Brigid ‘Biddy’ Phillips (1956–2010) was a camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

 player, administrator, referee and coach who coached Tipperary to their first All Ireland camogie title in 1999.

Background

From Childers Park in Thurles

Thurles

Thurles is a town situated in North Tipperary, Ireland. It is a civil parish in the historical barony of Eliogarty and is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cashel and Emly...

, she played for Tipperary at under 18, juniors and senior in 1971, and for the under 18 and seniors again in 1972, a year in which she scored 3-1 in the Ann Frazer cup final against St Bernadette’s /Knockshegowna.

Career

She refereed All Ireland Senior Camogie Final in 1997 as well as intermediate

All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship is the most important competition in the women’s field sport of camogie for second-tier county teams and for second-string teams of first-tier counties. If the winning team comes from a second-tier county, that county is promoted to the following...

, junior

All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is the most important competition for third-tier county teams in the women’s field sport of camogie. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term junior applies to the level of competition rather than the age group...

 and senior club

All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is the most important competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.-Trophy:...

 All Ireland finals between 1993 and 1999, she was chair of the Camogie Association

Camogie Association

The Camogie Association organises and promotes the sport of camogie in Ireland and across the world. The Association has close ties with the Gaelic Athletic Association.-History:...

’s National Referees Committee and treasurer of the Tipperary Camogie Board from 1988 to 2000.

Management

She became co-selector of the Tipperary county team in 1980 with Timmy Delaney and Bernie O’Dowd, and was team coach through the 1980s and 1990s culminating in the defeat of Clare in the All-Ireland Intermediate final of 1997 and the All Ireland three in a row in 1999-2001.

Awards

She was Sports Executive of the Year at the annual Tipperary Sport Stars (Cidona) awards ceremony in Clonmel.

External links

• Obituary in Nenagh Guardian and Irish Times
• Ulster camogie: The late Biddy Phillips
• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website

Wikipedia List of Camogie players