Mark Landers (born 13 July 1972) is an Irish
hurling
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coach and former
hurler. He is the coach of
Cork Senior Championship club
Bride Rovers. Landers played for
East Cork
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East Cork c ...
club
Killeagh
Killeagh () is a village in east County Cork, Ireland. It is approximately from Cork (city), Cork city, between Midleton and Youghal on the N25 road (Ireland), N25 national primary road. The village is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil par ...
and was a member of the
Cork senior hurling team
The Cork county hurling team represents Cork in hurling and is governed by Cork GAA, the county board of the Gaelic Athletic Association. The team competes in the three major annual inter-county competitions: the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Cha ...
for six seasons, during which time he usually lined out at midfield.
Landers began his hurling career at club level with Killeagh. He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 15 year-old in 1988 and enjoyed his first success in 1995 when the club won the
Cork Junior Championship title. He later won a
Cork Intermediate Championship title in 2001 and promotion to the top flight of Cork hurling. Landers made 50 championship appearances in three different grades of hurling for the club, while his early prowess also saw him selected for the
Imokilly
Imokilly () is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Youghal. It is one of 24 baronies in the county of Cork. Other neighbouring baronies include Barrymore to the west (whose chief town is ...
divisional team, with whom he won back-to-back
Cork Senior Championship titles in
1997
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and
1998
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.
At inter-county level, Landers was part of the successful Cork minor team that won the
Munster Championship in
1990
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before later winning an
All-Ireland Championship with the intermediate team in
1997
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* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
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. He joined the Cork senior team for a series of challenge games in early 1992, however, an injury ended his progression on the team until making his competitive debut in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
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. From his debut, Landers became known as a midfielder and made a combined total of 29 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2003. During that time he was
captain
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of Cork's
All-Ireland Championship-winning team in
1999
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. Landers also secured two
Munster Championship medals and a
National Hurling League
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medal.
Landers has previously served as either a manager, coach or selector with
University College Cork
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, club side Killeagh and at inter-county level with both the Cork minor and senior hurling teams.
Playing career
Killeagh
Landers joined the
Killeagh
Killeagh () is a village in east County Cork, Ireland. It is approximately from Cork (city), Cork city, between Midleton and Youghal on the N25 road (Ireland), N25 national primary road. The village is in a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil par ...
club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, enjoying county championship success in the under-12 grade. He was just 15-years-old when he was added to Killeagh's top adult team.
On 28 August 1988, Landers was at right wing-forward when Killeagh faced
Midleton
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in the final of the
East Cork Junior Championship. In what was described in the ''
Cork Examiner
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'' as "one of the worst finals in the annals of the division", Landers was held scoreless and replaced by his brother Richard in the 1-05 to 0-08 draw. He remained on the bench for the replay on 17 September, however, he collected a winners' medal following the 1-10 to 1-08 victory.
After losing back-to-back East Cork Championship finals in 1993 and 1994, Killeagh qualified for a third successive decider on 10 September 1995. Landers was at left wing-back and collected a second winners' medal following the 1-09 to 1-08 defeat of
Watergrasshill
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. On 22 October, he scored a point from centre-forward when Killeagh defeated
Ballinhassig
Ballinhassig () is a village in County Cork, Ireland, situated south of Cork City just off the N71 Bandon road and near the source of the River Owenabue (''Abhainn Bui'', meaning "Yellow River").
Traditionally an agricultural area, Ballinha ...
by 3-09 to 0-08 to win the
Cork Junior Championship and secure promotion for the first time in the club's history.
On 21 October 2001, Landers lined out at centre-back when Killeagh faced
Mallow in the final of the
Cork Intermediate Championship. He scored 1-01, including a goal from a 20-metre free, in the 2-14 apiece draw. Landers was again at centre-back for the replay on 4 November and collected a winners' medal following the 3-09 to 2-08 victory.
Imokilly
Landers was selected for the
Imokilly
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divisional team for the first time during the
1994 Cork Championship. He made his first appearance for the team in a 1-07 to 0-10 first round draw with
Bishopstown
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on 12 June 1994.
Landers was appointed captain of the Imokilly team for the
1996 Cork Championship. On 22 September he scored a point from midfield in a 1-12 apiece draw with
Avondhu in the final at
Páirc Uí Chaoimh
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. Landers again captained the team from midfield for the replay on 6 October, which Imokilly lost by 0-13 to 1-08.
On 5 October 1997, Landers was at right wing-back when Imokilly reached a second successive final. He scored a point from play and collected his first winners' medal following the 1-18 to 2-12 defeat of
Sarsfields.
