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Shamrocks win to stay second

24 June 2002 - Shamrocks remained in second place in both senior divisions with wins in the Queensland Gaelic Football League over the weekend.

Brisbane's western suburbs club beat East Celts  in the senior mens to remain just one win behind John Mitchels in the senior mens.

Ronan O'Mahoney scored his first goal in the top flight for Shamrocks, with Matt Walsh kicking two points to be the leading scorers.

Best on field for Shamrocks included goal keeper Glenn Carpenter, full back David Shakovskoy and Walsh in the mid field.

Shamrocks also beat East Celts in the ladies division, however conceded a team record six goals in doing so.

The team in green won by six points, 6-11-29 to 6-5-23.

Despite closing to within a point in the second half, Shamrocks mens reserves missed the chance to move into second place after losing to Easts by five points, 1-2-5 to 0-10-10.

Dan Pollard scored the Shamrocks goal, as Darren McDonnell was excellent as goal keeper, with Brent Nolan and James Marshall were outstanding in defence.

Shamrocks play John Mitchels on Sunday in a top-of-the-table clash in the senior mens division.

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Taytoman Connor stars for Ireland at the World Cup

20 June 2002 - Shamrocks' own Connor Walshe has starred for Ireland at the FIFA World Cup in Korea with unprecedented headlines in the Irish Sun this week.

Walshe received enormous coverage by  in the Irish newspaper when he was the first Ireland supporter into Korea for Ireland's second round match against Spain. There was front page story, another on page one, and a full colour photo on the back main sports page.

"We had budgeted for the first four games, but we think we may be able to afford to last a bit longer with the travelling Green Army," Walshe is quoted as saying.

"The team is doing very well and is capable of beating anybody. Of course, they are also capable of losing to anybody-but we're looking on their prospects with a positive light"

Naturally he emailed scanned copies of the clippings around the world, and here they are for all to see.

Walshe stepped into the limelight for Shamrocks last year by paying what may have been a world-record price for a packet of Taytos (see starting photo), followed by winning the Inaugural International Shield with Shamrocks, and then representing Queensland in Gaelic football at the Australasian Gaelic Games in Melbourne.

When in Brisbane he is still a key contributor and a media darling for Shamrocks.

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Walshe pays world-record price

Hannah scores a career first

17 June 2002 - Hannah Humphrys (pictured left) achieved another career milestone as Shamrocks beat Sarsfields at Willawong over the weekend to move into a tie for second place in the Queensland ladies Gaelic football league.

The Shamrocks full back scored the first goal of her career after almost 60 games spanning four seasons.

Humphrys kicked the only goal of the match as Shamrocks beat Sarsfields by 13 points, 1-11-14 to 0-1-1. Shannon Casey (pictured holding trophy on left) added a career-high 5 points.

In three previous seasons, Humphrys has represented Queensland at two Australasian Games, won three Brisbane Shields, one GAA Trophy, and the Queensland ladies championship last year. She is the current Shamrocks ladies best and fairest award winner, and previously won the most improved award.

Shamrocks play East Celts in all grades at Willawong this Sunday.

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Kennedy breaks the oldest scoring record

03 June 2002 - Brad Kennedy (pictured) broke Shamrocks� longest standing record as they demolished the reigning Queensland Gaelic football champions at Willawong over the weekend.

Kennedy kicked 9 points to eclipse the club record 8 points originally set three years by Irishman Dennis Cronin from County Kerry.

Shamrocks scored 1-13-16 and held the reigning champions Souths scoreless in an outstanding performance.

Last year Kennedy represented Queensland at the Australasian Gaelic Games in his first season of Gaelic football, and has now surpassed some famous names to claim his first Shamrocks record.

The single game scoring record was originally set by Cronin in 1999, and equalled in 2000 by Adrian Darbellay, who subsequently left to serve in East Timor, and All-Ireland winner Eoin Mulligan from County Tyrone.

The 2000 season was when Shamrocks last won the senior mens Queensland Championship, ironically beating Souths in the final.

On the weekend against Souths, Kennedy was best on ground for Shamrocks, followed by Dave O�Malley from County Meath in Ireland, and Scott Ingram who returned to his regular position in defence.

In the ladies match, Shamrocks conceded three goals in the first half against Souths, and were unable to bridge the gap, going down 3-7-16 to 1-8-11.

Patty Preece was best for Shamrocks, supported by Hannah Humphreys and Kate McNichol. World Cup champions Angie Doyle 1-1 and Louise O�Neill 0-5.

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