CAMOGIE: 2021 SportsDaz Team of the Year – Day 4 Results
It was another exciting day in the penultimate round of polls to determine the 2021 SportsDaz Camogie Team of the Year as the remaining contenders were reduced to 32 and they’ll all contest today’s Final (Friday). (Day 4 Poll Toppers (l-r) – Shauna Fallon, Maeve Kelly, Lisa Firman)
The goalkeepers were reduced from 8 to 4; the midfielders also dropped from 8 to 4; and the forwards where whittled down from 24 to 12.
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GOALKEEPERS (Semi-Finals) – Antrim’s Caitriona Graham topped the poll with 41.2%; followed by Cork’s Amy Lee (39.8%) and Derry’s Niamh Gribben (34.9%).
Antrim, Cork, Derry and Galway will be represented in the final.
Among the shock eliminats were Kilkenny duo Sinéad Farrell and Aoife Norris.
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MIDFIELDERS (Semi-Finals) – Roscommon’s Shauna Fallon topped the poll with 43.3%; followed by Antrim’s Lucia McNaughton (31.3%) and Mayo’s Ava Lambert (30.1%).
Roscommon, Antrim, Mayo and Wexford will be represented in the final.
Among the shock eliminations were Galway’s Niamh Kilkenny and Cork’s Hannah Looney.
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FORWARDS (Semi-Finals) – Antrim’s Maeve Kelly topped the poll with 45.4%; ahead of Wexford duo Lisa Firman (42.8%) and Ailis Neville (41.5%).
Wexford lead with three finalists; followed by Antrim and Cork with two each; Derry, Galway, Kilkenny, Meath and Roscommon are also represented.
Among the shock eliminations were last year’s player of the year Cork’s Amy O’Connor, Galway’s Siobhán McGrath, Down’s Niamh Mallon and Offaly’s Mairéad Teehan.
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There will be eight polls on Friday with four players in each (1×4 Goalkeepers, 3×4 Defenders, 1×4 Midfielders, and 3×4 Forwards)
Unlike previous rounds where the overall score across all polls in each section counted, this time it’s a straight shoot-out.
The top goalkeeper makes the team, the top two midfielders make the team, and the top two in each of the defenders and forwards polls make the team.
Should there be a tie, the semi-final results will be used to separate contenders. And if still level, the quarter-final results!
So keep an eye out on twitter and make your vote count one last time on Friday when we select the 2021 SportsDaz Camogie Team of the Year.
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Goalkeeper – Semi-Final Qualifiers
Caitriona Graham – Antrim (41.2%), Amy Lee – Cork (39.8%), Niamh Gribben – Derry (34.9%), Sarah Healy – Galway (32.9%).
Goalkeeper – Eliminated
Sinéad Farrell – Kilkenny (23.2%), Aoife Norris – Kilkenny (12.5%), Brianna O’Regan – Waterford (8.9%), Ciarrai Devlin – Armagh (6.5%).
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Midfield – Semi-Final Qualifiers
Shauna Fallon – Roscommon (43.3%), Lucia McNaughton – Antrim (31.3%), Ava Lambert – Mayo (30.7%), Chloe Cashe – Wexford (30.1%).
Midfield – Eliminated
Nicole O’Neill – Antrim (23.2%), Niamh Kilkenny – Galway (16.0%), Hannah Looney – Cork (15.3%), Ashling Thompson – Cork (10.1%).
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Forwards – Semi-Final Qualifiers
Maeve Kelly – Antrim (45.4%), Lisa Firman – Wexford (42.8%), Ailis Neville – Wexford (41.5%), Katie Nolan – Kilkenny (35.2%), Róisín McCormick – Antrim (35.1%), Aoife Donohue – Galway (32.3%), Amy Gaffney – Meath (32.2%), Kate Wall – Cork (30.3%), Aoife Shaw – Derry (29.9%), Chloe Sigerson – Cork (29.8%), Leah Rowe – Roscommon (29.7%), Anais Curran – Wexford (29.5%).
Forwards – Eliminated
Amy O’Connor – Cork (28.0%), Siobhán McGrath – Galway (24.8%), Ciara Banville – Wexford (19.6%), Ailish O’Reilly – Galway (19.2%), Orlaith McGrath – Galway (17.1%), Niamh Mallon – Down (15.9%), Ava Lynskey – Galway (13.0%), Katrina Mackey – Cork (11.4%), Jane Dolan – Meath (11.2%), Cora Kenny – Galway (10.2%), Mairéad Teehan – Offaly (8.1%), Mairéad Dillon – Galway (7.8%).
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