Down's Shane Ward NAME: Shane Ward DATE OF BIRTH: 7-3-79 HEIGHT: 5' 9" WEIGHT: 13st CLUB: Clonduff COUNTY: Down NOTABLE SPORTING ACHIEVEMENTS (GAELIC): 2 All-Ireland medals with St Mark's; 4 Ulster medals; 1 All-Ireland Club Under 14 Feile medal; Under 12, Under 14, Under 16 Club Championship medals, 3 Minor medals INTERCOUNTY DEBUT: First League match against Wicklow 1997 TOUGHEST OPPONENT: Ronan McGovern FAVOURITE GROUNDS: Clonduff Park HOBBIES: Football, hurling and pool FAVOURITE PLAYERS: Ross Carr, Colm O'Rourke INFLUENCES ON YOUR CAREER: Mick Crilly (grandfather) THE HIGH POINT OF YOUR CAREER TO DATE: Captain of St. Marks football team 1995 BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Getting beaten in last year's county final OTHER PLAYERS WITH A PROMISING FUTURE:John Fegan (Clonduff), PJ McAliden (Burren) WAYS OF IMPROVING THE GAME: The game is great the way it is DISLIKES ABOUT THE GAA: Training, but it has to be done DO YOU HAVE ANY RELATIVES INVOLVED IN GAELIC GAMES?: Uncles John and Michael Crilly, cousins, brothers - John, Gerard and Liam PERSON YOU WOULD MOST LIKE TO MEET: Charlie Redmond FAVOURITE MUSIC: Country music IDEAL DATE: Demi Moore HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE REMEMBERED? As a fair player who had respect for others Taken from Hogan Stand magazine 12th June 1998 Vol 8 No 24 Tweet

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