CAMOGIE: SportsDaz Team of the Year – Day 1 Results

(Day 1 Poll Toppers (l-r) – Heather Cooney, Hannah Looney, Grace Walsh & Louise Donoghue)

The opening round of the 2020 SportsDaz Camogie Team of the Year is over with plenty of surprises and intriguing results as the 48 defenders were cut down to 24.

Galway’s Heather Cooney topped the poll with 54.6% in her quarter-final followed by Cork’s Hannah Looney, Kilkenny’s Grace Walsh & Meath’s Louise Donoghue.

Galway secured semi-final sports for all six defenders with Kilkenny coming next with five qualifiers. Down took four spots; followed by Cork and Meath with three each; Cavan have two going through with Wexford also represented.

Among the shock eliminations were Cork’s Laura Hayes (just 0.1% short), Kilkenny’s Michelle Teehan, Waterford’s Lorraine Bray and Clare’s Niamh O’Dea.

The defenders are back in action again on Wednesday (3rd March) on twitter when the 24 remaining are whittled down to 12.

Keep an eye out on twitter on Tuesday as the 48 forwards begin their campaign in their respective quarter-finals.

Qualifiers

Heather Cooney – Galway (54.6%), Hannah Looney – Cork (45.8%), Grace Walsh – Kilkenny (45.1%), Louise Donoghue – Meath (44.4%), Pamela Mackey – Cork (43.6%), Sarah Dervan – Galway (42.9%), Shauna Healy – Galway (42.0%), Sarah O’Connor – Wexford (38.6%), Emma Helebert – Galway (36.6%), Tara Kenny – Galway (36.5%), Dearbhla Magee – Down (33.6%), Siobhan Gardiner – Galway (33.6%), Tracy King – Meath (33.1%), Collette Dormer – Kilkenny (32.8%), Caitriona Caldwell – Down (32.5%), Meabh Cahalane – Cork (31.9%), Lorna Cahill – Cavan (28.7%), Davina Tobin – Kilkenny (28.2%), Caoimhe Clarke – Cavan (27.0%), Claire Coffey – Meath (26.4%), Danielle Harrison – Down (25.8%), Meighean Farrell – Kilkenny (25.3%), Claire Phelan – Kilkenny (24.0%), Karen McMullan – Down (23.8%)

Eliminated

Laura Hayes – Cork (23.7%), Michelle Teehan – Kilkenny (23.5%), Judith Mulcahy – Limerick (22.9%), Maeve Connolly – Antrim (21.3%), Amy Boyle – Antrim (21.2%), Niamh O’Dea – Clare (20.9%), Eimear Loughman – Tipperary (20.1%), Roisin McMahon – Clare (18.8%), Iona Heffernan – Waterford (18.2%), Niamh Reilly – Cavan (16.9%), Nicola Woods – Armagh (16.6%), Erinn Galligan – Cavan (16.2%), Mary Meehan – Armagh (15.7%), Caoimhe Conlan – Antrim (13.9%), Chloe Drain – Antrim (13.0%), Aimee Collier – Laois (12.5%), Ciara Finnegan – Cavan (11.5%), Patrice Diggin – Kerry (11.4%), Clodagh Carroll – Waterford (10.0%), Sibeal Harney – Waterford (7.4%), Roisin Kilmartin – Laois (7.3%), Clodagh Tynan – Laois (7.2%), Alison McEvoy – Laois (6.5%), Lorraine Bray – Waterford (6.1%)

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