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 Tweet

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