Captain Profile
Name: Edwenia O’Malley
Club: Louisburgh
Position: Centre Half Back
Age: 26
Occupation: PhD Student, UCD
Ladies Gaelic Football Achievements:
Mayo Junior Club Championship 2004, Intermediate Club Championship 2005, Mayo Minor Club Championship 2005, Div 3 league winners 2012
Toughest opponent: Sinead Ahern, Dublin
When did you start playing Ladies Gaelic: U-14
High point of your career to date: Captaining the girls to winning the Junior County Championship 2013
Biggest Disappointment: Losing the Junior Championship final 2012 by a point
Favourite Player: Female: Rena Buckley, Cork Male: Colm Cooper, Kerry
Most embarrassing moment on or off the football field: Having to explain a black eye I got in in a football game on my first day of college in UCD. Great first impression!
Favourite Food: Thai
Nickname: Eddie
Favourite Ground: Stade de Louisburgh
Favourite Ladies Gaelic Football Skill: Blocking the ball
Person you would most like to meet: Usain Bolt…would challenge him to a race!
One rule you would change in our game: Sin Bin rule
Influences on your career: Managers over the years in club and college. Could probably attribute my early fitness to being my brothers’ ‘ball girl’ when we were young. ‘I’ll time you for Mosney’ worked every time.