Ruan 0-6   Truagh-Clonlara 1-2

A great 2nd half comeback display by Ruan delivered a hard fought victory on a score line of 0:6 to 1:2, making it 2 wins from 2 for them in the U14 A championship. Excellent skills and tenacity was in evidences from both sides. While Ruan were the first to put a point on the scoreboard much of the first half was played in the Ruan end of the pitch. The Ruan defence were solid and were winning and clearing anything coming their way in the early stages. However Truagh were on top in the middle of the pitch and were able to get the ball back into their forwards repeatedly. It took nearly 20 minutes but the pressure eventually told when a head high shot ricocheted into the Ruan net. This gave the visitors heart and shortly after added a point to their tally. The home team regrouped getting parity in the middle of the pitch for the last few minutes of the half. This steadied the ship and did not permit any further scoring chances to the visitors, and allowed themselves set up some attacks of their own, leading to two goal mouth scrambles, eventually cleared by the Truagh keeper. Just as a rain shower started the half ended 1:1 to a single point in favour of the visitors.

The second half, despite the lack of a noticeable breeze, saw a reversal of dominance with most of the play now in the Truagh end of the pitch. In the 1st 15 minutes Ruan upped their game, piled on the pressure, scoring 4 unanswered points to take the lead by one. In this period two more goal mouth scramble went without Ruan being able to finish to the net.The intensity was high again from both teams leading to a nail-biting finish for the supporters. 

Truagh working hard did get their flow going again and mounted a number of forays into the open spaces on the Ruan half, however they notched up only one point accompanied by a number of wides. With 5 minutes left Ruan took the lead with another long range point. The home team showed fabulous desire all the way to the finish and locked down the area of play not letting the ball return to their half all the way to the final whistle, depriving Truagh any time in the danger zone. The Ruan girls did have some further chance to extend the lead with some narrow misses, but this proved unnecessary as Ruan closed out a deserved win.

Ruan Team.

Emily Whelan; Mya O’Malley, Niamh Glass, Aimee Mc Donagh; Aine Jones, Sinéad Hastings (Captain), MeabhdhCasey; Aoife Anderson (0.4), Aisling Moloney; Neasa NíLachtnáin, Neasa Ní Ainiféin (0.1), Kate Forde (0.1); Alannah Mulqueen, Aoife Glass, Grainne Wynne.

Subs: Aoibhe Moran for G Wynne. Summer O’Brien, Saoirse Barry, Ella Forde.

  Ruan  6-10  Inagh-Kilnamona  1-3

A great display by the Ruan girls on the clubs first A championship game in years saw them come out victors on a score line of 6:10 to 1:3. Both sides began the match at high intensity but Ruan with the aid of a breeze in the first half were the first to score and then settle into the match. Ruan added two further points before Inagh-Kilnamona mounted their first real attack, being unlucky to see the ball rebound from the post which was then cleared by the alert Ruandefence. Ruan add a 4th point before the next home team attack again ended with the ball hitting the post from a tight angle and going wide. 

Ruan then began to squeeze the game into the home team’s end of the pitch, having the first ball to hit the net disallowed as a square ball.

However the belief was raised by that attack and 2 minutes later the first goal was scored following a ground based battle in front of goal. With the breeze and the pressure from Ruan the home team were struggling to get the ball out of their own half, while the visitors were able to return the ball to the danger area with more ease. The next 2 goals for Ruan came from long range pucks finding the net. Taking advantage of the elements Ruan drove hard for the final few minutes of the half marking up 2 further points and a scrambled goal following a save by the keeper.

With the swapping of ends for the second half, a fight back by the home team was expected, however the desire from the Ruan girls came to the ascendancy and mired the area of play between the two 45 meter lines for long periods which ran down the clock, depriving Inagh-Kilnamona of much time in the danger zone. However the home team forwards and the visitors defence were seeing much more of the action. The home team did show some fine play and tried to force their way back into the match, applying pressure which eventually lead to them scoring a goal and 3 points in the 2nd half. 

However even with fewer opportunities the extra space afforded to the Ruan forward line saw them able to run at the defence, notching up a further 2 goals and 3 points to close out a well-deserved win.

Ruan Team.

Meabhdh Casey, Mya O’Malley, Emily Whelan, Aimee Mc Donagh, Aine Jones, Sinéad Hastings (Captain, 1.0), Niamh Glass, Aoife Anderson (0.3), Aisling Moloney, Neasa NíLachtnáin, Neasa Ní Ainiféin (2.3), Kate Forde (0.4), AoibheMoran, Aoife Glass (3.0), Grainne Wynne.

