2011 Ashbourne Cup
| Championship Details | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dates | Dec 2010 – 20 Feb 2011 | |
| Competitors | 10 | |
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| Ashbourne Cup winners | ||
| Winners | Waterford IT (5th title) | |
| Captain | Ann Dalton | |
| Manager | Helena Jacob | |
| Ashbourne Cup Runners-up | ||
| Runners-up | University College Cork | |
| Captain | Grainne Kenneally | |
| Manager | Ray Delaney | |
| Matches played | 9 | |
The 2011 Ashbourne Cup inter-collegiate camogie championship was staged at the NUIG sports complex in Dangan, Galway over the weekend of February 19–20 with the finals in Pearse Stadium, Salthill. It was won by Waterford Institute of Technology who defeated University College Cork in the final by eight points, a repeat of the pairing and result, though not the margin of victory, of the 1999 final and 2010 final. Player of the tournament was WIT's Katrina Parrock.
A dominant WIT team did all the hard work in the first half and raced into a 1-6 to 0-1 lead at the break. The first score of the game came from a long Katrina Parrock delivery which deceived UCC keeper, Susan Earner, to find its way to the UCC net. UCC had no answer to WITs phenomenal work rate and support play. The main difference between the two teams was WIT ability to take scores from play while all of UCC’s scores came from placed balls. UCC were dealt a major blow when they lost key player Orla Cotter through injury ten minutes after the break. Two well taken goals from the stick of Fionnuala Carr brought UCC back to life but proved too little too late, and a late goal from Michelle Quilty ensured victory for WIT.
The competition is administered by the Higher Education committee of the Camogie Association of Ireland. For the second time the Ashbourne Cup, the highest division in collegiate camogie, was played alongside the Purcell Cup, the second division of collegiate competition, bringing 400 collegiate camogie players had been together at one event for the second time in camogie history. Galway City Council held a reception for the 16 Ashbourne and Purcell Captains before the event.
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