Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Alastríona Ni Giobúin | ||
Sport | Camogie | ||
Position | centre-back | ||
Born | 1956or1957(age 67–68) [1] Cork, Ireland | ||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
Club(s) | |||
Years | Club | ||
1973–1999 | Glen Rovers | ||
Inter-county(ies) | |||
Years | County | ||
1982–1997 | Cork | ||
Inter-county titles | |||
All-Irelands | 6 | ||
All Stars | 2004 Team of Century |
Sandie Fitzgibbon (born 1964 in Cork) is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004, and winner of six All Ireland medals in 1982, 1983, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1997. [2]
She played for Glen Rovers Club with whom she won four All Ireland Club Championships. She also holds one Colleges All Ireland, three Minor All Ireland, seven National League and two Gael Linn interprovincial medals. She captained Cork to victory in 1992 when they defeated Wexford.[ citation needed ]
Her camogie awards include Munster Young Camogie Player for 1983, National Irish Bank Player of the Year in 1992 and 1995, and twice Jury's Hotel Sports Star of the Month. In 2000, she received the Cork Lord Mayor's Millennium Camogie Award.[ citation needed ]
In 2013, she was given a Northside and District Hall of Fame Award. [3]
Her team of the century citation read: "possessing huge natural sporting ability, compact and tidy in her movements, allied to great speed, she was a most influential player who could control a game with ease. Sandie was very polished performer whether at midfield or centre-back." [4]
Her basketball awards include three National Cup and five National League titles, [5] 64 senior basketball caps for Ireland, and the Delta Air Lines Olympic Award. [6]
The Camogie All Star Awards are awarded each November to 15 players who have made outstanding contributions to the Irish stick and ball team sport of camogie in the 15 traditional positions on the field: goalkeeper, three full backs, three half-backs, two midfields, three half-forwards and three full-forwards. They were awarded for the first time in 2003 as an independent initiative sponsored by a hotel group and accorded official status by the Camogie Association in 2004.
Killeagh GAA club is a hurling and Gaelic football club located in the small village of Killeagh in east County Cork, Ireland. The club is affiliated with the East Cork division of Imokilly and the Cork county board.
Angela Downey-Browne is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie with her local clubs, St Paul's based in Kilkenny city and Lisdowney, and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970-95. Downey is regarded as the greatest player in the history of the game.
Liz Neary is a retired Irish sportsperson. She played camogie at various times with her local clubs St. Paul's and Austin Stacks and was a member of the Kilkenny senior inter-county team from 1970 until 1987. Neary is regarded as one of the greatest players of all-time.
Veronica Curtin is a former inter-county camogie player with Galway. She played in the 2008, 2010 and 2011 All Ireland finals. With a total of 5-15, she was the sixth highest scoring player in the 2011 Senior Camogie Championship. Curtin won camogie All Star awards in 2006 and 2007 and was an All Star nominee in 2010.
Marie Costine is a former camogie player.
Bridie Martin-McGarry from Kilkenny is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004, and winner of nine All Ireland medals.
Linda Mellerick is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004, and winner of All Ireland medals in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2002.
Pat Moloney-Lenihan is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004, and winner of All Ireland medals in 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1980 and 1982.
Sophie Brack is a former camogie player who was selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004, and winner of All Ireland medals in 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954 and 1955.
Deirdre Hughes is a former camogie player selected on the camogie team of the century in 2004, and winner of All Ireland medals in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004.
Mary Moran, Irish: Máire Ní Mhóráin, was the 18th president of the Camogie Association, elected at the 1973 Congress in the Blarney Hotel in a run-off against Mary Lynch of Monaghan.
Mary O’Leary is a former camogie player, winner of the B+I Star of the Year award in 1982 and All Ireland medals in 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1983.
Claire Cronin is a former camogie player, winner of the B+I Star of the Year award and the Gradam Tailte award for skill tests in 1983 having previously won the Levi Youth Sports Star award for Young Player of the Year in 1976. She won All Ireland medals in 1978, 1980, 1982 and 1983.
Susan Earner is a camogie player, a member of the Galway senior panel that unsuccessfully contested the All Ireland finals of 2010 and 2011 against Wexford, She won a Camogie All Star Award in 2011. She was part of the Galway team which won the 2013 All Ireland, defeating Kilkenny in the final.
Camogie in County Cork is administered by the Cork County Board of the Camogie Association.
The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Bórd na Gaeilge All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—was the high point of the 1997 season. The championship was won by Cork who defeated Galway by a four-point margin in the final. The match drew an attendance of 10,212, then the second highest in the history of camogie.
The 1992 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Glen Rovers, who defeated Rathnure from Wexford in the final, played at Glen Rovers.
The 1986 National Camogie League is a competition in the women's’ team field sport of camogie was won by Cork, who defeated Dublin in the final, played at O'Toole Park.
Rena Manley (1941–2010), also known as Rene Manley, was an Irish camogie player. She was captain of the Cork camogie team in the early 1960s, winning the Munster Championship in 1962. She also won Gael Linn Cup medals with the Munster team in 1963 and 1964. Manley played as a forward. In obituaries in the Evening Echo and the Southern Star, she was described as a 'camogie legend'.