Waterford led 0-3 to 0-2 at half-time and extended their lead before Denise Cronin's 37th-minute goal for UCC, dispossessing Redmond and soloing from halfway and unleashing a shot from just outside the 20m line. WIT saw their lead cut back to a point immediately afterwards but regained the initiative and goalkeeper Kristina Kenneally's late save from Jill Horan secured their victory.
Arrangements
For the first 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 first time in camogie history. Cork City Council held a reception for the 16 Ashbourne and Purcell Captains before the event on February 19, 2010.
Participants
Waterford IT and UCC emerged as the favourites for the competition from an early stage, although University College Dublin ran UCC to one point in the Ashbourne semi-final. The two finalists had several inter-county players among the entrants, from Kilkenny and Cork respectively, including Ann Dalton captain of the Kilkenny team, All StarKatie Power and Orla Cotter from the Cork team had played in the 2009 All Ireland final the previous September. The competition is administered by the committee of the Camogie Association of Ireland.
The Ashbourne Shield, played off among the four beaten Ashbourne Cup quarter-finalists, was won by the University of Limerick who defeated Cork IT 1-10 to 1-4 in the final. In the semi-finals Cork IT defeated Athlone IT and UL defeated NUI Galway.
Ashbourne Shield Panels
Cork IT Lisa Marie O'Mahoney, Patricia Moloney, Christine O'Neill, Aisling O'Keefe, Colleen Long, Julie McGrath, Charlotte Kearney, Elaine O'Riordan, Erin Reidy, Shona Cunningham, Ursula Day, Evelyn Ronayne, Erin Corkery, Denise Luby , Michelle Browne Anne-Marie Ryan, Ciara McKenna, Suzanne Lynch, Clara Kavanagh, Emma O'Reagan, Mairead O'Sullivan, Aoife Doyle, Orla Gleeson, Sorcha Fenneily, Aoife Doyle, Anne-Marie Ryan, Ciara McKenna, Suzanne Lynch, Clara Kavanagh, Emma O'Reagan, Mairead O'Sullivan, Aoife Doyle, Orla Gleeson, Sorcha Fenneily, Aoife Doyle
won the Purcell Shield defeating NUI Maynooth by 1-8 to 0-8 in the final. In the Purcell Shield semi-finals, played off among the four defeated Purcell Cup quarter-finalists, Maynooth defeated DCU 0-13 to 1-5 and QUB defeated Trinity 4-9 to 1-3.
Purcell Shield Panels
Maynooth: Jane Power, Jackie Doyle, Therese Lynn, Laura Hogan, Jenna Murphy, Sarah King, Aisling Newton, Annie Kirwin, Siobhan Mac Court, Aoife Kavanagh, Catherine Walsh , Martha Kirwin , Sabine Kennedy, Sinead McHugh, Maria Divilly. Subs Louise Walsh , Niamh Lyons, Sarah Nealon, Mariona Tyrell, Mags Shorthall, Aimee Singleton, Emma Carroll, Ailbhe Rogers, Laura Newman, Edel Ni Dhunaigh
Fr Meachair Cup
The 2010 Fr Meachair Cup seven-a-side for colleges who do not compete in the Ashbourne or Purcell Cups was hosted by Marino College at the Nearby St Vincent's GAA Grounds on February 25, 2010 and won by St Mary's Belfast. Group Results: Group A: Marino 4-4 Carlow IT 1-7; Carlow IT 5-2 Froebel 3-2; Marino 1-2 Froebel 0-5; Group B: Dundalk IT 1-4 Crumlin 1-1; St Mary’s Belfast 3-4 Dundalk IT 0-2; St Mary’s Belfast 3-5; Crumlin 3-3; St Mary’s, Belfast 10-4 Coleraine 0-0; Crumlin 2-4 Coleraine 1-1; Dundalk IT 3-3 Coleraine 1-1; Fr Meachair Cup Semi Finals: Dundalk IT 2-4 Marino 2-2; St Mary’s, Belfast 2-6 Carlow IT 0-0; Fr Meachair Cup Final: St Mary’s, Belfast 1-8 Dundalk IT 1-4 ; Shield Final; Froebel 4-4 Coleraine 1-0,
