Linda Mellerick 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 selected on the camogie
team of the century
In team sport, team of the century and team of the decade are hypothetical best teams over a given time period. For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 ...
in 2004, and winner of
All Ireland medals in 1992, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998 and 2002.
Background & club career
Though born in
Tipperary
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Places
*County Tipperary, a county in Ireland
**North Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Nenagh
**South Tipperary, a former administrative county based in Clonmel
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, Linda’s family moved to live in Cork when she was three. She started her Camogie career with the
Brian Dillons
Brian Dillons is one of the oldest Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in Cork city in Ireland. It is named after the Irish Fenian, Brian Dillon and its original clubhouse ("the Hole in the Wall") was less than 100 metres from Dillon's home (in ...
club before moving to
Glen Rovers
Glen Rovers is a Cork-based Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Blackpool, Cork, Ireland. The club was founded in 1916 and is primarily concerned with the game of hurling. They were Cork senior hurling champions in 2015 and 2016, havin ...
, where she won ten
Cork
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** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
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* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
County Championships and three
All Ireland Club Championships.
Inter-county
In an inter-county career with
Cork
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***Wine cork
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* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
which spanned 21 years she won one
Minor
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* Minor (law), a person under the age of certain legal activities.
** A person who has not reached the age of majority
* Academic minor, a secondary field of study in undergraduate education
Music theory
*Minor chord
** Barb ...
, one
junior
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Arts and entertainment Music
* ''Junior'' (Junior Mance album), 1959
* ''Junior'' (Röyksopp album), 2009
* ''Junior'' (Kaki King album), 2010
* ''Junior'' (LaFontaines album), 2019
Films
* ''Junior'' (1994 ...
and six
senior All Ireland titles, ten
National Camogie League
The National Camogie League, known for sponsorship reasons as the Very Ireland Camogie Leagues, is a competition in the Irish team sport of camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in three divisions graded by ability.
It wa ...
titles and four
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 titles. She captained
Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant product
** Cork (plug), a cylindrical or conical object used to seal a container
***Wine cork
Places Ireland
* Cork (city)
** Metropolitan Cork, also known as G ...
to All Ireland success in 1993 and 1997.
Awards
Apart from her selection on the camogie
team of the century
In team sport, team of the century and team of the decade are hypothetical best teams over a given time period. For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 ...
in 2004, she won the B&I "
Player of the Year Award
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Association football
In association football, this award is h ...
" in 1993 and 1998. She originally planned to retire in 1997 but returned for five more years and eventually retired from the game in 2002 after winning her sixth All Ireland medal and two years before the introduction of the
Camogie All Stars Awards
The Camogie All Star Awards are awarded each November to 15 players who have made outstanding contributions to the Irish stick and ball team sport of camogie in the 15 traditional positions on the field: goalkeeper, three full backs, three half-bac ...
scheme.
Citation
Her
team of the century
In team sport, team of the century and team of the decade are hypothetical best teams over a given time period. For the century team, it can be either 100 years, or for a century (always the 20th). Similarly the team of the decade can be for 10 ...
citation read: "a player of great energy and skill, she covered the playing pitch in search of the action, always making herself available to help colleagues in defence or attack. Her trademark solo runs are legendary. She split many a defense as she set up or took scores. Her wonderful spirit and leadership qualities made her a most popular player."
Camogie.ie Team of the Century profiles by Mary Moran
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Professional life
Linda is Managing Director at Ireland-base
GxP Systems
a leading provider of regulatory compliance consultancy and project management services. She has overall responsibility for managing GxP Systems, from overseeing day-to-day operations to defining the company’s strategic direction.
Linda covers senior club and inter-county championship camogie games and writes a regular column for the Cork Evening Echo. She has done radio work for Ireland’s national broadcasting station, RTÉ.
Previously, Linda held senior level financial and operational positions, where she significantly and consistently improved company performance. She is a qualified CPA.
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Cork camogie players
Living people