Jane Adams is an Irish
camogie
Camogie ( ; ) is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and worldwide, largely among Irish communities.
A variant of the game "hurling" (which is played by men only), it is organised ...
player, winner of an
All-Star award in
2008
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, a
Lynchpin award, predecessor of the All Star awards, in 2003. and an
Intermediate Soaring Star award in 2011. She was Ulster camogie player of the year three times. She captained Antrim to the
All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Junior Camogie Championship is a competition for third-tier county teams in the women's field sport of camogie and for second-string teams of first-tier counties. In accordance with the practice in GAA competitions the term juni ...
in 2010.
Career
From Upper Dunmurry Lane in Belfast, she played for St Malachy’s at primary school level and attended St Louise's before joining the
O'Donovan Rossa club. She won her first
Junior All-Ireland medal in 1997 when Antrim defeated Cork in the All-Ireland final. She was Player of the match in the
2001 All-Ireland Intermediate final and won a second intermediate medal in 2003.
All Ireland Club Championship
She won four Ulster Championships and one All-Ireland Title with
Rossa, winning prominence as captain, play-maker and scorer of two goals and nine points as O'Donovan Rossa became the first Ulster club to win the
All Ireland Club Championship in 2008. She had previously scored 2-11 in the semi-final against
Ballyboden St Enda's.
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References
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Living people
Antrim camogie players
Year of birth missing (living people)
Sportspeople from Antrim, County Antrim