John Tennyson

Infobox GAA player
code= Hurling
sport = Hurling


name = John Tennyson
irish = Seán Tennyson
fullname = John Tennyson
placeofbirth = Hugginstown
countryofbirth = County Kilkenny
bday=6
bmonth=2
byear= 1985
height =
nickname = Tenno
county = Kilkenny
province = Leinster
club = Carrickshock
clposition = Full Back
clubs =
clyears =
clapps(points) =
clcounty =
clprovince=
clallireland =
counties = Kilkenny
icposition = Half Back
icyears = 2005-present
icapps(points) = 12 (0-0)
icprovince = 4
icallireland = 3
nhl = 2
allstars =
clupdate=
icupdate=September 8, 2008

John Tennyson (born 6 February, 1985) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Carrickshock and with the Kilkenny senior inter-county team.

Early life

John Tennyson was born in Mabbotstown, Hugginstown, County Kilkenny in 1985. He was educated locally at Newmarket N.S. and later at St. Kieran's College, a school renowned for producing fine county hurlers. It was here that Tennyson first tasted success as he won an All-Ireland colleges medal with the school's senior team. Tennyson graduated from University College Cork with an honours degree in civil & environmental engineering. It was at UCC that he earned three consecutive Datapac Hotshot awards. [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/breakingnews/2006/03/14/story249231.asp DCU, WIT head Datapac Hotshots list] ] [ [http://cao.gaa.ie/datapachotshots_results.html Datapac Hotshots Team] ]

Playing career

Club

Tennyson plays his club hurling with his local club Carrickshock. Tennyson's older brother Pat, who also plays for Carrickshock, played in the Kilkenny team that won the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship in 2003.

Inter-county

By the early 2000s Tennyson had joined the Kilkenny minor hurling team. He was a key member of the side that won back-to-back All-Ireland titles at minor level in 2002 and 2003. He later played on the county under-21 team, before making his senior debut in 2005 and has been a key feature in the half-back line ever since. In his first year as a senior hurler he won his first senior Leinster Championship title. In 2006 Tennyson won his first National Hurling League title as a player. He later added a second provincial medal to his collection as well as his first senior All-Ireland medal following a defeat of Cork. In 2007 Tennyson was part of the Kilkenny team that won their thirtieth All Ireland Senior Hurling Championship and ninth Leinster Championship in ten seasons. He appeared as a subsititute in the All-Ireland final against Limerick, after coming on as a substitute to replace the injured Noel Hickey. Kilkenny won by a score of 2-19 to 1-15. [ [http://www.hurlingstats.com/show_player_matches.php?plrid=565 Hurling Stats] ]

Personal life

His family have a keen interest in horse racing, owning numerous reasonably successful horses. Presently he owns one horse that has ran twice in point to point as of March 2008, named Jimandgary foaled in 2003 and trained by Patrick Cody, finishing third on both occasions. On 20 April 2008, the horse won is first race at Ballydurn in Waterford. [ [http://www.irish-point-to-point.com/horse_det.asp?key=18279 Irish Point-to-point] ]

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