CAMOGIE: 2021 SportsDaz Team of the Year – Day 3 Results

Day Three of the 2021 SportsDaz Camogie Team of the Year continues to throw up some big results as the remaining 73 contenders were reduced to 52. (Day 3 Poll Toppers (l-r) – Ava Lambert, Hannah Looney & Sarah Harding-Kenny.  Photo (c) Inpho Photography)

The midfielders began their campaign as the 16 nominees were cut to 8; while it was semi-finals day for the defenders with the 25 starters now down to 12 remaining.

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Cork’s Hannah Looney (56.4%) topped the poll in the midfield category followed by Mayo’s Ava Lambert (49.7%) and Roscommon’s Shauna Fallon (44.6%).

Antrim and Cork have two players each advancing to the semi-finals; while Galway, Mayo, Roscommon and Wexford have one each.

Among the shock eliminations were Tipperary’s Ereena Fryday, Waterford’s Shona Curran, Kilkenny’s Grace Walsh and Offaly’s Sarah Walshe.

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Wexford’s Sarah Harding-Kenny (48.8%) topped the poll in the defenders category followed by team mates Ciara Donohue (44.2%) and Sinéad Furlong (43.8%).

Wexford came out top with six qualifiers making the final; ahead of Antrim, Galway and Cork with two each.

Among the shock eliminations were Tipperary’s Mary Ryan, Galway’s Sarah Dervan, Kilkenny’s Davina Tobin and Cork’s Meabh Cahalane.

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The midfielders are back in action again today (Thursday 4th November) on twitter with the semi-finals reducing the eight qualifiers to four.

For the defenders, 12 have reached the final and will battle for the six team slots on Friday (5th November).

As well as the midfielders, keep an eye out on twitter on Thursday as we’ve semi-finals for the goalkeepers (8 become 4) and the forwards semi-finals (24 become 12).

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Midfield – Quarter-Final Qualifiers

Hannah Looney – Cork (56.4%), Ava Lambert – Mayo (49.7%), Shauna Fallon – Roscommon (44.6%), Chloe Cashe – Wexford (42.3%), Ashling Thompson – Cork (39.3%), Niamh Kilkenny – Galway (37.7%), Lucia McNaughton – Antrim (28.0%), Nicole O’Neill – Antrim (23.3%).

Midfield – Eliminated

Aoife Minogue – Meath (17.6%), Grace Walsh – Kilkenny (16.7%), Ereena Fryday – Tipperary (13.9%), Ciara Phelan – Kilkenny (7.6%), Áine McAllister – Derry (6.5%), Shona Curran – Waterford (6.4%), Sarah Walshe – Offaly (5.5%), Orlaith Duggan – Clare (4.6%).

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Defence – Semi-Final Qualifiers

Sarah Harding-Kenny – Wexford (48.8%), Ciara Donohue – Wexford (44.2%), Sinéad Furlong – Wexford (43.8%), Aoife Dunne – Wexford (43.7%), Aisling Halligan – Wexford (39.8%), Libby Coppinger – Cork (39.3%), Aideen Brennan – Wexford (37.6%), Niamh Donnelly – Antrim (37.6%), Dervla Higgins – Galway (35.2%), Maria Lynn – Antrim (34.2%), Saoirse McCarthy – Cork (30.2%), Shauna Healy – Galway (29.2%).

Defence – Eliminated

Mary Ryan – Tipperary (29.0%), Chloe Drain – Antrim (27.1%), Caoimhe Conlon – Antrim (26.8%), Sarah Dervan – Galway (23.5%), Caitriona Cormican – Galway (23.4%), Meabh Cahalane – Cork (19.2%), Siobhán Gardiner – Galway (17.9%), Colette Dormer – Kilkenny (16.9%), Karen Kennedy – Tipperary (13.7%), Davina Tobin – Kilkenny (13.5%), Aoife McGrath – Tipperary (10.3%), Kellyann Doyle – Kilkenny (8.5%), Michelle Teehan – Kilkenny (6.4%).

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