Imelda Hobbins

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Imelda Hobbins
Personal information
Irish name Irish Nic Oibicín
Sport Camogie
Born Galway, Ireland
Club(s)*
YearsClubApps (scores)
Mullagh ?
Inter-county(ies)**
YearsCountyApps (scores)
Galway ?
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).

Imelda Hobbins is a former camogie player, captain of the All Ireland Camogie Championship winning team in 1996, the first for Galway at senior level. [1]

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Early career

She won an All Ireland minor medal with Galway in 1986, captained the Cyril Farrell trained St Raphael’s, Loughrea team to the 1988 All-Ireland schools championship, scoring 1-10 in the final against FCJ Bunclody, and scored two goals as Galway beat Limerick 3-4 to 1–5 in the 1988 All Ireland junior final. She won another All-Ireland schools championship in 1989

Inter-county

She was a member of the 1994 National League winning team and the 1998 Galway team beaten by Cork in the All Ireland final. [2]

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References

  1. "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
  2. 1998 All Ireland final Cork 2-13 Galway 0-15 reports in Irish Examiner Archived June 22, 2011, at the Wayback Machine , Irish Independent and Irish Times