Subs: Alannah Mulqueen for A Moran, Summer O’Brien for N Glass, Saoirse Barry for G Wynne, Alanna Bolger for N NíLachtnáin, Ella Forde for M O'Malley, Amy Gibbons.

Silverware for u14 Ruan Girls and  Camogie Stallworth Remembered 

    The Ruan Comogie club, with agreement from the NeilanFamily, sought to honour the memory of Janet Neilan for her efforts so generously given to the benefit of our club over many years. The opportunity to sponsor a county competition was available and deemed an appropriate memorial. 

Therefore the inaugural Janet Neilan Memorial Feile C Competition was hosted by Ruan on Saturday 29th April. The day saw 2 very high standard semi-finals play in a very competitive and sporting manner. The Banner girls had a 2 point victory over Broadford, while Ruan had a more comfortable margin in their win over Cratloe, 3:8 to no score.

    The previous weekend Ruan qualified for the semi-final with two hard fought wins in the qualifying round held in Tulla.

The final between Ruan and the Banner, being a rematch of a qualifying match, was a spirited competition where the teams were familiar with their opposition.

With deteriorating weather conditions, a constant cold hard breeze blowing across the pitch, slightly favouring the visiting team in the first half, and a goal each as the half time score,the game was finely balanced. However the Ruan girls were on top in all position on the pitch and the Ruan defence werenot allowing any scoring chances, the tenacity of their play and desire to compete was a joy, seeing them win any loose or broken ball. The banner goal came from a melee of ground hurling in the large square after 5 minutes from the start, however from that point on the Ruan goal never looked in danger. 

With 4 minutes to go in the 1st half the 4 goal hero, Aoife Glass, got her 1st goal of the final. 

    This settled the Ruan team which allowed them play with more flare when they took to the pitch in the 2nd half. The creative play from the midfield and half forwards set up the many scoring chances for Ruan, which in the end saw Aoife get 3 goals in the 2ndhalf. The breeze did impact the game making point scoring near impossible, so the final was a very different game to the semi-finals where point were the main fair. The final score Ruan 4:0 to the Banner 1:0.

When the game was over the Nielan Family were on hand to present the trophy in memory of Janet, to the winning and jubilant Ruan team. 

A proud day for Ruan, for both winning a county title, and for honouring one of their own in an event enjoyed by all attending.

Well done and congratulations to the U14 girls.

Ruan Team

Meadhbh Casey, Maria Jones, Emily Whelan, SinéadHastings, Ciara O’Grady, Niamh Glass, Eve O’Connor, Neasa Ní Ainiféin, Aoife Anderson, 

Kate Forde, Aisling Moloney, Aoife Glass, Neasa Ní Lachtnáin, Aine Jones, Aimee Mc Donagh, Alannah Mulqueen, 

Mya O’Malley, Summer O’Brien, Alanna Bolger

Under 13 Camogie 

Next round game against Killanena  on Saturday 28^th April in Killanena at 7 pm, 

all players to be in Killanean Pitch for 6.30 p.m.

Clare Trials for Under 14 & Under 13 Panels continues on Thursday 26^th April at Fr. McNamara Pak opposite western garages on Quin Road, local girls are enjoying

Participating in this event.

Under 16 C League Ruan against Killanena, Ruan having held good team effort lost out on a score line of 7-6 to 1-5 scores coming from Emer Neilan and Lauren O Donoghue.

Junior Game

After a well-contested and sporting game, Ruan bowed out of the junior camogie league when they lost out to a more experienced Feakle team by 1-6 to 3-9 on Saturday evening 21^st April 2012.

The girls, who were performing at adult level for the first time after an absence of some seven years, can be very proud of their never-say-die performance.  They will now continue preparing for the junior championship that takes place in August.

Meanwhile, the team hopes to participate in the North Munster League, an initiative run through the sports office of Limerick Institute of Technology.  This league is run during the month of June, finishing in mid-July.  If there are any camogie players that would like to join, new members are always welcome.

In the second round of the U-16 C League, Ruan went down to Clarecastle on a scoreline of 3-6 to 5-7.  Scores for Ruan were Louise Mc Donnell, Lauren O’Donoghue and Emer Neilan.