Kirk Shimmins

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Kirk Shimmins
Personal information
Full name Kirk Raymond Shimmins
Born (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 29)
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Playing position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Dragons
Youth career
Pembroke Wanderers
Senior career
YearsTeam
Pembroke Wanderers
UCD
0000–2018 Pembroke Wanderers
2018– Dragons
National team
YearsTeamApps (Gls)
2013– Ireland 106
Medal record
Men's field hockey
Representing Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland
EuroHockey Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 London Team
Last updated on: 11 December 2018

Kirk Raymond Shimmins (born 1 June 1994) is an Irish field hockey player who plays as a midfielder for Belgian club KHC Dragons and the Irish national team.

He competed for the Ireland men's national field hockey team at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [1] He played at the youth levels of Pembroke Wanderers and has played club hockey in Ireland until 2018 when he transferred to KHC Dragons in the Men's Belgian Hockey League. [2]

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References

  1. "Kirk Shimmins". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  2. "Dragons overhaul panel with series of eye-catching arrivals" . Retrieved 25 June 2018.