Imokilly qualified for a third successive final on 1 November 1998. Landers was selected at centre-back and scored three points, including two frees, in the 1-10 to 1-05 defeat of
Blackrock
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.
Landers was appointed captain of the Imokilly team for the second time in his career for the
2001 Cork Championship. On 6 October, he captained the team from left wing-back when they faced Blackrock in the final. In spite of playing in defence, Landers top scored for Imokilly with 2-02 in the 4-08 to 2-07 defeat.
Cork
Minor
Landers first lined out for
Cork
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as a member of the minor team during the
1990 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance for the team on 16 May and scored 1-02 from right corner-forward in an 8-22 to 1-02 defeat of
Kerry. Landers was switched to full-forward for the
Munster final
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again
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on 15 July. He was held scoreless but collected a winners' medal following the 1-09 to 0-09 victory. On 2 September, Landers lined out at left corner-forward in Cork's 3-14 apiece draw with
Kilkenny
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in the
All-Ireland final. He was switched to full-forward for the replay on 30 September but was held scoreless in the 3-16 to 0-11 defeat.
Junior and intermediate
Landers was selected for the Cork junior team for the first time during the
1995 Munster Championship. He made his first appearance on 4 June and scored four points from centre-forward in a 3-08 to 1-12 defeat by Clare.
Landers was selected for the junior team again the following year, however, he failed to secure a place on the starting fifteen for the opening rounds. On 25 June 1996, he was introduced as a substitute at full-forward and collected a
Munster Championship medal following a 2-15 to 2-10 defeat of
Tipperary in the final.
On 8 June 1997, Landers made his first appearance for the Cork intermediate team. He was at centre-back for the 0-14 to 1-10 defeat of Clare in the opening round of the
Munster Championship. Landers was dropped from the starting fifteen for the rest of the provincial campaign, however, he won a
Munster Championship medal on 23 July when he was introduced as a substitute in the 1-15 to 1-12 defeat of
Limerick
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in the final. He was restored to the starting fifteen for the subsequent
All-Ireland Championship. On 11 October he won an All-Ireland medal after scoring a point from centre-back in the 2-11 to 1-12 defeat of
Galway
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in the final.
Senior
Landers first played for the Cork senior team in a series of challenge games during the winter break of the
1991-92 National League. He later suffered an injury by tearing his cruciate ligament which ruled him out of a call-up to the team for the
1992 Munster Championship.
On 8 March 1998, Landers made his first appearance for the Cork senior team in a competitive game. He was selected at right wing-back when Cork defeated Kilkenny by 0-16 to 1-08 in the opening round of the
1998 National League. Landers lined out in all seven of Cork's league games and claimed a winners' medal on 17 May after a 2-14 to 0-13 defeat of
Waterford
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in the final. He made his championship debut on 31 May when Cork defeated Limerick by 1-20 to 3-11 in the opening round of the
Munster Championship.
Landers was appointed
captain
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of the Cork senior team for the 1999 season. On 4 July, he captained the team from midfield to their first
Munster Championship title since 1992 after a 1-15 to 0-14 defeat of reigning champions Clare in the final. On 16 August, Landers underwent micro-surgery at
Tralee General Hospital to remove damaged cartilage from his knee after injuring himself in a club game two days earlier. While it was initially feared that the injury could end his season, Landers recovered to captain Cork against Kilkenny in the
All-Ireland final on 12 September. He scored a point from midfield in the 0-12 to 0-11 victory and had the honour of becoming the first Cork player since
Tomás Mulcahy
Tomás Mulcahy (born 26 June 1963) is an Irish former hurler and Gaelic footballer who played as a right corner-forward at senior level for the Cork county team.
Born in Blackpool, Cork, Mulcahy first played competitive Gaelic games during hi ...
in
1990
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of accepting the
Liam MacCarthy Cup
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.
Landers made four appearances for Cork during the
2000 National League, however, he failed to secure a place on the starting fifteen. On 3 July, he won a second successive Munster Championship medal, albeit as a non-playing substitute, when Cork defeated Tipperary by 0-23 to 3-12 in the final.
Cork qualified for the
2002 National League final on 5 May, with Landers starting on the bench after making only a handful of cameo appearances throughout the campaign. In the week leading up to the game there had been speculation that
Gaelic Players Association
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members from both teams would stage a protest during the parade before the match with their socks down and jerseys out - offences punishable by fine under the GAA's match regulations. At the last training session before the final, Cork selector
John Meyler
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is alleged to have told Landers, a prominent GPA member and one of the Cork players in favour of the protest, to " take a good look around
Páirc Uí Chaoimh
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because he'd never see it again." Meyler dismissed this comment as "banter." The Cork players went ahead with their pre-match protest before losing the final by 2-15 to 2-14. On 29 November, Landers and six of his teammates from the Cork hurling panel held a press conference at the Imperial Hotel to announce that all 30 members of the panel were withdrawing their services from the county in the hope of better treatment from the county board. He remained a high-profile representative at the negotiations over the following two weeks and was one of five Cork hurling representatives who agreed to a settlement with the county board on 13 December.
