Doherty 2

Doherty (Belfast) won its first World titles in 2006 but in just five years they've won a total of 22nd placing them sixth on the all-time list!

 

The title winners are:

 

Lauren Early = 6

Gerard Carson = 5

Niamh Taylor = 4

Sinéad Carson = 3

Shannon Bradley = 2

Sarah Lennon = 1

Morgan Comer = 1

 

Gerard and Sarah are now TCRGs - the rest are still competing so could win even more!

Sinéad Carson

At the North American Championships in 2001, future 3-time World Champ Sinéad Carson came 33rd. How's that for inspiration to work your way up to the very, very top!

Doherty

Who was 3rd in Boys u17 at the Worlds 1996? One Gavin Doherty. Ever heard of him? Sister Seaneen was 4th in Ladies U19, 1992.

100 club

The 100th female to win a solo World Championship was Deborah Whelan, Aaron Crosbie School. She won u14 girls in 2002.

The 100th male was Dermot Cullen, Margaret O'Loughlin School. He won senior mens in 2005, then again in 2007, and is now a TCRG.

There have been 150 female World Champions to date, with the most recent being Emily Penner (Butler-Fearon-O'Connor), Brogan McKay (McConomy) and Keeva Corry (Croghan-Greene).

There have been 134 male World Champions, with the most recent being Morgan Comer (Doherty), Jan Gaca (Ceim Oir) and Cathal Keaney (Hession).

Ulster

In 2009 there were eight World Champions from Ulster - a record amount of wins from a single region. They were:

Cyra Taylor, McConomy (u11)
Shannon Bradley, Doherty (u12)
Sinéad Carson, Doherty (u15)
Lauren Early, Doherty (u18)

Caolan McKeating-Lynch, Mulvenna (u14)
Michael McHugh, Kennedy (u18)
James Greenan, Mona ní Rodáigh (u19)
Gerard Carson, Doherty (u21)