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Ireland Shinty / Hurling Captain Michael Rice Receives a 2011 GAA / GPA All-Star Hurling Award. | |
21 October 2011 It has been announced that Michael Rice, who captains Ireland in the Shinty / Hurling international double-header against Scotland has received a 2011 GAA / GPA All-Star hurling award. Kilkenny start Michael Rice is one of eight Kilkenny players to received the GAA/GPA All-Star hurling awards, sponsored by Opel. Also honoured is his team-mate Tommy Walsh who captained the Irish against the Scots in the Shinty / Hurling series in 2009 and 2010. This is Walsh’s ninth consecutive award which is a new record. Kilkenny’s Henry Shefflin becomes the first player to be honoured on ten occasions. This sees him surpass the records of Pat Spillane (1976-1986) and DJ Carey (1991-2002) who both collected the prestigious award nine times. GAA President Christy Cooney congratulated the 2011 award recipients, the first hurling winners under the new joint scheme between the GAA and the GPA. He said: "The excellence of Kilkenny and Tipperary has once again been acknowledged in the selection of the 15 players who make the cut for this year's awards. The strides made by Dublin are also evident with two players included in the line up and John Mullane's consistency is once again underlined with another award. Within Kilkenny's haul of eight, the personal feats of both Henry Shefflin and Tommy Walsh remind us that we are witnessing first-hand the skills of players who are as good as any that have played the game."
GAA / GPA All-Star Hurling Awards; Gary Maguire (Dublin) Paul Murphy (Kilkenny) Paul Curran (Tipperary) Michael Cahill (Tipperary) Tommy Walsh (Kilkenny) Brian Hogan (Kilkenny) Pádraic Maher (Tipperary) Liam Rushe (Dublin) Michael Fennelly (Kilkenny) Michael Rice (Kilkenny) Richie Power (Kilkenny) Henry Shefflin (Kilkenny) John Mullane (Waterford) Lar Corbett (Tipperary) Richie Hogan (Kilkenny) The Ireland and Scotland senior sides meet at Athy, Co. Kildare in the first test on Saturday 22 October 2011. The match starts at 3pm and may be streamed live over the internet by Irish channel TG4. There will be delayed coverage of the match on BBC ALBA at 4pm on Sunday 23 October 2011. The second test between Scotland and Ireland takes place at the Bught Park, Inverness on Saturday 29 October 2011. The match starts at 2pm and will be shown live on BBC2 Scotland if you are unable to make the game. The second test will be preceded by a Challenge Shinty / Camogie match between Scotland and the British Universities side which starts at 10.30am. The Scotland U21 and Ireland U21 sides clash at 12 noon. Click on the following link to book your ticket for a full day’s action https://www.eden-court.co.uk/whats-on/shows/marine-harvest-shinty-hurling-international |