The 2011 National Camogie League was won by Wexford, their third league title in succession. The final was played on April 17, 2011 as a curtain raiser to the hurling match between Tipperary and Wexford at Semple Stadium, and drew an attendance of 4,180.

Summary The first National Camogie League Match ever to be televised live opened the season, an unfortunately one-sided encounter under lights in Croke Park in which Kilkenny (7-16) beat Dublin (0-5), televised by Setanta Sports. Report on camogie.ie The eight teams in the first division (Offaly having been promoted since 2010) were drawn into two groups of four. Each team played one another once only. The top two in each group contested the semi-finals. Since 2006 the league is organized into four divisions, with 22 competing county teams graded into four divisions, with the strongest teams in Division 1. The semi-finals were contested at Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on 3 April 201q,League semi-final Galway 0-14 Kilkenny 2-7 report and camogie.ie in which Galway won revenge for the previous year, beating Kilkenny with a last minute point from Veronica Curtin, and Wexford defeated Tipperary with first-half goals from Una Leacy, Kate Kelly and Katrina Parrock. League semi-final Wexford 4-12 Tipperary 0-13 report and camogie.ie In the final at Semple Stadium Thurles on Sunday, 17 April 2011, Wexford’s player-of-the-match Una Leacy scored three goals, one from a penalty, against |Galway.Wexford 3-10 Galway 0-10 report on , Irish Times, Enniscorthy Echo, and Irish Examiner Wexford led by 1-5 to 0-6 at half-time. Eleven counties in Division 2 were drawn in two groups of five and six, including the second teams of Cork, Galway, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Wexford, champions for the past two seasons. The divisional competition was marred by the withdrawal of the previous year’s third division champions, Laois. Waterford defeated Antrim by a point in the Division 2 final. Five teams contested Division 3, including the second team of Dublin with Meath topping the table and defeating Kildare by a point in a very competitive final. Four counties contested Division 4. London dropped out and Cavan re-entered the competition, but the divisional fixtures were incomplete as Carlow contesting just one of their three fixtures. Westmeath defeated Cavan in the final.

Fixtures and results Group 1

TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsWexford3 3 0 0 7–39 2-20+34 6Galway3 2 0 1 3-33 3-28 +5 4Offaly3 0 1 2 0-34 4–34 -12 1Clare3 0 1 2 1-22 2-46 –27 1

Group 2

TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsKilkenny3 2 1 0 9-37 2-23 +35 5 Tipperary 3 2 0 1 6-32 3-29+12 4 Cork3 1 1 1 5-30 0-28 +27 0 Dublin3 0 0 3 0-17 15-46 –74 0

Final stages

WEXFORD: GK 1 Mags D'Arcy (St Martin's)RCB 2 Claire O'Connor (Rathnure)FB 3 Catherine O'Loughlin (Monageer-Boolavogue)LCB 4 Karen Atkinson (Oulart-The Ballagh) RWB 5 Noeleen Lambert (St Martin's)CB 6 Mary Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) 0-1LWB 7 Aoife O'Connor (Rathnure) MF 8 Deirdre Codd (Duffry Rovers) MF 9 Kate Kelly (St Ibar’s) 0-3RWF 10 Josie Dwyer (Ferns) CF 11 Ursula Jacob (Oulart-The Ballagh) 0-2 LWF 12 Michelle O'Leary (Rathnure) 0-1 RCF 13Lenny Holohan (Rathnure)FF 14 Una Leacy (Oulart-The Ballagh) 3-1LCF 15 Katrina Parrock (St Ibar’s) 0-2Substitutes:LWF Bríd Gordon (Blackwater) for Michelle O'Leary RWF Evelyn Quigley (Rathnure) 0-1 for Josie Dwyer LWB Fiona Kavanagh (HWH Bunclody) for Aoife O'Connor GALWAY GK 1 Susan Earner (Meelick Eyrecourt)RCB 2 Regina Glynn (Athenry)FB 3 Sarah Dervan (Mullagh)LCB 4 Sinéad Cahalan (Mullagh) RWB 5 Niamh Kilkenny ( Pearses) 0-1 CB 6 Ann Marie Hayes (Killimor)LWB 7 Sinéad Keane (Kinvara)MF 8 Emer Haverty (Killimor)MF 9 Orla Kilkenny ( Pearses) 0-2RWF 10 Aislinn Connolly (Castlegar) 0-5CF 11 Niamh McGrath (Sarsfields) LWF 12 Brenda Hanney (Killimor) 0-1RCF 13 Veronica Curtin (Kinvara) 0-1FF 14 Noreen Coen (Athenry)LCF 15 Tara Ruttledge (Portumna) Substitutes:LCF Martina Conroy (Killimordaly) for Tara Ruttledge CF Emma Kilkelly (Kinvara) for Niamh McGrath LCB Sandra Tannian (St Thomas) for Sinéad Cahalan RWB Lorraine Ryan (Killimordaly) for Niamh Kilkenny MATCH RULES 60 minutes Replay if scores level Maximum of 5 substitutions

