Karen Atkinson is a camogie

Camogie

Camogie is an Irish stick-and-ball team sport played by women; it is almost identical to the game of hurling played by men. Camogie is played by 100,000 women in Ireland and world wide, largely among Irish communities....

 player, winner of All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship medals in 2007 2010

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2010

The 2010 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Gala All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons—is the high point of the 2010 season in the sport of camogie. It commenced on June 13, 2010 and ended with the final between Galway and Wexford on 12...

 and 2011

All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship 2011

The 2011 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship in association with RTÉ Sport for sponsorship reasons— is the premier competition of the 2011 camogie season. It commenced on 11 June 2011 and ended with the final on 11 September...

. She was an All-Star nominee in 2010.

Other awards

National Camogie League

National Camogie League

The National Camogie League is the second most important competition in the Irish team sport of Camogie, played exclusively by women. The competition is held in four divisions graded by ability....

 medals in 2009, 2010

National Camogie League 2010

The 2010 National Camogie League was won by Wexford for the second year in succession.-Summary:The seven teams in the first division were drawn into two groups of four and three. Each team played one another once only. The top two in each group contested the semi-finals...

 and 2011

National Camogie League 2011

The 2011 National Camogie League was won by Wexford, their third league title in succession. The final was played on April 17 2011 as a curtain raiser to the hurling match between Tipperary and Wexford at Semple Stadium and drew an attendance of 4,180.-Summary:...

; National League Division two 2009; Leinster Championship 2011 2010 2009; All Star nominee 2010 Ashbourne Cup

Ashbourne Cup

The Ashbourne Cup is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion university or third level college. The Ashbourne Cup is the highest division in inter-collegiate camogie. The competition features many of the current stars of the game...

 2009; three All-Ireland Féile na nGael

Féile na nGael

Féile na nGael , Irish for "Festival of the Gaels") is an annual tournament comprising the sports of hurling, camogie and handball organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association...

 1998, 1999, 2000; Leinster Under-14 2000 (captain); Leinster Under-16 2002; Leinster and Winner of All-Ireland Senior medals at Colleges level

All Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship

The All-Ireland Colleges Camogie Championship is an Irish camogie tournament played each year to determine the national champion secondary school or second level college....

 with Coláiste Bríde 2003, 2004; Leinster Junior 2003, 2004; Leinster Senior 2004, 2007; Club Senior 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009; Leinster Club Senior 2009; All-Ireland

All-Ireland Sevens Camogie

All-Ireland Sevens Camogie Competitions are seven-a-side national inter-club or inter-college Camogie tournaments held at senior, junior, legends/master, colleges and inter-varsity level....

 club sevens 2006. Karen's sister, Colleen

Colleen Atkinson

Colleen Atkinson is a camogie player, captain of the Wexford team that won the 2011 All-Ireland Intermediate Camogie Championship-Other awards:...

, was also on the Wexford panel and captained the winning Intermediate team in 2011.

External links

• Camogie.ie Official Camogie Association Website
• Wexford Wexford camogie site