Timmy Hammersley
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Hurling | ||
| Position | Right corner-forward | ||
| Born |
12 December 1987 Clonmel, Ireland | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Occupation | Gaelic games development officer | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
| 2004-present | Clonoulty-Rossmore | ||
| Club titles | |||
| Tipperary titles | 0 | ||
| Inter-county(ies)* | |||
| Years | County | Apps (scores) | |
| 2010-2012 | Tipperary | 1 (0-1) | |
| Inter-county titles | |||
| Munster titles | 0 | ||
| All-Irelands | 0 | ||
| NHL | 0 | ||
| All Stars | 0 | ||
| *Inter County team apps and scores correct as of 19:26, 5 April 2015. | |||
Timmy Hammersley (born 12 December 1987) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Clonoulty-Rossmore and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.
Hammersley was part of the Tipperary Under 21 Hurling panel in 2007 and 2008. He was the top scorer in the 2010 Fitzgibbon Cup helping Waterford Institute of Technology to finish as runners-up, he scored 1-11 in the final.[1]
He made his National Hurling League debut as a substitute against Galway in March 2010,[2] and started his first game on 21 March against Limerick where he scored 1-4 in a 2-24 to 0-8 win.[3]
On 30 May 2010, Hammersley made his Championship debut coming on as a second-half substitute to score a point against Cork in the Munster Senior Hurling Championship quarter-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Tipperary ended up losing the game by 3-15 to 0-14.[4]
On 5 September 2010, Hammersley was a non-playing substitute as Tipperary won their 26th All Ireland title, beating reigning champions Killkenny by 4-17 to 1-18 in the final, preventing Kilkenny from achieving an historic 5-in-a-row, it was Hammersley's first All-Ireland winners medal.[5]
References
- ↑ "Gallant NUIG reap reward". Irish Times. 2010-03-08. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
- ↑ "McGrath goal turns tide in Tipperary's favour". Irish Times. 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
- ↑ "Another day, another drubbing for Limerick hurlers". Irish Times. 2010-03-22. Retrieved 2010-03-22.
- ↑ "Cork expose Tipp failings in ruthless fashion". The Irish Times. 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2010-05-31.
- ↑ "Rampant Tipp deny Cats immortality". Irish Independent. 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2010-09-08.