Champions Newcastle West off to winning start in Limerick Camogie Championship
2025 finalists Newcastle West and Monaleen got their Limerick Senior Camogie Championships off to winning starts of Monday
FOUR-in-a-row chasing Newcastle West got their Limerick Senior Camogie Championship off to a winning start on Monday night.
With games around the county played under heavy rain and difficult conditions, all eight senior clubs got their campaigns underway at the end of the August bank holiday.
Enjoying home advantage in an all-west Limerick clash, the defending champions emerged 0-12 to 0-3 winners.
A low-scoring first half saw the winners enjoy a slender 0-4 to 0-2 lead before stretching their lead in the second period.
The other game in the group was a higher-scoring affair as last year's beaten finalists Monaleen defeated Patrickswell 2-13 to 3-8.
After the disappointment of the 20-point loss in last year's decider, the result was a welcome boost to the Castletroy club as they look to return to the biggest day in the local camogie calendar.
Round 2 takes place on Friday, August 21 and sees Newcastle West take on Patrickswell and Monaleen meet Killeedy.
Ellie Madden and Ella Hession got the goals while Laura Southern struck 0-5 from play for Monaleen.
In Group 2, Croagh-Kilfinny scored an impressive 3-7 to 1-4 win over 2024 finalists Ahane.
The second round of fixtures in this pool also takes place on Friday fortnight and sees Croagh-Kilfinny take on Bruff and Adare clash with Ahane.
Round 3 takes place on Friday, September 4 with the top two teams in the groups go into the county semi-finals.
The Intermediate and Junior 'A' Championships get underway tonight.