Kathleen Marks (née Griffin), born in 1935, is a former
camogie
Camogie ( ; ga, camógaíocht ) 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 of hurling (which is played by men onl ...
player, who played for Tipperary in four
All Ireland Camogie Championship finals without achieving the long-awaited breakthrough for Tipperary.
Career
She won two
All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
The All-Ireland Club Camogie Championship is a competition for club teams in the Irish women’s field sport of camogie. It is contested by the senior club champions of the leading counties and organised by An Cumann Camógaíochta.
Trophy
The t ...
medals with
St Patrick’s, Glengoole in 1965 and 1966. She played in the
All Ireland Camogie Championship finals of
1953
Events
January
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, 1958, 1961 and 1965. She won
Gael Linn Cup
The Gael Linn Cup is a bi-ennial tournament, representative competition for elite level participants in the women's team field sport of camogie, contested by Ireland's four provincial teams with competitions at senior and junior level on alternat ...
inter provincial medals and was later secretary of the Munster camogie council.
[Dictionary of Irish Sporting Greats by john Gleeson (1996) p184]
Kathleen Marks (Griffin), Rosemount,
Roscrea
Roscrea () is a market town in County Tipperary, Ireland, which in 2016 had a population of 5,446. Roscrea is one of the oldest towns in Ireland, having developed around the 7th century monastery of Saint Crónán of Roscrea, parts of which rem ...
is a woman who has dedicated her life to badminton, as a player, coach and administrator. She is one of the most dedicated sports people ever to come to Roscrea. She began playing badminton in Temperance Hall and later in the Abbey Hall for the Roscrea Club for a number of years where she also served as Chairperson for a time. She then progressed to play with the Thurles Club which was the leading club in the county at the time and, while she was there, she represented the club and won awards at both County and Munster Level.
Her involvement in coaching paved the way for Kathleen's involvement in administration and her first appointment was as Treasurer of the County Badminton Association and selector of the underage and adult teams at County Level. Kathleen then went on to become one of the Tipperary delegates on the Munster Branch of the Badminton Union and was elected President of the Munster Branch from 1982 - 1983. Then from 1994 -1995 she achieved the highest accolade when she was elected President of the Badminton Union of Ireland.
On 8 December 2002 Kathleen was presented with a prestigious European Award that only 3 people in Ireland have received at a function in Belfast. The presentation was made to Kathleen by the European Badminton Union. Kathleen was bestowed with this honour for her lifetime of commitment to badminton, a lifetime that has seen her remain the record holder as Ladies Singles champion, be a champion in both mixed and ladies doubles and Captain of the Tipperary team at Munster level.
See also
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Wikipedia List of Camogie players
References
External links
Camogie.ieOfficial Camogie Association Website
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Tipperary camogie players
Living people
1935 births