 5 Pauline Cunningham (Waterford) CB 6 Áine Fahy (Kilkenny) LWB 7 Kelly-Anne Cottrell (Kilkenny) MF 8 Stacey Redmond (Wexford) MF 9 Ann Dalton (Kilkenny) 0–1 RWF 10 Fiona Morrissey (Limerick) CF 11 Collette Dormer (Kilkenny) LWF 12 Jennifer Simpson (Waterford) 0–2 RCF 13 Susan Keane (Galway) 0–1 FF 14 Ursula Jacob (Wexford) 0–4 (all frees) LCF 15 Michelle Quilty (Kilkenny) 1–1 UCC: GK 1 Mags D'Arcy (Wexford) RCB 2 Emma Dunne (Cork) FB 3 Mairéad Lutrell (Tipperary) LCB 4 Therése Menton (Galway) RWB 5 Leann Fennelly (Kilkenny) CB 6 Mary Leacy (Wexford) LWB 7 Elaine O'Neill (Kilkenny) MF 8 Rena Buckley (Cork) MF 9 Julianne Woodcock (Kilkenny) RWF 10 Charlotte Raher (Waterford) CF 11 Alison Maguire (Dublin) 0–1 LWF 12 Fiona Phelan (Kilkenny) RCF 13 Susie O'Carroll (Kildare) (0–5, 4 frees 1 '45) FF 14 Una Leacy (Wexford) 1–0 LCF 15 Emile Darmody (Kilkenny) Substitutes:MF Lena Monaghan (Galway) for Buckley temporarily twice LCF Denise McGrath (Westmeath) for Darmody LWF Lisa Abbey (Carlow) for Phelan Match Rules 60 minutes Extra Time if scores level Maximum of 5 substitutions
References
External links History of the Ashbourne and Purcell Cups on camogie.ie Official Camogie Website On The Ball Official Camogie Magazine College websites Queens University Belfast University College Dublin