Camogie team fades in second half

The concession of two first half goals as well as a second half fade out condemned Galway to defeat in the Gala sponsored All-Ireland senior camogie championship semi-final on Saturday at Nowlan Park.This was Galway’s third defeat of the year to Wexford with Galway conceding eleven goals in the process. Yet Galway gave as good as they got in the opening thirty minutes and only trailed by two points at the break on a 2-7 to eleven points scoreline. Galway though were to score only three points in the second half while their opponents looked sharper, fitter and more eager for battle scoring 0-11 in the process……County Galway athlete Cathriona Farrell eclipsed all of her previous successes at the weekend when she won the English AAA U17 High Jump title in Sheffield.Farrell leaped a fantastic 1.69m to narrowly claim the title ahead of Scottish Champion Jill Brooks and English Champion Hannah Dickson.The AAA Championships are the highest standard of athletics competition on these islands and this was borne out in the high jump where competition was intense with no less than 9 jumpers clearing 1.60m.The previous weekend in Antrim, Farrell took her second international title when winning the high jump with an outdoor personal best of 1.70m at the Celtic Games International.But…..