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.

On 28 August 1988, Landers was at right wing-forward when Killeagh faced Midleton in the final of the East Cork Junior Championship.

In what was described in the Cork Examiner as "one of the worst finals in the annals of the division", Landers was held scoreless and replaced by his brother Richard in the 1-05 to 0-08 draw.

He remained on the bench for the replay on 17 September, however, he collected a winners' medal following the 1-10 to 1-08 victory.

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.

Landers first lined out for Cork as a member of the minor team during the 1990 Munster Championship.

He made his first appearance for the team on 16 May and scored 1-02 from right corner-forward in an 8-22 to 1-02 defeat of Kerry.

Landers was switched to full-forward for the Munster final again Clare on 15 July.

He was held scoreless but collected a winners' medal following the 1-09 to 0-09 victory.

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.

Landers was selected for the Imokilly divisional team for the first time during the 1994 Cork Championship.

He made his first appearance for the team in a 1-07 to 0-10 first round draw with Bishopstown on 12 June 1994.

After losing back-to-back East Cork Championship finals in 1993 and 1994, Killeagh qualified for a third successive decider on 10 September 1995.

Landers was at left wing-back and collected a second winners' medal following the 1-09 to 1-08 defeat of Watergrasshill.

On 22 October, he scored a point from centre-forward when Killeagh defeated Ballinhassig by 3-09 to 0-08 to win the Cork Junior Championship and secure promotion for the first time in the club's history.

Landers was appointed captain of the Imokilly team for the 1996 Cork Championship.

On 22 September he scored a point from midfield in a 1-12 apiece draw with Avondhu in the final at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Landers again captained the team from midfield for the replay on 6 October, which Imokilly lost by 0-13 to 1-08.

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.

On 5 October 1997, Landers was at right wing-back when Imokilly reached a second successive final.

He scored a point from play and collected his first winners' medal following the 1-18 to 2-12 defeat of Sarsfields.

Imokilly qualified for a third successive final on 1 November 1998.

Landers was selected at centre-back and scored three points, including two frees, in the 1-10 to 1-05 defeat of Blackrock.

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.

Landers joined the Killeagh club at a young age and played in all grades at juvenile and underage levels, enjoying county championship success in the under-12 grade.

He was just 15-years-old when he was added to Killeagh's top adult team.

He later won a Cork Intermediate Championship title in 2001 and promotion to the top flight of Cork hurling.

On 21 October 2001, Landers lined out at centre-back when Killeagh faced Mallow in the final of the Cork Intermediate Championship.

He scored 1-01, including a goal from a 20-metre free, in the 2-14 apiece draw.

Landers was again at centre-back for the replay on 4 November and collected a winners' medal following the 3-09 to 2-08 victory.

Landers was appointed captain of the Imokilly team for the second time in his career for the 2001 Cork Championship.

On 6 October, he captained the team from left wing-back when they faced Blackrock in the final.

In spite of playing in defence, Landers top scored for Imokilly with 2-02 in the 4-08 to 2-07 defeat.

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.