| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native name | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1972 (age 52–53) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Process operator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Hurling | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Left wing-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peter Smith (born 1972) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. At club level,he played with Midleton and at inter-county level with the Cork senior hurling team.
Smith played hurling at all grades as a student at Midleton CBS. He was part the of the school's senior team that lost to Abbey CBS in the final of the Dean Ryan Cup in 1987. [1] Smith later won a Dr Harty Cup medal after a 2–07 to 2–03 win over Thurles CBS in 1988. [2] [3]
At club level,Smith first played for Midleton at juvenile and underage levels. He won three successive Cork MAHC medals,while also claiming consecutive Cork U21AHC medals. Smith won a Cork SHC in 1991 after a 1–17 to 1–08 win over Glen Rovers. [4] [5]
Smith first played for Cork at inter-county level during a three-year tenure with the minor team. He won Munster MHC medals in 1988 and 1990,as well as captaining the team to a 1–09 to 0–09 defeat by Kilkenny in the 1990 All-Ireland minor final. [6] Smith later progressed to the under-21 team and won Munster U21HC medals in 1991 and 1993. [7] Smith subsequently spent three seasons with the senior team. [8]
Smith became involved in team management and coaching following his retirement from playing. He managed Midleton to the Cork SHC title in 2013 after a 2–15 to 2–13 win over Sarsfields. [9] Smith later managed Cloyne. [10]