Neamh Woods

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Neamh Woods
Personal information
Full nameNeamh Woods
Born (1989-05-03) 3 May 1989 (age 35) [1] [2]
Height 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
School Sacred Heart College, Omagh
University University of Ulster, Jordanstown
Queen's University
Occupation PE teacher
Netball career
Playing position(s): WA, C, WD
YearsClub team(s)Apps
200x– Larkfield (Lisburn)
YearsNational team(s)Caps
200x– Northern Ireland

Neamh Woods is a Northern Ireland netball international and a Tyrone Ladies' Gaelic footballer. She was a member of the Northern Ireland teams at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and the 2019 Netball World Cup. As a Ladies' Gaelic footballer she played for Tyrone in the 2010 All-Ireland final. She captained Tyrone when they won the 2018 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship. She was an All Star in 2008 and 2018 and was the 2018 TG4 Intermediate Player's Player of the Year.

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Early life, family and education

Woods is from Clanabogan, County Tyrone. [3] [4] [5] Her father, Seamus Woods, played Gaelic football as a midfielder for Tyrone during the 1970s. Together with his brothers, Canice and Laurence, he also helped Carrickmore win the Tyrone Senior Football Championship in 1977, 1978 and 1979. More recently he has managed ladies' Gaelic football teams at Drumragh Sarsfields. [6] [7] Neamh began playing netball while attending Sacred Heart College, Omagh. [8] [9] [10] She subsequently attended University of Ulster, Jordanstown [11] [12] and Queen's University, where she studied physical education. [13]

Netball

Clubs

Woods plays netball for the Lisburn–based Larkfield club in the Northern Ireland Premier League. Her teammates at Larkfield include fellow Northern Ireland international, Caroline O'Hanlon and Michelle Drayne. [4] [14] [15] [16]

Northern Ireland

Woods has represented Northern Ireland at under-17, under-19, under-21, university and senior levels. [10] [8] [9] [11] [17] She was a member of the Northern Ireland team that won 2015 Nations Cup. [18] [19] [20] She also helped Northern Ireland win the silver medal at the 2017 European Netball Championship. [14] [21] She was subsequently a member of the Northern Ireland teams at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and at the 2019 Netball World Cup. [1] [4] [22] Woods is one of several Ladies' Gaelic footballers to play netball for Northern Ireland. Others include Caroline O'Hanlon (Armagh), Laura Mason (Down) and Michelle Drayne, Emma and Michelle Magee (all Antrim). [10] [19] [22]

TournamentsPlace
2007 Nations Cup [23] Bronze medal icon.svg
2015 Nations Cup [18] [19] [20] Gold medal icon.svg
2015 European Netball Championship [3] 4th
2017 European Netball Championship [14] [21] Silver medal icon.svg
2018 Commonwealth Games [1] [4] 8th
2019 Netball World Cup [2] [22] [24] 10th

Gaelic football

Neamh Woods
Personal information
Sport Ladies' Gaelic football
Position Defender/Midfielder
Club(s)
YearsClub

2008–2012
2014
 Drumragh Sarsfields
→ UUJ
→ Queen's University
Inter-county(ies)
YearsCounty
200x–
 Tyrone
Inter-county titles
All Stars 2

Clubs

Woods plays Ladies' Gaelic football at club level for Drumragh Sarsfields. Before 2003 the club did not have girls or ladies teams so Woods played with boys teams up to under-14 level. At an All-Ireland Feile when Drumragh played Glenswilly she marked Michael Murphy. [4] [6] [7] [15] [25] In 2008 she was a member of the University of Ulster, Jordanstown team that won the O'Connor Cup. [26] She also played for UUJ in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 O'Connor Cup finals [27] [28] [29] and for Queen's University in the 2014 final. [30] [31]

Inter-county

Woods played for Tyrone in the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final against Dublin. [32] [33] [34] In 2018 she captained Tyrone when they won the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship. In the final she scored two goals as Tyrone defeated Meath 6–8 to 1–14. Woods was also named player of the match. [35] [36] [37] [38] In 2008 and 2018 Woods was selected as an All Star. In 2018 she was named the TG4 Intermediate Player's Player of the Year. [39] [40] [41]

All-Ireland FinalsPlaceOpponentGoal/Points
1 2010 Senior [32] [33] [34] Runner up Dublin 0–0
2 2017 Intermediate [42] [43] Runner up Tipperary 0–0
3 2018 Intermediate [35] [36] [37] [38] [44] Winners Meath 2–0

Personal life

Woods is a PE teacher. She has worked at Sacred Heart College, Omagh and St Ciaran's College, Ballygawley. [3] [4] [5] [21]

Honours

Netball

Northern Ireland

Gaelic football

Tyrone
University of Ulster, Jordanstown
Queen's University
Individual

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