CAMOGIE: SportsDaz Team of the Year – Day 2 Results

(Day 2 Poll Toppers (l-r) – Katrina Mackey, Sarah Louise Graffin, Sorcha McCartan & Niamh Mallon)

Day Two of the 2020 SportsDaz Camogie Team of the Year is over with plenty of surprises and intriguing results as the 48 forwards were cut down to 24.

Cork’s Katrina Mackey topped the poll with 60.8% in her quarter-final followed by Down trio Sarah Louise Graffin, Sorcha McCartan and Niamh Mallon.

Down and Galway came top with four qualifiers for the semi-finals; one ahead of Cork and Wexford.

Armagh, Kilkenny, Meath and Waterford secured two slots into the next rounds; with Kildare and Tipperary also enjoying success.

Among the shock eliminations were Kilkenny duo Anne Dalton and Aoife Doyle; Armagh’s Ciara Donnelly and Galway’s Orlaith McGrath.

The forwards are back in action again on Thursday (4th March) on twitter when the 24 remaining are whittled down to 12.

Keep an eye out on twitter on Wednesday for the midfield quarter-finals (16 become 8) and the defender semi-finals (24 become 12).

Forward – Quarter-Final Qualifiers

Katrina Mackey – Cork (60.8%), Sarah Louise Graffin – Down (49.1%), Sorcha McCartan – Down (48.4%), Niamh Mallon – Down (47.8%), Joanne Dillon – Wexford (45.7%0, Amy O’Connor – Cork (45.6%), Beth Carton – Waterford (42.9%), Emer Reilly – Kildare (41.2%), Shelley Kehoe – Wexford (39.9%), Megan Thynne – Meath (39.1%), Carrie Dolan – Galway (37.2%), Rachael Merry – Armagh (36.4%), Niamh Rockett – Waterford (34.8%), Orla Cronin – Cork (34.4%), Siobhan McGrath – Galway (32.6%), Denise Gaule – Kilkenny (32.2%), Lauren Clarke – Down (31.7%), Niamh Hanniffy – Galway (30.5%), Leanne Donnelly – Armagh (30.4%), Miriam Walsh – Kilkenny (30.2%), Cait Devane – Tipperary (27.6%), Jane Dolan – Meath (27.6%), Ailish O’Reilly – Galway (27.3%), Mag Byrne – Wexford (26.5%)

Eliminated

Anne Dalton – Kilkenny (24.4%), Eimear Kelly – Clare (23.7%), Ciara Donnelly – Armagh (20.0%), Orlaith McGrath – Galway (18.9%), Orla Smith – Cavan (18.0%), Mary O’Connell – Kilkenny (15.8%), Maeve Kelly – Antrim (14.3%), Karen Kielt – Derry (13.6%), Aoife Doyle – Kilkenny (13.1%), Megan Dowdall – Westmeath (12.7%), Kate Lynch – Waterford (12.5%), Catherine Kavanagh – Carlow (11.2%), Ciara Quirke – Carlow (11.1%), Caoimhe Costello – Limerick (11.0%), Sinead McKenna – Cavan (10.5%), Roisin McCormack – Antrim (9.8%), Shanise Fitzsimons – Cavan (9.7%), Caitrin Dobbin- Antrim (8.6%), Jessica Fitzell – Kerry (8.5%), Aine O’Loughlin – Clare (8.2%), Grace O’Brien – Tipperary (7.9%), Roisin O’Keeffe – Cavan (7.4%), Abby Flynn – Waterford (5.7%), Kirsten Keenan – Laois (3.5%).

CAMOGIE: SportsDaz Team of the Year – Day 1 Results