Kathleen Griffin (camogie)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish name | Caitlín Ní Ghríofa | ||
| Sport | Camogie | ||
| Position | centre field | ||
| Born | Dublin 1935, Ireland | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| Celtic | |||
| Club titles | |||
| All-Ireland Titles | 1 | ||
Kathleen Marks (née Griffin), (born in 1935), is a former camogie player, who played for Celtic in an All Ireland Camogie Championship final and Celtic won that largely due to her persistence in leading the forward line. She has also given a lifetime of dedication to badminton.
Career
[edit]She won an All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship medal with Celtic in 1964. Kathleen also played in the All Ireland Intermediate Club finals of 1973, 1974, 1975 and 1977. At last she retired. But she refused to rest on her laurels. She went on to win the honour of becoming secretary of the Leinster camogie council, in addition to developeing further her interest in badminton which you can read about below.[1]
As well as camogie Kathleen Marks (Griffin), Rosemount, Coolock 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 Dublin. She began playing badminton in Temperance Hall and later in the Abbey Hall for the Rosemount Club for a number of years where she also served as Chairperson for a time. She then progressed to play with the Coolock 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 Leinster Level.[2]
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 Dublin delegates on the Leinster Branch of the Badminton Union and was elected President of the Leinster Branch from 1982 - 1983. Then from 1994 -1995 she achieved the highest accolade of her time in badminton when she was elected Vice-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.[citation needed] 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 affirming her commitment to sport, to badminton, and also to camogie, with all the individual accolades that an important position like this deserve, and dedicated captain of her local badminton team at provincial level.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Camogie Archive". Camogie.ie. 30 June 2010. Archived from the original on 28 January 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2010.
- ^ "Kathleen Griffin marks 70th birthday with a little dance". 2005.
External links
[edit]- Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website