PLAYERS FROM KILKENNY, Cork and Wexford are in the running for the main individual senior camogie award after the 2016 championship.
The award, a joint venture by the Camogie Association and the WGPA, will be contested by Cork’s Orla Cotter, Kilkenny’s Denise Gaule and Wexford’s Kate Kelly.
Gaule was central to Kilkenny’s All-Ireland and league successes. She scored 0-7 in their final win over Cork while also winning Player of the Match in the semi-final victory over Galway.
Cotter helped Cork reach another decider and hit 1-2 as their three-in-a-row bid was foiled at the final hurdle, while Kelly lined out for semi-finalists Wexford and scored 0-8 in their last four loss to Cork.
The intermediate award will be a Kilkenny and Cork contest with Jenny Clifford and Ciara Holden in contention from the champions Kilkenny while Linda Collins is the Cork representative.
Clifford (1-0) and Holden (0-5) made important scoring contributions in Kilkenny’s intermediate final win while Collins was Cork’s leading performer with a brilliant return of 1-5 from play.
Finally the junior award has seen Carlow duo Eleanor Treacy and Ciara Quirke nominated along with Armagh’s Ciara Donnelly.
Treacy fired 0-6 in Carlow’s final success while Quirke was the hat-trick hero with a return of 3-2 from play. Despite suffering defeat, Donnelly impressed by weighing in with 1-6.
With the shortlists now released, the awards will now be voted on by the inter-county players with the winners announced at the Liberty Insurance Camogie All-Stars awards on 5 November.
Senior Player of the Year
- Orla Cotter (Cork)
- Denise Gaule (Kilkenny)
- Kate Kelly (Wexford)
Intermediate Player of the Year
- Linda Collins (Cork)
- Jenny Clifford (Kilkenny)
- Ciara Holden (Kilkenny)
Junior Player of the Year
- Ciara Donnelly (Armagh)
- Eleanor Treacy (Carlow)
- Ciara Quirke (Carlow)
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