Collette McSorley is a camogie player, national Young Player of the Year award winner in 2005,[1] the first Armagh camogie player to win a major national award in the sport, and winner of a Soaring Star Award in 2011 and nominated for another in 2016.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Nicoilín Níc Somhairle | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | Centre half forward | ||
| Born | Armagh, Northern Ireland | ||
| Club(s)* | |||
| Years | Club | Apps (scores) | |
| Tullysarron | ? | ||
| Inter-county(ies)** | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| Armagh | ? | ||
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* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). **Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)). | |||
She was Ulster Young Player of the Year in 2004. She captained Queen's University Belfast to Purcell Cup glory in 2011, and was a recipient of 4 Queen's University Blues awards from 2008 to 2011. She was also part of the County Armagh teams that achieved the All-Ireland Nancy Murray crown in 2006 and 2011.[citation needed]
She played in full forward in Croke Park in the 2016 All-Ireland Final, where Armagh where overcome by Carlow. Colette was a dual player for Armagh in 2006-07 representing the county in both codes of Camogie and Ladies Football.[citation needed]
Career
editShe is a prolific scorer for Armagh and for Queen's University Belfast camogie teams. When played for Ireland in the camogie-shinty international in 2009 she won the player of the match award.[2]
References
edit- ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
- ^ 2009 Ireland 2-2 Scotland 0-0 Report on RTÉ online Archived 11 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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