Juniors’ celebration time

Juniors’ celebration time

12 December 2018

CASTLEWELLAN GAC’s clubrooms were packed to the rafters on Friday night for the club’s juvenile awards night.

This is one of the most important nights in the club’s calendar when they recognise all their juvenile teams’ achievements throughout the year. 

Guest speaker was our own Colm Flanagan, who plays with our senior football team and who was named as part of the Irish News NFL Team of the Year 2018 for his performances for Down throughout the NFL. 

Colm had some inspirational words for the children, emphasising the importance of listening to our coaches and setting simple goals.

The night was compered by John O’Neill, our coaching co-ordinator, who thanked the children, parents/guardians and coaches for their commitment and help throughout the year and indeed over the past seven years as his enjoyable term as juvenile coaching co-ordinator came to an end. 

Our thanks to our senior players from all codes who presented the awards and to Brian, Ciara, Ciaran, Neil and Dick for their help in organising the night, and not forgetting our own Santa Claus, who was there to hand out gifts to the children. 

Thanks also to Laurence for taking all the photos. 

Winners were: Camogie U-12 coach’s player of the year, Enya Clarke; player of the year, Orlaith Sharkey: camogie U-14 coach’s player of the year, Caoimhe Sharkey; player of the year, Cora Croskery: U-16 coach’s player of the year, Clara Morgan; player of the year, Cara McKee: hurling U-12 coach’s player of the year, joint winners, Hugh Rice and Ryan McKibben; player of the year, joint winners Shea Connolly and Coimhin Doran: U-14 hurling coach’s player of the year, joint winners,  Eoin Paul Hillen and Daniel Rice; player of the year, Tiernan Connolly: U-16 hurling coach’s player of the year, Paudie King; player of the year, Lorcan Cairns: boys’ football U-12 coach’s player of the year, Shea Baker; player of the year, Adam Dorans: U-14: coach’s player of the year, Rory McArdle; player of the year, Cormac McKibben: U-16: boys; coach’s player of the year, Tom O’Neill; player of the year, 

Joe O’Boyle: girls’ football U-12 player of the year, Eve McCartan: U-14 coach’s player of the year, Erin Louise Clarke; 

player of the year, Niamh King: U-16 girls’ coach’s player of the year, Niamh Sharkey; player of the year, Amy Rose Gilmore: Scor Na Nog: Annie Breen runner-up in East Down solo singing.