Claire Grogan (camogie)
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Claire Grogan is a camogie
player, winner of three All-Star awards in 2004, 2005 and 2007 and a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003. She was short-listed for further All-Star awards in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009.
It was the first of seven successive All Ireland finals in which she played for Tipperary, and she set up Emily Hayden for the opening goal after four minutes. She won five All Ireland medals, hitting the point of the match in 2000, scoring a goal in 2001, 2002, 2003 and scoring nine points in 2004.
In the 2001 All Ireland club final
she scored a late equaliser for Cashel against their Galway opponents only for Pearses to win the title by a point. She won her first All Ireland senior club medal
with Cashel in 2007 and captained the team to victory against Athenry in 2009.
She also won a National League medal
in 2004.
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, winner of three All-Star awards in 2004, 2005 and 2007 and a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003. She was short-listed for further All-Star awards in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Career
In 2000 she became the youngest player to figure in an All-Ireland senior final since the mid 1950s at the age of 14, something that is no longer possible under camogie rules. She was the outstanding player in that year’s minor championship.It was the first of seven successive All Ireland finals in which she played for Tipperary, and she set up Emily Hayden for the opening goal after four minutes. She won five All Ireland medals, hitting the point of the match in 2000, scoring a goal in 2001, 2002, 2003 and scoring nine points in 2004.
In the 2001 All Ireland club final
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:...
she scored a late equaliser for Cashel against their Galway opponents only for Pearses to win the title by a point. She won her first All Ireland senior club medal
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:...
with Cashel in 2007 and captained the team to victory against Athenry in 2009.
She also won a National League medal
National Camogie League
The National Camogie League is the second most important competition in the Irish team sport of Camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in four divisions graded by ability....
in 2004.