Bridget McKeever

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Bridget McKeever
Personal information
Full name Bridget McKeever Cleland
Born (1983-02-02) 2 February 1983 (age 41)
Ballymoney, County Antrim,
Northern Ireland
Playing position Midfielder/Defender
Youth career
Dalriada School
Senior career
YearsTeam
200x– Ballymoney
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2003–2010Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland 150
Coaching career
200x– Ballymoney
2006– Dalriada School

Bridget McKeever (born 2 February 1983), also known as Bridget Cleland, is a former Ireland women's field hockey international. Between 2003 and 2010 she made 150 senior appearances for Ireland. She also captained Ireland.

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Early years and education

McKeever was educated at Dalriada School [1] and Stranmillis University College. [2]

Domestic teams

Ballymoney

McKeever played senior club field hockey for Ballymoney, playing in various competitions including the Ulster Shield, the Irish Senior Cup [3] [4] [5] [6] and the Women's Irish Hockey League. [7] Her team mates at Ballymoney have included Angela Platt, [8] Megan Frazer [4] [5] and Katie Mullan. [9] McKeever played for Ballymoney during 2016–17 Women's Irish Hockey League season. [10]

Ireland international

McKeever was first called up for a senior Ireland squad in June 2003 [11] and in July 2003 she made her full debut against Japan. [12] Between 2003 and 2010 she made 150 senior appearances for Ireland. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] In February 2008 McKeever captained Ireland as she made her 100th senior appearance against China. [18] She also captained Ireland when she made her final appearance against Australia in July 2010. [13] [14] [15] [16] [17]

TournamentsPlace
2003 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship 6th
2004 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier [19] 8th
2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [20] [21] 5th
2006 Women's Intercontinental Cup [22] [23] [24] 8th
2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [25] [26] 6th
2008 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier [27] [28] 3rd
2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II [29] 3rd
2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [30] [31] 5th
2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers [32] [33] 3rd

Teacher and coach

In 2006 McKeever began working as a PE teacher at Dalriada School. [13] [15] She also coached at Ballymoney. McKeever mentored Katie Mullan at both Dalriada and Ballymoney. [9] [34] [35]

Honours

Ballymoney

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