Kennedy Noelle
January 07, 2000
Tipperary's Noelle Kennedy
NAME: Noelle Kennedy
DATE OF BIRTH: 28-12-75
HEIGHT: 5' 7"
WEIGHT: 9st 7lbs
CLUB: Toomevara
COUNTY: Tipperary
NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 6 Senior County Club; 1 Munster Club; 1 Junior and 1 Senior Colleges All-Ireland; 1 Junior, 1 Senior and 1 Intermediate All-Ireland; 2 Senior Gael Linn
TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Denise Cronin (Cork)
FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Semple Stadium
HOBBIES: Working out in gym, soccer
FAVOURITE POSITION: Centre field
THE WORST PLAYER TO TRAIN THAT YOU KNOW: Ciara Gaynor
MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT ON OR OFF THE FOOTBALL FIELD: Interview with RTE
FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Deirdre Hughes, DJ Carey
INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Parents and Catherine Byrne (Offaly)
THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Getting player of the match and winning the All-Ireland intermediate final 1997; winning the All-Ireland senior title last September
BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Losing the All-Ireland senior semi final to Galway in 1998
OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE: Una O'Dwyer (Cashel), Elaine Dermody (Offaly), Emer McDonnell (Burgess), Carina Carroll (Offaly)
WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: Get more parents involved in camogie
DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Don't reward players for the amount of effort and time they put into the sport
RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES: Brothers play for Toomevara
PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Ger Loughnane (not)
FAVOURITE PERSONAL SAYING OR TERM OF ABUSE: 'Put your two hands on the hurl and pull'
FAVOURITE MUSIC: Pop music
FAVOURITE FILM: Notting Hill
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU WON THE LOTTO: Travel the world
PERSON LEAST WELCOME AT YOUR HOME: TV licence inspector
IDEAL DATE: Brad Pitt
HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED: A sporting player
Taken from Hogan Stand magazine
7th January 2000
Vol 10 No 1
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