TWO ALL-IRELAND WINNING Galway stars and a key Kilkenny forward have been shortlisted for the Camogie Association/WGPA Players’ Player of the Year Award.
Tribe captain Sarah Dervan and All-Ireland final Player of the Match Niamh Kilkenny have been nominated for the senior accolade, which is sponsored by Liberty Insurance, along with Kilkenny’s Michelle Quilty.
Galway were six-point winners over the Cats in this year’s decider, after which they got their hands on the O’Duffy Cup for the first time since 2013.
In doing so, they made it a double with a brilliant league final performance ending Kilkenny’s bid for four-in-a-row in that regard.
Dervan and Kilkenny were both central figures throughout the year, their exploits at either end of the pitch inspiring in each and every battle while the latter’s All-Ireland final performance was nothing short of a midfield masterclass.
Quilty, on the other hand, was a shining light for the Noresiders and their top scorer in the decider. The Mullinavat woman had accounted for 0-8 as the final whistle sounded and confirmed further final heartbreak for the Cats.
At intermediate level, there’s a mix of counties in the running with All-Ireland winning Westmeath taliswoman Pamela Greville joined on the shortlist by Galway finalist Dervla Higgins and Tipperary’s Sabrina Larkin.
And the junior trio shows two Kerry All-Ireland champions in Patrice Diggin and Sara Murphy and Limerick forward Rebecca Noonan.
The overall winners will be announced at the Camogie All-Stars Awards on 19 October.
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Not really fair when you remember that Sligo were kicked out of the championship last year for the same reasons
@Tom McBride: totally agree.
@Tom McBride: nobody cares about lesser teams. It’s all about the big few.
@Homes: Absolutely, no way would any teams outside of Div 1 or 2 have a game rescheduled for the same. Nonsense.
@Homes: Tyrone hardly in the “big few” these days are they??
Can you imagine the sledging that will go on. The Tyrone backs sneezing on top of the kerry forwards etc
@James Beattie: lol. Didn’t think of that. Hilarious haha
Up Kerry!
Would the Tyrone team not be vaccinated yet?
@Gerard Browne: can still have covid
@John O Reilly: I know that but if everybody is vaccinated there’s no need to quarantine?
@Gerard Browne: still have to isolate even if fully vaccinated!
@Darren Mullins: if positive yes but not if a close contact as you become a casual contact if vaccinated or is it different in the UK?
@Darren Mullins: Makes the point of getting the vaccine pretty pointless so
@Gerard Browne: with the vaccine you only get a milder dose of covid
@Gerard Browne: If you call significantly reducing your chances of death or serious illness then ya, pointless
Tyrone should have been thrown out
Good call. Even though I have to do a week of late shifts to get Sunday off!
Sligo couldn’t field a team and were punished , Tyrone should be out of the all Ireland series . Broke covid rules kick them out
@Greg: they didnt break any covid rules. Cork u20s were given a similar postponent this season for the same reason.
@Kieran Lynch: where did they celebrate after Ulster Final?
Rte just announced it being postponed for a week. Final moves to September 4th.
@Kieran Campbell: Saturday???
@John McCabe: Yeah Sat 4th Sept. Most likely a 6:30-7pm kick off too, so they can accommodate for the Ireland vs Azerbaijan game in Lansdowne which kicks off at 5 bells on Saturday as well.
@Ultan Corcoran: I believe the All Ireland Final will have a ‘throw in’, and the other match at the Aviva will have a’kick off’
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
This bl00dy virus has stopped being a joke when it interferes with GAA all ireland.