Six of the best: Kilkenny win big at Camogie All-Stars as Dowling, Gaule scoop top honours for 2020

The 2020 Camogie All-Stars took place on Saturday night, with Kilkenny seeing six of their All-Ireland winning team named on the team of the year.

Claire Phelan (second), Davina Tobin (first), Grace Walsh (second), Denise Gaule (fourth), Miriam Walsh (second) and the now-retired Anne Dalton (seventh) collected All-Stars in a virtual ceremony streamed by the Camogie Association online.

Doubling her success for the night, Windgap’s Denise Gaule was named the WGPA Senior Players’ Player of the Year while Brian Dowling collected the award for Manager of the Year following his first full season in charge of Kilkenny.

All-Ireland runners-up Galway are represented with right corner-back Shauna Healy and right corner-forward Orlaith McGrath.

Tipperary’s Áine Slattery (goalkeeper), Mary Ryan (left corner-back) and Karen Kennedy (centre half-back) receive their first All-Stars Awards and are joined on the All-Stars selection by Cork trio Hannah Looney (right half-back), Chloe Sigerson (midfield) and Orla Cronin (centre half-forward).

Waterford captain and right half-forward Niamh Rockett completes this year’s winning selection.

2020 Camogie All-Stars Team

• Goalkeeper: Áine Slattery (Tipperary) – 1^st Time Winner
• Right Corner-Back: Shauna Healy (Galway) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Full-Back: Claire Phelan (Kilkenny) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Left Corner-Back: Mary Ryan (Tipperary) – 1^st Time Winner
• Right Half-Back: Hannah Looney (Cork) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Centre Half-Back: Karen Kennedy (Tipperary) – 1^st Time Winner
• Left Half-Back: Davina Tobin (Kilkenny) – 1^st Time Winner
• Midfield: Chloe Sigerson (Cork) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Midfield: Grace Walsh (Kilkenny) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Right Half-Forward: Niamh Rockett (Waterford) – 1^st Time Winner
• Centre Half-Forward: Orla Cronin (Cork) – 1^st Time Winner
• Left Half-Forward: Denise Gaule (Kilkenny) – 4^th Time Winner
• Right Corner-Forward: Orlaith McGrath (Galway) – 1^st Time Winner
• Full-Forward: Miriam Walsh (Kilkenny) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Left Corner-Forward: Anne Dalton (Kilkenny) – 7^th Time Winner

2020 Soaring Stars sponsored by Liberty Insurance:

• Goalkeeper: Aedin Lowry (Laois) – 1^st Time Winner
• Right Corner-Back: Claire Coffey (Meath) – 3^rd Time Winner
• Full-Back: Dearbhla Magee (Down) – 1^st Time Winner
• Left Corner-Back: Chloe Drain (Antrim) – 1^st Time Winner
• Right Half-Back: Niamh Donnelly (Antrim) – 1^st Time Winner
• Centre Half-Back: Fionnuala Carr (Down) – 5^th Time Winner
• Left Half-Back: Clodagh Tynan (Laois) – 1^st Time Winner
• Midfield: Roisin O’Keeffe (Cavan) – 1^st Time Winner
• Midfield: Paula O’Hagan (Down) – 1^st Time Winner
• Right Half-Forward: Leanne Donnelly (Armagh) – 1^st Time Winner
• Centre Half-Forward: Sara-Louise Graffin (Down) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Left Half-Forward: Maeve Kelly (Antrim) – 1^st Time Winner
• Right Corner-Forward: Niamh Mallon (Down) – 5^th Time Winner
• Full-Forward: Ciara Donnelly (Armagh) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Left Corner-Forward: Sorcha McCartan (Down) – 1^st Time Winner

2020 Manager of the Year sponsored by Liberty Insurance:

Brian Dowling, Kilkenny – 1^st Time Winner

2020 Camogie Association/WGPA Players’ Player of the Year sponsored by Liberty Insurance:

• Senior Players’ Player of the Year: Denise Gaule (Kilkenny) – 2^nd Time Winner
• Intermediate Players’ Player of the Year: Niamh Mallon (Down) – 1^st Time Winner
• Junior Players’ Player of the Year: Ciara Donnelly (Armagh) – 1^st Time Winner