Colleen Atkinson
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Colleen Atkinson is a camogie
player, captain of the Wexford team that won the 2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship
medals in 2009, 2010
and 2011
; National League Division two 2009; Winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007;
Leinster Junior 2003 (captain), 2004; Leinster Senior 2003, 2004, 2007; Club Senior 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (captain), 2009; Leinster Club Senior 2009. All-Ireland
club sevens 2006. Colleen's younger sister, Karen
is also on the Wexford panel.
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, captain of the Wexford team that won the 2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship
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...
Other awards
National Camogie LeagueNational 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....
medals in 2009, 2010
National Camogie League 2010
The 2010 National Camogie League was won by Wexford for the second year in succession.-Summary:The seven teams in the first division were drawn into two groups of four and three. Each team played one another once only. The top two in each group contested the semi-finals...
and 2011
National Camogie League 2011
The 2011 National Camogie League was won by Wexford, their third league title in succession. The final was played on April 17 2011 as a curtain raiser to the hurling match between Tipperary and Wexford at Semple Stadium and drew an attendance of 4,180.-Summary:...
; National League Division two 2009; Winner of All-Ireland Senior medals in 2007;
Leinster Junior 2003 (captain), 2004; Leinster Senior 2003, 2004, 2007; Club Senior 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (captain), 2009; Leinster Club Senior 2009. All-Ireland
All-Ireland Sevens Camogie
All-Ireland Sevens Camogie Competitions are seven-a-side national inter-club or inter-college Camogie tournaments held at senior, junior, legends/master, colleges and inter-varsity level....
club sevens 2006. Colleen's younger sister, Karen
Karen Atkinson
Karen Atkinson is an English international netball player. Atkinson has represented England in netball since 1994, and was selected for the senior England team in 1997. During her international career, she has won bronze medals at three Commonwealth Games , as well as in the 1999 Netball World...
is also on the Wexford panel.
External links
- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
- Wexford Wexford camogie site