Fiona O'Driscoll

{{Short description|Irish camogie player}}

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code= Camogie|

County= Cork|

province= Munster|

name = Fiona O'Driscoll|

irish = Fiona Ní Drisceoil |

nickname= Pocket rocket.|

sport= Camogie|

position= half forward, full forward |

county= Cork|

club= Fr O'Neill's|

clyears= 1990–2003|

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clposition= Centre forward|

icyears= 1993–2003|

icapps(points)= ?|

counties= Cork|

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icposition= Right corner forward|

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|birth_place=Knockadoon, Ballymacoda, Cork, Ireland}}

Fiona O'Driscoll is a camogie player, winner of the National Camogie Player of the Year award in 2002 and a Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003{{cite news|title= Camogie All Stars|url= http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/AllStars/tabid/104/Default.aspx|work= Camogie.ie|publisher= Cumann Camógaíochta|date= 13 November 2009|accessdate= 30 June 2010|archive-date= 3 December 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111203221616/http://www.camogie.ie/AboutCamogie/AllStars/tabid/104/Default.aspx|url-status= dead}} and six All Ireland medals in 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2002 and 2003.

Career

For much of her career she was free-taker and led the Cork attack. In the 2002 final she scored 3–2 against Tipperary.2002 All Ireland final reports in [https://archive.today/20121203010216/http://www.examiner.ie/archives/2002/0916/sport/all-ireland-camogie-final-rebels-take-their-frustrations-out-on-tippbr-98972421.html Irish Examiner], [https://archive.today/20120803194822/http://www.independent.ie/sport/odriscoll-hattrick-heroine-for-rebels-293055.html Irish Independent], and [http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2002/0916/1029770850002.html Irish Times] She won eight National League medals including seven-in-a-row between 1995 and 2001 and another in 2003. She scored 2-7 of Cork's 3-7 total in the 2000 final.

Football

She was a member of the All-Stars Football Team in 1995.

Ashbourne career

She played on the University of Limerick team that won Ashbourne Cup titles in 2004[http://www.RTÉ.ie/sport/2004/0215/camogie.html 2004 final UL 6-5 UCD 1-8, O'Toole Park, Crumlin, RTÉ online] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130711154218/http://www.rt/ |date=11 July 2013 }} and 2005.[http://hoganstand.com/ArticleForm.aspx?ID= 42733 2005 final UL 0-12 UCD 1-4 at Ballygunner, Hogan Stand]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She played on three O'Connor Cup UL Football winning teams from 1993 to 1995.[http://ulaa.ul.ie/?page=FionaODriscoll UL Alumni website profile]

Coach

She coached Cork to successful 2005 and 2006 All Ireland final against Tipperary and in their unsuccessful 2007 All Ireland final against Galway, becoming the first female Coach to all-Ireland camogie winners in over 20 years.[http://ulaa.ul.ie/?page=FionaODriscoll UL Alumni website profile]

Administration

She was chair of National CCIA (the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110531015700/http://www.ccao.ie/ |Higher Education] committee of the Camogie Association) 1995-1998 and Chairperson of the National Camogie Coaching and Development Committee (2006–2008).{{fact|date=July 2021}}

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