Colette McSorley

Collette McSorley is a camogie player, national Young Player of the Year award winner in 2005,[1] the first Armagh camogie player to win a major national award in the sport, and winner of a Soaring Star Award in 2011 and nominated for another in 2016.

Collette McSorley
Personal information
Irish name Nicoilín Níc Somhairle
Sport Camogie
Position Centre half forward
Born Armagh, Northern Ireland
Club(s)*
Years Club Apps (scores)
 Tullysarron ?
Inter-county(ies)**
Years County Apps (scores)
 Armagh ?
* club appearances and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).
**Inter County team apps and scores correct as of (16:31, 30 June 2010 (UTC)).

She was Ulster Young Player of the Year in 2004. She captained Queen's University Belfast to Purcell Cup glory in 2011, and was a recipient of 4 Queen's University Blues awards from 2008–2011. She was also part of the County Armagh teams that achieved the All-Ireland Nancy Murray crown in 2006 and 2011.

She played in full forward in Croke Park in the 2016 All-Ireland Final, where Armagh where overcome by Carlow. Colette was a dual player for Armagh in 2006-07 representing the county in both codes of Camogie and Ladies Football.

Career

She is a prolific scorer for Armagh and for Queen’s University, Belfast camogie teams. When played for Ireland in the camogie-shinty international in 2009 she won the player of the match award.[2]

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References
  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  2. 2009 Ireland 2-2 Scotland 0-0 Report on RTÉ online Archived July 11, 2013, at the Wayback Machine


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