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 Adult
Awards and Dinner Dance 2007
(Click on
the picture of the 'Rose among the Thorns' (right) to view a
slideshow)
A great night was had by
all at the Annual Awards night in the Balmoral
Hotel on Friday 14th March. Guest of Honour was Jarlath
Burns and with aspiring Fír an Tí, Francis Quinn taking
charge of proceedings it was certainly a night of great
entertainment - Jerry Quinn was also to hand - or was it
the other way round?. Other guests included Maureen O'Higgins
and Deirdre McGrath (Down Camogie Board), Brian McEvoy (Down
Co Board Vice Chairman and former Hurling Chairman) and Maria
Fox (Ladies Co Secretary).
Winnings teams - Senior Ladies -
Championship and League, Senior
Camogs - Championship and League, Seconds and Minor Footballer
Champions were presented
with their medals;
Special Presentations to Danny Nugent and
Arthur McConville who were acknowledged as members of the
All Ireland Hurling Minor C title; Karen Gribben,
Fionnuala Carr and Jackie Gilmore acknowledged as
University Camogie All Stars and Paula Gribben and Sara
Louise Carr as Schools Camogie All Stars! Clonduff
representatives on the Ulster Camogie team that won their
first Interprovincial title in 40 years - Moya Maginn, Karen
Gribben, Fionnuala and Sara Louise Carr.
Individual Award winners:
Senior Footballer of the Year - John Fegan
Intermediate Camogie Player of the Year - Clare Haughian
Senior Hurler of the Year - Kieran Smith
Minor Footballer of the the Year - Patrick McGreevy
Senior Ladies Player of the Year -
Michaela Downey
Minor Hurler of the Year
- Danny Nugent
Senior Camogie Player of the Year - Fionnuala Carr
U20/21 Player of the Year - Conor óg O'Hagan
Seconds Football Player of the Year - Kieran Trainor
Minor Camogie Player of the Year -
Lisa McPolin
Hall of Fame - Dean A Davies
Club Personality of the Year - Anita Brannigan
(Tommy Kelly accepted the trophy on Anita's behalf) |
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Over 200 youngsters were
entertained with a meal and disco in Clonduff Clubrooms at the
annual Juvenile presentation awards for 2007. Guests of Honour
were Barney McAleenan (former Head of PE at St Mark's High
School); Gareth 'Magic' Johnston (Down Hurling) and Fionnuala
Carr (Clonduff dual player and national Camogie Star). The
evening was co-ordinated by the Youth sub-committee and
co-ordinated by Paul Shields (Youth Officer) and Alistair
McGilligan (Assistant YO) who was Fír an Tí on the night. |
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the slide shows of the Awards Night, click on the small images
below and then 'Play' when the new page appears! |
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Clonduff held their Annual Awards and Dinner Dance
for 2006 in The Golf Inn, Newry on Friday 16th
March. Upwards on 200 patrons attended to recognise the
success of the Club on the field
of Play.
Fear an Tí Jerry Quinn introduced the proceedings and
the special guests. Club President Dean A Davies and
Club Chairman Brian McGreevy both addressed the patrons
with short speeches.
First up were the triple winning Minor Camogs - League
and Championship double and Feis 7s. Maureen
O'Higgins (Down County Camogie Chairperson was the Guest
of Honour). Awards were: Senior Player of the Year
Fionnuala Carr; Intermediate Player of the Year Sheenagh McConville: joint Minor Players of the
Year Sarah Farnon and Naoimh Hynes. Special
Club presentations were made to Kitty Fegan joint Manager Down Minor All
Ireland winning team and the Clonduff representatives on
it - Sarah Farnon, Paula Gribben, Sara Louise Carr, Lisa
McPolin and Ursula Walls. Sarah Farnon also made a
presentation to Kitty on behalf of the Clonduff Minors
whom she also managed. Third Level Education winners
(Purcell Shield) - Karen Gribben, Orla Maginn and Mary
McPolin were also acknowledged - Karen's All Star was also
acknowledged as was Fionnuala Carr's Ashbourne All Star
and her two Long Puck titles (Ashbourne and Kilmacud).
