Colleen Atkinson

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Colleen Atkinson
Personal information
Irish name Cailín Ní hAidicín
Sport Camogie
Position Right half-forward
Born (1993-10-26) 26 October 1993 (age 31)
Caragh, Kildare, Ireland
Nickname Cola/Koala
Club(s)*
YearsClubApps (scores)
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Éire Óg GAA ?
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 Sept 2011 (UTC)).

Colleen Morrison Atkinson is an Irish camogie player who has a Leinster Junior club Medal at right half-forward. [1] She was her club's player of the year in 2011 and she has various other club accolades. Her cousin Cora-Jane Fitzsimons plays camogie for Dublin.[ citation needed ]

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Career

She became the club's Under 14 captain in 2006, later followed by club's Under 16 captain in 2008, won a Leinster Under 16 league medal from 2007, an Under 18 league title from 2009 and another title in 2010; also Kildare Div 2 runner up medal from 2010. Three (3) All Ireland intervarsity sevens, later followed by an All Ireland Club sevens. Kildare Co. junior Club: 2008, 2009, 2011, and Kildare Co. intermediate Club: 2010 as well as one Leinster junior Club medal, and she won other junior titles with her club in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011.

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References

  1. "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 January 2009. Archived from the original on 28 January 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2010.[ permanent dead link ]