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FOR Kilmihil student Eimear Con- sidine, this year seems to be bring- ing just about everything together in sporting as well as academic achieve- ment.
On the brink of All-Ireland success in intermediate football with Clare, she already has had a once-in-a-life- time opportunity in the US Scholar/ Athlete Games run annually by the Institute for International Sport.
It all began with a chance encoun- ter at the University of Limerick sports arena for the girl from Leitrim outside Kilmihil while she was on a second-level break.
Emer was taking part in a badmin- ton work-out when a scout for the US games spotted Eimear’s ability in that sport and immediately “booked
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The end result was a 10-day stay at Rhode Island university at the end of June where she fielded with the Athens team. Only two other Irish students were selected to participate – a student from Donegal and another from Limerick.
Eimear, now back in University of Limerick in an entirely different role – 515 points from the Leaving Cert. ensured a place in her choice of the physical education course – has won- derful memories of the American experience, for which she has ex- pressed thanks to the several Clare businesses who sponsored her trip.
To concentrate on her more recent sport involvements, she was voted player of the match in the Intermedi- ate Football semi-final against Long- ford that has brought Clare into the
All-Ireland decider against Tipper- ary on Sunday week.
She wil be following on _ the achievement of younger sister Aul- ish, a student at St. Michael’s, who already has an All-Ireland medal by virtue of Clare’s recent under-16B football win over Tipperary in which she scored a goal and a point.
As well as her recent sporting achievements, Eimear has played club football in all grades with Kilm- ihil as well all grades for Clare from cailiini 6ga to this year’s intermedi- ate grade; she was also captain of the Clare minor A team that won the Munster championship.
She also plays camogie with Kilma- ley and this has brought her county u- 14, 1-16 and u-18 medals in the sen- ior league, Munster u-16A and u-18 A and appearance in the All-Ireland
final against Kilkenny in the recent u-18A decider.
She is a Community Games AII- Star with the college’s basketball team and was chosen sports star of the year 2008 at St. Michael’s Col- fexer
She is also active in volleyball and athletics and achieved grade 8 in pi- ano as well as completing coaching and refereeing courses.
For Eimear Considine, it seems that there are not enough days on the week to accommodate all her inter- SSE