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. 978-1-908591-00-5All-Ireland Minor Camogie Championship on Camogie.ie
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 winners by 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.Report of final in Irish Independent, October 1, 2006Report of final in Irish Times, October 1, 2006Report of final in Irish Examiner, October 1, 2006Report of final in Irish News, October 1, 2006
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.2006 minor b Down 5-8 Antrim 6-4 report on Hogan Stand
Final stages
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 Noren O'Keeffe (St Martin’s)CB 6 Collette Dormer (Paulstown)LWB 7 Eilish Cantwell (St Martin’s)MF 8 Lucinda Gahan (Mullinavat) (captain) 1-0MF 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) LWF 12 Katie Power (Piltown) 0-1RCF 13 Laura Kavanagh (Emeralds) 1-2 FF 14 Marie Dargan (St Martin’s) 2-1LCF 15 Michelle Quilty (Mullinavat) 0-1Substitutes: MF Ann Marie Phelan (Windgap) for Edwina Keane FF Sarah O'Mahony (Rower-Inistioge) for Laura Kavanagh RB Paula Butler (Mullinavat) Galway: GK 1 Stephanie GannonRCB 2 Emer Haverty FB 3 Mary Ward LCB 4 Aisling HobbinRWB 5 Sara Noone CB 6 Niamh KilkennyLWB 7 Julie Brien MF 8 Lorraine Ryan MF 9 Paula Kenny RWF 10 Jessica Gill 0–1CF 11 Catríona CormicanLWF 12 Marian FarragherRCF 13 Noreen Coen 0–2FF 14 Martina Conroy 0-1LCF 15 Richelle O'Brien 2–1Substitutes: MF Gemma Lohan FF Michelle Glynn
References
External links Camogie Association