Mark Landers, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Mark Landers

Irish hurler

Date of Birth: 13-Jul-1972

Place of Birth: Cork, Munster, Ireland

Profession: hurler

Nationality: Ireland

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Mark Landers

  • Mark Landers (born 13 July 1972) is an Irish hurling coach and former hurler.
  • He is the coach of Cork Senior Championship club Bride Rovers.
  • Landers played for East Cork club Killeagh and was a member of the Cork senior hurling team for six seasons, during which time he usually lined out at midfield.Landers began his hurling career at club level with Killeagh.
  • He broke onto the club's top adult team as a 15 year-old in 1988 and enjoyed his first success in 1995 when the club won the Cork Junior Championship title.
  • He later won a Cork Intermediate Championship title in 2001 and promotion to the top flight of Cork hurling.
  • Landers made 50 championship appearances in three different grades of hurling for the club, while his early prowess also saw him selected for the Imokilly divisional team, with whom he won back-to-back Cork Senior Championship titles in 1997 and 1998. At inter-county level, Landers was part of the successful Cork minor team that won the Munster Championship in 1990 before later winning an All-Ireland Championship with the intermediate team in 1997.
  • He joined the Cork senior team for a series of challenge games in early 1992, however, an injury ended his progression on the team until making his competitive debut in 1998.
  • From his debut, Landers became known as a midfielder and made a combined total of 29 National League and Championship appearances in a career that ended with his last game in 2003.
  • During that time he was captain of Cork's All-Ireland Championship-winning team in 1999.
  • Landers also secured two Munster Championship medals and a National Hurling League medal.
  • Landers has previously served as either a manager, coach or selector with University College Cork, club side Killeagh and at inter-county level with both the Cork minor and senior hurling teams.

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