Personal information | ||||||||||||||
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Full name | Jackie Amanda McWilliams | |||||||||||||
Born |
Ballymoney, County Antrim Northern Ireland | 18 February 1964|||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | |||||||||||||
Playing position | Defender | |||||||||||||
Senior career | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | |||||||||||||
1978–199x | Randalstown | |||||||||||||
198x–19xx | → Ulster | |||||||||||||
19xx–201x | Ballymena | |||||||||||||
National team | ||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||
198x–199x | Ireland | 64 | ||||||||||||
198x–199x | Great Britain | 34 | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jackie Amanda McWilliams (born 18 February 1964), also known as Jackie Burns, is a former women's field hockey player from Northern Ireland who represented both Ireland and Great Britain at international level. She represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.
McWilliams played club level field hockey for Randalstown and Ballymena.[1][2][3] She was still playing for Ballymena in 2011 when in her late forties.[4] McWilliams also represented Ulster at interprovincial level.[5]
McWilliams made 64 senior appearances for Ireland.[2][3]
McWilliams made 34 senior appearances Great Britain. She represented Great Britain at the 1992 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.[2][3][6][7][8]
McWilliams worked as a schoolteacher at Ballymena Primary School.[3] She also helped coach both the Ulster women's field hockey team [2][9] and Ballymena Academy.[10] Two of McWilliams' nephews are senior men's field hockey internationals. Her sister, Anne, is the mother of Paul and Mark Gleghorne. Paul has played for Ireland while his brother, Mark has played for Ireland, England and Great Britain.[3][11]