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Laura Walker just turned 16 but has been playing camogie since she was ten years old.

“London calling to the faraway towns,

Laura Walker just turned 16 but has been playing camogie since she was ten years old.

Laura Walker just turned 16 but has been playing camogie since she was ten years old.

 “London calling to the faraway towns,

Is it true that Henry Shefflin sleeps with a sliothar under his pillow? Is Joe Canning a Weetabix or porridge man? How fast can Shane McGrath do a lap around Semple Stadium? Which Eoin Kelly is Ollie Moran related to? These questions and many other issues of profound importance about your county’s top hurlers will be answered this summer…

Kilkenny’s five goals at Semple Stadium, Thurles on Saturday last helped them to an incredible four-in-a-row All-Ireland minor camogie titles when they beat Clare, 5-10 to 3-8.

Local senior camogie player Jacqui Frisby has made the final 10 in the inaugural Gala Performance Award introduced this year to recognise the most outstanding individual performance during the course of the Gala All-Ireland Senior Championship, and Jacqui demonstrated her remarkable talent in the Tipperary V Kilkenny game in Semple Stadium on June 27. This led to the Kilkenny senior player making the shortlist of nominees for best performance of the season.

Galway’s first hurling championship win over Cork since 2002 has prompted renewed hope in the county’s senior hurlers. However John McIntyre’s evolving team has little time to enjoy Saturday’s 1-19 to 0-15 victory over Cork as they head to Semple Stadium for their next assignment, an All Ireland hurling quarter-final with Waterford, on Sunday.

It was a titantic struggle and a great advertisement for the game. The young hurlers of Galway and Clare slugged it out in the All-Ireland under-21 hurling semi-final at Semple Stadium until finally extra time saw Clare take the honours.