DOWN 1-16 KILDARE 1-14
BEFORE they went to work Dermot Earley shook Daryl Flynn’s hand on the sideline. It was time. Only on this occasion Flynn would have to lead from the front. The chief would not be with him this afternoon.
KILDARE 3-10 ARMAGH 2-08
KILDARE bridged a 20 year gap since their last All-Ireland title when they overcame Armagh in Ashbourne last Saturday afternoon.
MOOREFIELD 1-09 ST LAURENCE’S 1-07
IT’S hard to know what to make of this game between the county’s top two teams.
IN the end Down were probably the better team and that’s that.
TALENTED Athy youngster, Michael Kelly, was part of the FAI Emerging Talent team who beat some of the best underage teams in Europe to lift the Hibernia Trophy.
The scene at the end of the game was a touching one.
SARSFIELDS 1-12 STRAFFAN 0-09
THE next time the ‘Sash’ update their inventory of titles won, they can certainly include the 2009 Jack Higgins Cup but apart from statistical interest this delayed final proved exactly what it said on the tin – a delayed final with just the amount of interest commensurate with such a fixture.
CIARA Tallon has been through enough bad times with the Kildare camogie team to know that she has to enjoy the good days when they come along and with an All-Ireland crown safely in the bag, she was in the mood to enjoy herself after the final whistle.
EITHER one of Moorefield or Celbridge could be heading for an early exit from this year’s championship after they were paired together in Round 3 of the Pfizer Senior Championship at the draw in the Pfizer plant last Tuesday.
THERE comes a time when you have to stop talking.