Margaret Gleghorne, also known as Maggie Gleghorne, is a former women's

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player from

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who represented both

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and

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at international level.

Domestic teams

Ballymena Academy

Between 1967 and 1974 Gleghorne attended

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. In 1972–73 she was a member of the academy team that were joint winners of the

Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup The Ulster Senior Schoolgirls' Cup is an annual competition competed for by schools affiliated to the Ulster Hockey Association, a branch of the Irish Hockey Association. The competition has been in existence since 1907 and is currently sponsored ...

. In 1972 Gleghorne was still a schoolgirl at Ballymena Academy when she made her senior debut for

aged sixteen.

Pegasus

Gleghorne played club level field hockey for

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Ulster

Gleghorne represented

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at interprovincial level, both as a schoolgirl and as a senior player. By the time she left school in 1974, she had played for the Ulster schoolgirls team for five years in succession. By the age of fifteen, she had made seven senior interprovincial appearances, the first one gained against Leinster in 1970.

International

Ireland

In 1972 Gleghorne made her senior debut for

against

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. At the time she was still a sixteen year old schoolgirl at

. In 1972–73 she scored the winning goal for Ireland against

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in front of a crowd of 60,000. In 1977 she was a member of the Ireland team that won the Triple Crown. She captained Ireland when they won the 1983 Intercontinental Cup in

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. Her Ireland teammates from this era included

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. She also represented Ireland at the

1984 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship The 1984 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the inaugural edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was ...

and the

1986 Women's Hockey World Cup The 1986 Women's Hockey World Cup was the sixth edition of the Women's Hockey World Cup, an international field hockey tournament. It was held from 15 to 24 August 1986 in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Netherlands won the tournament for the fourth tim ...

. In 2010 she was inducted into the

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Hall of Fame. She retired from the Ireland squad in 1986–87.

Great Britain

Gleghorne also represented

. She was first called up for the Great Britain squad in 1979–80 in preparation for the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

. In 1984 while playing for Great Britain, she was named the team's Player of the Year.

Family

Two of Gleghorne's nephews are senior men's field hockey internationals. Her brother, Andy, is the father of

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and

Mark Gleghorne Mark Gleghorne (born 19 May 1985) is a field hockey player from Northern Ireland who has represented Ireland, England and Great Britain at international level. He represented Great Britain at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gleghorne was a member of ...

. Paul has played for

while his brother, Mark has played for Ireland,

and

Honours

;

*Intercontinental Cup **''Winners'': 1983 *Triple Crown **''Winners'': 1977 ;

**''Winners'': 1972–73

References

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