Lillian Zinkant is a
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, who won a
Minor All Ireland medal as part of the Cork Minor Team and the winner of the award for the Minor Camogie Player of the Year during the later part of the 1970s or the early part of the 1980s.
Career
The daughter of George Zinkant of the 1951 championship winning
Sarsfields team, Lill played with
South Presentation, Cork, before becoming the inspiration of her club's unsuccessful run of games in the
All-Ireland Junior Club Camogie Championship.
Lill scored a total of a goal and four of the club's points in all of the season, and also won the league title with the club.
After her retirement Lill did some of the
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 ...
coaching of the different teams.
30 June 2005 Cork camogie set up supporters club
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She attended the various presentations of awards for the other people to help them in the acknowledgment.
She was the winner of some of her own trophies like of the Volunteer of the Year.
See also
* Wikipedia List of Camogie players
References
External links
Camogie.ie
Official Camogie Association Website
Cork camogie players
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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