Personal information | |||
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Irish name | Stíofáinín Ní Dealiath | ||
Sport | Camogie | ||
Position | corner-back | ||
Born | Ireland | ||
Club(s)* | |||
Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
Sarsfields | ? | ||
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). |
Stephanie Delea is a camogie player who is at corner back currently playing for the Sarsfields club. Delea won County intermediate camogie medals with them in 2002 [1] and then again in 2005. [2]
Her father's grand-aunt Kate captained her county to success in 1933. Her sister won Camogie Championship medals and performed her role as Camogie Radio match analyst on Raidió Éireann.[ citation needed ] Inspired by this and after the institution of an official awards scheme, she was short-lived for an award in 2002 [3] and again in 2005. [4] having being a winner of their unofficial awards scheme in 2000 [5] and She was nominated as part of that shortlist in 2006 but not again in 2005. [6] Delea's father John won an All-Ireland Junior Football Championship medal in 1965,[ citation needed ] and her brother Pat came so close to a junior football medal in 2003.[ citation needed ]
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