Shirley McCay

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Shirley McCay
MBE
Personal information
Born (1988-06-07) 7 June 1988 (age 35) [1]
County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Playing position Defender/Midfielder
Youth career
200x–2006 Omagh Academy
Senior career
YearsTeam
200x–200x Omagh
200x–2008 Randalstown
2008–2009 Ulster Elks
2009–2010 KHC Dragons
2010–2014 Old Alex
2014–2017 Ulster Elks
2017– Pegasus
National team
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2007–2021 Ireland 273 (7)
Medal record
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 London

Shirley McCay MBE (born 7 June 1988) is an Ireland women's field hockey international. She was a member of the Ireland team that played in the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup final. McCay has played in the Women's Irish Hockey League for Old Alex, Ulster Elks and Pegasus. She was a member of the Ulster Elks team that won two successive Irish Senior Cup titles in 2014–15 and 2015–16. Since 2015 she has been Ireland's most capped women's field hockey international. [2]

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According to some sources she is also "Ireland's most capped sportswoman in any code" [3] [4] and the holder of "the most international caps by any Irish athlete (male or female) across any sport". [5] [6] [7]

Early years, family and education

McCay's hometown is Drumquin, County Tyrone. She is the daughter of Robert and Hazel McCay. She has a sister, Lindsay. She was educated at Omagh Academy [5] [8] [9] [10] and Dublin Institute of Technology. [11]

Domestic teams

Omagh Academy

While attending Omagh Academy, McCay was encouraged to play field hockey by her PE teacher, Mary Swann. She was captain of the academy under-14 team which won the Ulster Junior Schoolgirls' Cup. In 2005 she was a member of the Omagh Academy team that won the Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup and the Kate Russell All-Ireland Schoolgirls Championships. [5] [6] [9] [8] In addition to playing for Omagh Academy, McCay also played senior club field hockey with Omagh and Randalstown. [12] [13]

Ulster Elks

McCay first played for the Ulster Elks during the 2008–09 season. [14] She re-joined the Elks for the 2014–15 season, teaming up with among others, Megan Frazer and Stephanie Jameson. [15] [16] She subsequently helped the Elks win the Irish Senior Cup in both 2014–15 [17] [18] and 2015–16. [19] After the Elks were relegated from the Women's Irish Hockey League at the end of the 2016–17 season, McCay switched to Pegasus. [20]

KHC Dragons

During the 2009–10 season McCay played for KHC Dragons. [14] [21] [22] [23] [24]

Old Alex

Between 2010 and 2014 McCay played for Old Alex in the Women's Irish Hockey League. While playing for Old Alex, McCay also studied journalism at Dublin Institute of Technology. [11] [21] [25] [26]

Pegasus

Since 2017–18 McCay has played for Pegasus in the Women's Irish Hockey League. [20] [27] [28]

Ireland international

McCay represented Ireland at Under-16 and Under-18 levels before making her senior debut. [5] She made her senior debut in January 2007 against Canada. [9] [29] In April 2011 she captained Ireland as she made her 100th senior appearance against France. [5] [29] [30] In March 2015 McCay was a member of the Ireland team that won a 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament hosted in Dublin, defeating Canada in the final after a penalty shoot-out. [31] [32] On 11 June 2015 McCay made her 200th senior Ireland appearance at the 2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League Semifinals in a game against Germany. [33] [34] In July 2015 she was also a member of the Ireland team that won the 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II. In the final against the Czech Republic, McCay made her 209th senior Ireland appearance. As a result, she became Ireland's most capped women's field hockey international, moving one ahead of Nikki Symmons. [2] In January 2017 she was also a member of the Ireland team that won a 2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League Round 2 tournament in Kuala Lumpur, defeating Malaysia 3–0 in the final. [35] In August 2017 she made her 250th appearance at the 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. [20] [36] [37]

McCay represented Ireland at the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup and was a prominent member of the team that won the silver medal. [3] [38] [39] She featured in all of Ireland's games throughout the tournament, including the pool games against the United States, [40] India, [41] and England, [42] the quarter-final against India, [43] the semi-final against Spain [44] and the final against the Netherlands. [45] During the tournament McCay scored against United States [46] [47] [48] and was named player of the match in the pool game against India. [28] Before the World Cup, McCay announced she would probably retire after the tournament. [37] However following Ireland's success, she said she would reconsider. [10] [49] [50] [51] She announced her retirement from international play on 9 September 2021. [52]

McCay was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 Birthday Honours for services to hockey and to the community in Northern Ireland. [53]

TournamentsPlace
2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [54] 6th
2008 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier [55] 3rd
2009 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge II [56] 3rd
2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [57] [58] 5th
2010 Women's Hockey World Cup Qualifiers [22] [23] 3rd
2011 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I [59] 6th
2011 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [60] [61] 6th
2012 Women's Field Hockey Olympic Qualifier [62] 2nd
2013 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [63] [64] 7th
2014 Women's Hockey Champions Challenge I [65] 2nd
2014–15 Women's FIH Hockey World League [66] 15th
→ 2015 Dublin Tournament [31] [32] 1st
2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II [2] 1st
2016–17 Women's FIH Hockey World League [35] 13th
→ 2017 Kuala Lumpur Tournament [35] 1st
2017 Women's Four Nations Cup [67] 2nd
2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [68] 6th
2018 Women's Hockey World Cup [42] [44] [69] Silver medal icon.svg
2018–19 Women's FIH Series Finals [70] [71] 2nd
2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship [72] [73] 5th

Field hockey coach

Since 2013 McCay has worked as a coach for the Ulster Hockey Union. [9] [74] [75] [26]

Honours

Ireland
Ulster Elks
Omagh Academy

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