The Senior Ladies County Football Champions were next up
- Paul Kelly (Down Ladies Chairman) singled out Paula
Gribben's dual All Ireland successes in Football and
Camogie during 2006 as a feat that will seldom be
repeated. Karen Gribben and Aoibheann Downey
were joint winners of the Senior Player of the Year
award. The Club made a special award to Paula Gribben on
her dual All Ireland success and to Michaela Downey on
her Compromise Rules call up. On behalf of the Senior
team, Karen Gribben made presentations to mentors Paul
McShane, John A Gribben, Austin Ward and Johnny
McAleavey and to the ladies involved Rita Kearney and
Anita Brannigan.
Fear an Tí, in introducing the Hurling awards mentioned
the inclusion of Clonduff players on the Down Senior
team and St Mark's High School Warrenpoint, - ten
Clonduff players on the team when they won the Down
title;
Clonduff was also fielding Hurling teams at U12 to U18
level in the coming season and the special challenges
this would present so that young people would have to
opportunity to play both football and Hurling. Paudie
Matthews presented the James Matthew trophy to Senior
Player of the Year and County Player John Murphy
Pride of Place in the Men's Football scene went to the
Minor team who clinched the B Championship. Individual
awards were as follows: Minor Player of the Year Darren
O'Hagan; U21 Player of the Year Shane O'Hagan, Thirds
Player of the Year (joint) Austin Ward and Liam
McGivern; Seconds Player of the Year (joint) Rory Grant
and Paudi Brown; Senior Player of the Year Paul Shields
(he also won this award in 1999). Special Club awards
were made to Rory Grant (Hogan Cup with Abbey CBS) and
Aidan Carr (Sigerson Cup with QUB).
The County Secretary Seamus Walsh addressed the crowd as
did Nigel McPolin, Chairperson Clonduff Development
committee who gave a rundown on developments to date.
Hugh McShane Memorial Cup - Club Personality of the Year
presented by Gerard McShane to Sean Milligan,
son-in-law of the next recipient.
P J McAlinden Memorial Cup - 'Hall of Fame'
award presented by Club Chairman Brian McGreevy to
John 'Darner' O'Hagan who took great pleasure in the
award and told the gathering that he had made club
history as his father had won the award in 1982. To the
delight of the crowd he told them the jersey he wore was
not yellow but 'Gold'.
In conclusion, Fear an Tí Jerry Quinn congratulated all
the individual winners and on behalf of the Club, wished
Clonduff's new County Football manager Ross Carr every
success in the remainder of the League and the
forthcoming Championship. |
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Senior Award
Winners for 2005! |
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| Tommy Kelly (An Rúnai),
Dean A Davies (President) and Brian McGreevy (Chairman)
with the Football Players of the Year award winners -
Conor óg O'Hagan (U21 - he also shared the Minor award),
Mark McPolin (Seconds), Paudie Matthews (Senior) and
Nigel McPolin (Thirds) |
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| Paddy Morgan
presents the INF trophy to Bridget Kearney for Senior
Ladies Player of the Year. Looking on is Catherine
McConville Down Ladies Board |
Lisa
Matthews presenting the James Matthews trophy to Damian
Farnon for Senior Hurler of the Year |
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| These
four lovelies from Clonduff were involved in
Universities Camogie during 2005-06. Moya Maginn (UUJ),
Karen Gribben (QUB), Fionnuala Carr (UUJ) and Mary
McPolin (QUB). Karen captained the winning Cup team and
Mary was on the team. Moya and Fionnuala were on the
Runner-up Shield team. They are pictured with Helen
McAleavey (Clonduff and Ulster Camogie Secretary),
Eileen Hamill (Chairperson Clonduff Camogie) and Maura
Quinn (Clonduff Camogie) |
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| Gerald McGreevy (Snr)
receives the P J McAlinden 'Hall of Fame' Award
from Bronagh McAlinden. Gerry has been a player and an
administrator (including Chairman) and still takes an
active interest in the Club's activities |
Sean Cairns accepts
the Hugh McShane Trophy for 'Club Person of the Year'
from his wife (and the late Hugh's daughter) Goretti.
Sean is actively involved in Juvenile football and
Senior Hurling |
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Players who were honoured at the Annual Awards for 2005
- Conor óg O'Hagan and Bernard Branagan (Joint Players
of the Year) and Shane O'Hagan (All Ireland Champions
2005) |
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