GALWAY CAMOGIE: GALWAY’S GREATEST CAMOGIE PLAYER – THE QUARTER-FINALS! 

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Therese Maher, Rebecca Hennelly, Sarah Dervan, Niamh McGrath,

The first round of twitter voting concluded in the early hours of Tuesday morning (29th May) in our competition to select ‘Galway’s Greatest Camogie Player’ as the 104 entrants were whittled down to 56 players. 

Four players got more than 60% in their respective first round ties with 2013 All-Ireland winner Therese Maher topping the poll with 81%.  Three-time All-Star Niamh McGrath was next on 77% followed by current captain Sarah Dervan (64%) and Rebecca Hennelly (61%).

The top two players from each of the 26 first round polls qualified for the quarter-finals along with the best four third placed finishers.  The quarter-finals, which start this morning (Tuesday), will see another 14 groups with four each.  Only the winners advance along with the best two runners-up.

As mentioned before the competition started, any ties would be settled by the adjudication committee but they weren’t called upon to make any decisions.

The best four third placed finishers who advanced to the quarter-finals were Anne Broderick (26%), Carmel Hannon (26%0, Ann Marie Starr (23%) and Clodagh McGrath (21%).

Some big names to depart after the first round included 2013 winning captain Lorraine Ryan, 2013 winning goal scorer Ailish O’Reilly, Aine Hillary, Kathleen Quinn, Sinead Keane and Midge Poniard.

The quarter-final pairings will appear below shortly after the Round One results and the polls will stay open for 15 hours.  The semi-finals take place on Wednesday.

All You Need to do is go to our Twitter page and select your favourite player in each group.  Please LIKE and SHARE! 

  1. THERESE MAHER – 81%, ANNE FORDE – 13%, Aine Hillary – 5%, Carmel Allen – 1%

2. IMELDA HOBBINS – 51%, ROISIN BLACK – 23%, CLODAGH McGRATH – 21%, Marion Forde – 5%

Imelda Hobbins
Imelda Hobbins

3. NIAMH McGRATH – 77%, CARMEL BRISCOE – 12%, Rita Jordan – 8%, Phil Foye – 3%

4. ORLAITH McGRATH – 40%, LOURDA KAVANAGH – 31%, ANNE BRODERICK – 26%, Marion Freaney – 3%

5. SIOBHAN McGRATH – 51%, OLIVIA BRODERICK – 27%, Sinead Keane – 14%, Ann Gallagher – 8%

6. RITA BRODERICK – 36%, SUSAN KEANE – 35%, Stephanie Gannon – 19%, Nono McHugh – 10%

7. FINOLA KEELY – 40%, ELAINE BURKE – 38%, Anne Morris – 15%, Nicola Gavin – 7%

8. JESSICA GILL – 43%, SINEAD CAHALAN – 37%, Ailbhe Kelly – 15%, Alice Murphy – 5%

9. NOREEN COEN – 56%, DENISE GILLIGAN – 33%, Jane Murphy – 6%, Josie Kelly – 5%

10. SHEILA COEN – 41%, COLETTE GLENNON – 32%, Mary Kelly – 19%, Margaret Murphy – 8%

11. MADGE KENNEDY – 36%, SIOBHAN COEN – 35%, Michelle Glynn – 19%, Shauna Murphy – 10%

12. TARA KENNY – 49%, REGINA GLYNN – 34%, Caroline Murray – 17%, Claire Collins – 0%

13. SHARON GLYNN – 55%, AISLINN CONNOLLY – 33%, Brenda Kerins – 7%, Colette Nevin – 5%

14. HEATHER COONEY – 58%, PAMELA NEVIN – 31%, Fiona Gohery 5.5%, Bridget Kilgannon – 5.5%

Heather Cooney
Heather Cooney

15. MARIA COONEY – 37%, EMMA KILKELLY – 31%, CARMEL HANNON – 26%, Ann O’Donoghue – 6%

16. BRENDA HANNEY – 57%, DEIRDRE COSTELLO – 30%, Mary Kilkenny – 10%, Kathleen O’Flaherty – 3%

17. NIAMH KILKENNY – 52%, ANN HARDIMAN – 22%, Ailish O’Reilly – 15%, Olive Costello – 11%

18. ORLA KILKENNY – 59%, EMER HARDIMAN – 20%, Ann Poniard – 11%, Louise Curry – 10%

Orla Kilkenny
Orla Kilkenny

19. VERONICA CURTIN – 59%, MARTINA HARKIN – 24%, Midge Poniard – 14%, Margaret Killeen – 3%

20. SARAH DERVAN – 64%, TRACEY LAHEEN – 31%, Emer Haverty – 5%, Kathleen Quinn – 0%

21. MARTINA HAVERTY – 45%, ANN RYAN – 33%, Lorraine Lally – 20%, Rosemary Divilly – 2%

22. AOIFE DONOHUE – 41%, ANN MARIE HAYES – 27%, Lorraine Ryan – 15%, Claire Lynch – 7%

23. MOLLY DUNNE – 42%, AOIFE LYNSKEY – 26%, ANN MARIE STARR – 23%, Fiona Healy – 9%

Molly Dunne
Molly Dunne

24. THERESE MANTON – 39%, SUSAN EARNER – 29%, Sarah Healy – 18%, Brid Stratford – 14%

25. SANDRA TANNION – 37%, SHAUNA HEALY – 31%, Dympna Maher – 20%, Bridget Fahy – 12%

26. REBECCA HENNELLY – 61%, IMELDA MAHER – 32%, Catherine Finnerty – 4%, Catherine Ward – 3%

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