The 2010 Camogie Red team, having won the Dublin Division 2 Féile, have been invited to play in the All Ireland B John West Féile competition in Limerick this Saturday. We are very proud of all the 2010 girls and wish the Red team the best of luck this weekend as they represent the county in the finals.
Find out more about the John West Féile na nGael competition and the finals here.
Congratulations to Cuala’s Iris McMahon who won the U16B All Ireland Camogie Cup Final with her Dublin teammates after beating Limerick in the final on Sunday.
Our Cuala U15 camogie teams displayed incredible performances at a sunny Abbotstown for Féile last weekend. All three teams made it to the semi-final on Saturday, with the navy team fighting a tough battle against St. Pat’s Palmerstown, who ultimately clinched the place in their division final. The red and white team both progressed to the Sunday finals beating Naomh Olaf and Lucan Sarsfields to take the Div2 and Div 6 titles. An incredible achievement to win two of the 10 Dublin divisions. Congratulations to all three teams for a fantastic Féile camogie campaign.
With thanks to Maciek Surmacz for the photos.
On Friday evening the 2010 girls, and their families, gathered in the Halla to kick off their Féile celebrations. The girls are playing camogie this weekend, April 5th/6th and will play football the weekend of April26th/27th. The girls were delighted to hear from our senior ladies who presented them with their féile gear.
A huge thanks to Emily Corbett, Ciara Byrne, Ciara O’Shea, Eimear Hurley, Sarah Dunne and Anna Simpson for spending time with us. Furthermore we are very grateful to our sponsors:
Edge7Networks:
Kastus:
Matheson:
Medica:
Xtremepush:
Xtreme Signs and Graphics:
Thanks to them our girls look amazing and ready to take on the challenge.
Best of luck to the 2010 Cailíní from their coaches, FLOs and their families.
Our U11 girls experienced a real treat at their GoGames matches last weekend, when Cuala’s Jennifer Dunne and her Brisbane Lions teammate Dakota Davidson came along to support the Cuala girls in their football, staying around afterwards to chat about their careers and take questions from the girls.
Jennifer as we proudly know has multiple All Ireland football medals for Dublin to her name, and is the only athlete to have won an All Ireland title and the AFLW title in the same year. Dakota is the main forward for Brisbane Lions, one of Australia’s leading AFLW teams. With two AFLW titles in 2021 and 2023, she was selected for the AFLW All-Australian All Star team in 2023 and was twice Brisbane’s leading goalkicker.
Jennifer and Dakota spoke and answered questions on their path to success, training schedules, differences in weather, female athletes who have inspired them, injuries and more.
A huge thanks to both Jennifer and Dakota for coming along to inspire the next generation of Cuala (and possibly Dublin or Brisbane Lions!) players.
Our U11 girls were incredibly excited to be presented their new jerseys and half-zip tops by Jess Tobin and Sinéad Wylde at their training session this week
A huge thank you to the sponsors of the team:
Specsavers Dun Laoghaire
Massey Brothers
..and to Sinéad and Jess for taking the time to come along and chat to the girls. Thanks to Breege English for taking lots of photos of the girls.
The girls are looking forward to wearing their new kit to their GoGames match this weekend!
Minor & U16 girls enjoyed a forum with Dublin players Nicole Owens & our own Jess Tobin and former athlete and sports injuries specialist Fiona Opperman on resilience in sport. Thanks to the coaches and mentors for organising and Shéana Lewis & Aobha Cooney for chairing. Thanks also to Barnhill Stores for sponsoring a lovely lunch after the event.
Cuala members who participated in the Dermot Earley Youth Leadership Initiative 2023/2024 were recognised by Jarlath Burns in Croke Park this week. Next stop is the University of Galway in November for the 2024 graduates of the programme. Congratulations to all!
