Karen Atkinson (camogie)

Karen Atkinson
Personal information
Irish name Carin Nic Aidicín
Sport Camogie
Position Left Corner Back
Born (1986-11-25) 25 November 1986 (age 38)
Wexford, Ireland
Club(s)
Years Club
 Oulart–The Ballagh
Club titles
All-Ireland Titles 2
Inter-county(ies)
Years County
 Wexford
Inter-county titles
All-Irelands 4

Karen Atkinson is a camogie player, winner of All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship medals in 2007[1] 2010[2] 2011[3][4] and as All Ireland winning captain in 2012. She was an All-Star nominee in 2010.[5]

Other awards

National Camogie League medals in 2009, 2010 and 2011; National League Division two 2009; Leinster Championship 2011 2010 2009; All Star nominee 2010[6] Ashbourne Cup 2009; three All-Ireland Féile na nGael 1998, 1999, 2000; Leinster Under-14 2000 (captain); Leinster Under-16 2002; Leinster and Winner of All-Ireland Senior medals at Colleges level with Coláiste Bríde 2003, 2004; Leinster Junior 2003, 2004; Leinster Senior 2004, 2007; Club Senior 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009; Leinster Club Senior 2009; All-Ireland club sevens 2006. Karen's sister, Colleen, was also on the Wexford panel and captained the winning Intermediate team in 2011.[7][8]

References

  1. ^ 2007 All Ireland final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times and Gorey Guardian Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ 2010 All-Ireland Final reports in Irish Examiner, Irish Independent and Irish Independent match at a glance, Irish Times colour piece and match report, comment by Tom Humphries and Mary Hannigan, RTÉ online Archived 2011-08-30 at the Wayback Machine, Irish Times online and RTÉ online match-tracker Archived 2010-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Wexford 2-07 Galway 1-08". RTÉ Sport. 11 September 2011. Archived from the original on 3 January 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  4. ^ 2011 final Wexford 2-7 Galway 1-8 Report in Camogie.ie Connacht Tribune Archived 2012-08-26 at the Wayback Machine Enniscorthy Echo Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Galway Advertiser Irish Examiner, Irish Independent, Irish Times, Camogie.ie, RTE Online Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, Tuam Herald Archived 2012-04-01 at the Wayback Machine Wexford People Homecoming in Enniscorthy Echo Archived 2012-03-28 at the Wayback Machine Wexford People Preview in Irish Examiner Irish Times Irish Independent
  5. ^ 2010 All star nominees
  6. ^ 2010 All Star Nominees
  7. ^ Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460.
  8. ^ Goodison, Dean (2010). I Gotta Feeling: Wexford 2010 All-Ireland Champions. Wexford, Ireland: Dean Goodison. p. 208.