Landers played his last game for Cork on 7 January 2003 in a 4-12 to 1-07 defeat of Blackrock in a challenge match at
Páirc Uí Rinn
Páirc Uí Rinn (), also known as Páirc Chríostóir Uí Rinn, is a Gaelic Athletic Association stadium located between Ballinlough and Ballintemple in Cork. It was previously known as Flower Lodge and was used as an association football ...
. He was subsequently dropped from the panel by new manager
Donal O'Grady, a move which effectively ending his inter-county career.
Coaching career
University College Cork
Landers was appointed coach of the
University College Cork
University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) () is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork (city), Cork.
The university was founded in 1845 as one of three Queen's Universit ...
senior hurling team for the 2007 season. His sole season in charge saw the team enjoy some early victories before making their exit from the
Fitzgibbon Cup
The Fitzgibbon Cup () is the trophy for the premier hurling championship among higher education institutions (universities, colleges and institutes of technology) in Ireland.
The Fitzgibbon Cup competition is administered by Comhairle Ard Oideac ...
.
Cork
Minor
On 22 October 2013, Landers was confirmed as coach of the Cork minor hurling team. During his sole season as coach, Cork enjoyed a 5-26 to 0-09 opening round defeat of Kerry in the
Munster Championship before exiting at the semi-final stage following a 0-23 to 2-15 defeat by Limerick.
Senior
On 19 November 2014, Landers joined
Jimmy Barry-Murphy
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's Cork senior management team as coach following the departure of
Kieran Kingston
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. On 3 May 2015, he guided Cork to the
National League final where the team suffered a 1-24 to 0-17 defeat by Waterford. Cork later exited the
Munster Championship following a five-point defeat by Waterford before being beaten by
Galway
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in the
All-Ireland quarter-final. The management team subsequently stepped down following this defeat, with Landers touted as a possible successor to Jimmy Barry-Murphy as manager.
Killeagh
Landers had been involved as a coach and selector at all different levels with Killeagh before being appointed manager of the club's senior team prior to the start of the
2016 Cork Senior Championship. His first championship season as manager saw Killeagh record victories over
Muskerry
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Imokilly () is one of the baronies of Ireland, an historical geographical unit of land. Its chief town is Youghal. It is one of 24 baronies in the county of Cork. Other neighbouring baronies include Barrymore to the west (whose chief town is ...
.
Landers and his management team returned for a second championship season in
2017
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. After an opening round defeat by
Erin's Own, Killeagh later recorded wins over
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before a Round 4 defeat by
Sarsfields.
For the third year in succession, Landers took charge of the Killeagh senior hurling team. Opening round defeats by Douglas and
St. Finbarr's sent Killeagh into the relegation play-offs where the club suffered defeats by
Ballyhea and
Kanturk
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. In spite of these defeats Killeagh were not relegated and retained their senior status for
2019
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. Landers subsequently stepped down as manager.
Bride Rovers
Landers was confirmed as the new coach of the
Bride Rovers senior hurling team in December 2018.
Career statistics
Club
Division
Inter-county
Honours
;Killeagh
*
Cork Intermediate Hurling Championship
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(1):
2001
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*
Cork Junior Hurling Championship
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(1):
1995
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* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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*
East Cork Junior A Hurling Championship
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(2): 1988, 1995
;Imokilly
*
Cork Senior Hurling Championship
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(2):
1997
Events January
* January 1 – The Emergency Alert System is introduced in the United States.
* January 11 – Turkey threatens Cyprus on account of a deal to buy Russian S-300 missiles, prompting the Cypriot Missile Crisis.
* January 1 ...
,
1998
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* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
;Cork
*
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
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(1):
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
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* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
(c)
*
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
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(1):
1999
1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons.
Events January
* January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers.
* January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...
(c)
*
National Hurling League
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(1):
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
*
All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
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(1):
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
*
Munster Intermediate Hurling Championship
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(1):
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
*
Munster Minor Hurling Championship
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(1):
1990
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References
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1972 births
Living people
Killeagh hurlers
Imokilly hurlers
Cork inter-county hurlers
All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship winners
Hurling managers
People educated at St Colman's College, Fermoy