Galway camogie team hoping to avoid a third All-Ireland final defeat for the county in as many weeks
Linda Mellerick in action in 1998: 'I played in 13 finals, lost seven, won six. I had my fair share of heartache there but I was so grateful for what I got and what the game had given me.' Photograph: Lorraine O'Sullivan/Inpho
Just two years after she retired, Mellerick was included in the Camogie Team of the Century, cementing her place as one of the greatest camogie players of all time.Dessie Dolan to step down as Westmeath manager Lifting the O’Duffy Cup in 1993 and 1997 remain among the highlights of her career but, when she thinks back to that period, the final she remembers most is the one they lost against Galway in 1996. The pain of losing has even left the scoreline stitched to her memory.
Galway fans are hoping the county can avoid a third All-Ireland senior final defeat in as many weeks – having lost the men’s and women’s senior football deciders recently. In fact, it has only ever happened on one occasion that a county lost all three finals in the same year – when Cork suffered that fate in 1956.
“All the stats lead to a Cork victory. Galway will put it up to Cork but I still see Cork winning by four or five,” adds Mellerick.But Mellerick has genuine, wider concerns about camogie right now. She cares. “I would have huge concerns about it to be honest,” adds Mellerick. “We can say Tipperary are closing the gap and Waterford are closing the gap but when it comes down to it they’re not really.
Post retirement, Mellerick continued to have skin in the game. Just two years after stepping away from Cork, she was asked by the Camogie Association to be an ambassador for the game on Leeside.
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