Kilkenny's Micheal Hoyne NAME: Micheal Hoyne DATE OF BIRTH: 14-5-79 HEIGHT: 6' 2" WEIGHT: 12st 7lbs CLUB: Graigue-Ballycallan COUNTY: Kilkenny NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): Hurling - 2 Under 13 Championships 1990, 1992; 1 Under 14 Championship 1991; 1 Under 16 League Final 1995; 2 Minor Championships 1994, 1996; 2 Minor League Finals 1994, 1996; 1 Under 21 North Championship 1996; 2 Leinster Minor Championships; present captain of the Kilkenny Minor team 1997; won the All-Ireland Feile Long Puck 1992. Football - 1 Under 16 League Final 1995; 2 Minor medals; 1 Under 21 Championship 1996; captain Kilkenny Minor team 1996 INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: Under 13 against Wexford in 1990 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Sean Og O hAilpin (Cork) and Ken McGrath (Waterford) FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Nowlan Park (Kilkenny) HOBBIES: Hurling, gaelic football, snooker, badminton, socialising FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre back FAVOURITE PLAYERS: DJ Carey, Noel Skehan INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents and Jim Neary (underage club trainer) THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Reaching Minor All-Ireland in 1995 and winning 2 club minor medals BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing Minor All-Ireland to Cork in 1995 OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Damien Cleere, Graigue-Ballycallan WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Have two referees for inter county matches DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Tickets too expensive for All-Irelands DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Brother John played with Kilkenny Minors 1996 and grandfather John Hoyne played with the Kilkenny juniors PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: D'Unbelievables, Eddie Moroney (commentator) FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Gis a pint fairly lively Tom' PET HATES: Going to sleep before a big game FAVOURITE MUSIC: Oasis FAVOURITE FILM: Michael Collins IDEAL DATE: Teri Hatcher HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? To score the winning goal in an All-Ireland final, like the goal John Fenton scored in the Munster Final against Limerick Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 8th August 1997 Vol 7 No 32 Tweet

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