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NAME: Paula Gribben
AGE: 21
COURSE: Sports Studies
COLLEGE: University of Ulster, Jordanstown
1) What is your favourite position?
Midfield
2) What is your most memorable moment in camogie?
Winning the minor All-Ireland with Down
3) What are your aims for the coming year?
Hopefully do well with Jordanstown in this year’s Ashbourne and have a good season with club and county camogie.
4) Who is your favourite camogie player?
Zophia Colgan - even though she has low blood pressure
5) If you could be one person for one day who would it be?
Beyonce and marry David Beckham all in the one day! Or else be Siofra O’Dolan to see what goes on in her simple little head!
6) If you could play for one other team, who would it be?
The FAFYR36 team – we will be in full flight after ashbourne – were aiming for The Hatfield Cup!!
7) Favourite thing about camogie?
The craic and team bonding nights out!
8) Least favourite thing?
Having to listen to Lisa McPolin’s burps!!
9) Who is the biggest joker in the college team and who is the worst trainer?
Sophie Colgan would be the biggest joker – but we all be laughing at her not with her and the worst trainer or part-timer would be...wait I actually don’t even know her name!lol
10) If you weren’t playing camogie what sport would you play?
Rugby – as we all seen at training with the tackle bags I would be absolutely brilliant at it!!
11) What would you like to improve in your game?
My catching – but in Eleanor Mallons game she could do with improving her chat-up lines and her little shoulder shuffle seducing dance!
12) How do you propose to use your scholarship?
I plan to use my scholarship to gain more coaching qualifications and then use these qualifications to promote camogie in local parish were the camogie is not strong.
13) In ten year’s time where do you see yourself?
In ten years time I see myself lying up on a beach in Australia with Joanne Killen sitting playing the guitar at one side and Sara-Louise Carr lying like a burnt lobster complaining on the other side, while the rest of the Hilltown sows are at the burger bar.