Series statistics Scoring Widest winning margin: 32 points Wexford 7-16 : 0-5 Dublin Most goals in a match: 7 Wexford 7-16 : 0-5 Dublin Widest winning margin (other divisions): 26 points Derry 7-14: 0-9 Down

Division 2

GROUP 1 Feb 13 Galway 2-9 Wexford 1-8 Ballinasloe Feb 27 Galway 0-16 Down 0-6 Ballinderry Feb 27 Antrim 3-6 Tipperary 3-4 Craobh Chiarain Mar 13 Galway 1-12 Derry Duggan Pk Mar 13 Antrim 1-11 Down 0-4 Clonduff Mar 20 Antrim 4-11 Galway 0-12 Sarsfields, Belfast Mar 20 Wexford 4-6 Derry 3-7 Craobh Chiarain Mar 27 Down 3-10 Wexford 2-12 Blakestown, Co Dublin Mar 27 Antrim 3-14 Derry 0-13 St Mary’s, Banagher, Co Derry Apr 2 Derry 7-14 Down 0-9 Bellaghy

Group one table TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsAntrim4 4 0 0 11-42 3-33 +33 8Galway4 3 0 1 3-50 7-30 +8 6Derry4 1 0 3 11-39 8-41 +7 2Wexford4 1 0 3 10-30 11-32 -5 2Down4 1 0 3 4-29 10-36 -25 2Laois0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GROUP 2 Feb 13 Limerick 1-11 Tipperary 2- 8 Ahane Feb 27 Cork 0-11 Tipperary 0-6 The Ragg Feb 27 Waterford 0-11 Limerick 0-8 Fraher Field, Dungarvan Mar 13 Kilkenny 0-10 Tipperary 0-8 Kilmanagh Mar 13 Waterford 2-13 Cork 2-11, Cork Institute of Technology Mar 20 Kilkenny 1-12 11 Limerick 1-7 Tullogher Mar 20 Tipperary 0-13 Waterford 1-10 The Ragg Mar 27 Cork 3-15 Limerick 3-8 Ahane Mar 27 Waterford 1-9 Kilkenny 1-9 Walsh Park Apr 2 Cork 1-19 Kilkenny 1-4 Cork Institute of Technology

Group 2 Table TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsCork4 3 0 1 6-56 6-32 +25 6Waterford4 2 2 0 5-40 3-41 +5 6Kilkenny4 2 1 1 3-35 3-43 -8 5Tipperary4 2 0 2 2-35 2-42 -7 4Limerick4 0 1 3 5-34 7-43 -15 1 Division 2 Group 2 play-off Apr 10 Waterford 1-12 Cork 1-9 St Catherine’s, Ballynoe, Co Cork

Division 2 Final Apr 17 Waterford 0-16 Antrim 2-9 Donaghmore, Ashbourne

Division 3

Feb 13 Kildare 2-4 Armagh 2-3 Straffan Feb 13 Meath 1-7 Dublin 0-5 Trim Feb 27 Kildare 0-12 Roscommon 0-3 Athleague Feb 27 Meath 3-12 Dublin 0-6 Athletic Grounds Mar 13 Kildare 1-13 Dublin 0-4 Craobh Chiarain Mar 13 Meath 3-12 Roscommon 0-3 Trim Mar 20 Meath 2-11 Armagh 1-11 Armagh Athletic Grounds Mar 20 Roscommon 3-12 Dublin 2-10 Craobh Chiarain Apr 3 Meath 2-9 Kildare 1-9 Cappagh Apr 3 Armagh 0-11 Roscommon 1-4 Knockcroghery

Division 3 table TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsMeath4 4 0 0 8-39 3-29 +25 8Kildare4 3 0 1 4-34 4-22 +12 6Armagh4 2 0 2 6-37 5-25 +11 4Roscommon4 1 0 3 5-26 5-45 -15 2Dublin4 0 0 4 2-25 8-44 -37 0 Division 3 Final Apr 24 Meath 3-9 Kildare 2-11 Donaghmore, Ashbourne 2011 Div 3 Final Meath 3-9 Kildare 2-11 Hogan Stand and Breakingnews.ie

Division 4

Feb 13 Cavan 4-10 Tyrone 2-6 Breffni Park Feb 27 Cavan 4-3 Carlow 2-3 Bagenalstown Mar 20 Westmeath 2-6 Cavan Breffni Park Apr 3 Westmeath 5-5 Tyrone 3-8 Collinstown

Division 4 table TeamPldWDLFADiffPtsWestmeath2 2 0 0 7-12 4-15 +6 6Tyrone and Westmeath were granted a walkover by Carlow in Division 4Cavan3 1 0 2 9-20 7-16 +10 4Tyrone2 0 0 2 5-14 9-15 -13 2Carlow1 0 0 1 3-3 4-3 -3 0

Division 4 Final Apr 24 Westmeath 4-6 Cavan 2-7 Donaghmore, Ashbourne

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