LDSL AWARDS NIGHT IS TOP CLASS
The Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League held its Fifth Annual Awards Night at The Gables, Athea last Saturday night and again it was a resounding success. Chairman David Naughton opened the proceedings and thanked everybody for attending and as we had a busy night ahead of us said we would get straight down to business. With twenty six divisions to cover as well as the three inter league presentations and also the U/11 tournament which Limerick Desmond won a few weeks ago it was going to be a long night.
First up were the Limerick Desmond U/11 Academy Squad who were presented with their medals for winning the recent Quadrangular Tournament which was held in Abbeyfeale with the other leagues involved being Cork, LimerickCounty an Wicklow. After this Chairman David Naughton and Vice-Chairman John Fennessy, on behalf of the LDSL made presentations to Noel Allen and Anthony Quinn, two of our longstanding referees both of whom are retiring at the end of this season. Both have had a long association with soccer at all levels in the Desmond League, from schoolboys and schoolgirls up to junior level and all of The Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League Committee wish Anthony and Noel the very best in their future away from refereeing.
Next up we had the players of the year for the twenty six league divisions, including the six girls divisions and this was followed by the inter league players of the year at U/12, U/14 and U/15. Kyle Hayes from Kildimo Utd picked up the U/12 Inter League award, David Connolly of Adare Utd the U/14 award while Shane Costelloe from Kilcornan got the U/15 Inter League award.
There was a special presentation to Tom Ambrose who has done trojan work for the league in his capacity as Registrar, Secretary and now as Fixtures Secretary with Tom being presented with a lovely piece of glass as well as a Liverpool jersey signed by all the Liverpool players.
PLAYERS OF THE YEAR 2011
The Awards Night is a recognition for the players of how they have done since the season commenced and it’s a great honour for themselves, their families and their clubs. Below are the various award winners for 2011 -
U8 Div 1 Luke Gleeson - Athea Utd
U8 Div 1 Conor Shine - Glin Rvs
U8 Div 2 Michael Keane – Adare Utd
U8 Div 3 Shane Collins – Granagh Utd
U8 Div 4 Evan Lane – Mountcollins
U10 Div 1 Jack Sheehan - Glin Rvs
U10 Div 2 Liam Kennedy – Creeves Cel
U10 Div 2 Padraic Hartigan - Kildimo Utd
U10 Div 3 Darren Ward – Carrig Cel
U10 Div 4 Mark Cregan - Ferry Rngs
U10 Div 5 Sean Kelly - Feenagh
U12 Div 1 Paddy Harnett – Abbeyfeale Utd
U12 Div 2 Colin Enright - Killeaney
U12 Div 3 James McDermott – Granagh Utd
U12 Div 4 Colm McSweeney - Bally Rvs
U14 Div 1 David O’Mahony – Adare Utd
U14 Div 2 Darragh Noonan – Bally Rvs
U14 Div 3 Daniel Leahy – Abbeyfeale Utd B
U14 Div 4 Eoin Moran – Carrig Cel
U16 Div 1 Kevin Murphy – Athea Utd
U16 Div 2 Eddie Prunty – Broadford Utd
U16 Div 2 James Naughton – Creeves Cel
U16 Div 3 Evan Fitzgerald – Shannonside
U10 Girls Div 1 Iris Kennelly – Newcastle West
U12 Girls Group A Sarah Enright – Askeaton
U12 Girls Group B Brenda O’Keeffe – Ballingarry
U14 Girls Group A Deborah Murphy – Newcastle West
U14 Girls Group B Stephanie Anderson – Ballingarry
U16 Girls Div 1 Katie Fitzgerald – Glin Rvs
THANKS
The League would like to thank the Desmond Branch of the Referees Society for attending on the night and who were represented by Donie O’Gorman, Paudie Manning, Tony Fitzmaurice, Gerard O’Connor, Mike Houlihan and Colm Dalton and we thank them for attending and for making some of the presentations on the night. The league would like to thank Kathleen Broderick as Secretary of The Limerick Desmond Ladies League for attending and making some of the presentations to the girls players of the year and we look forward to seeing our girls award winners staring in the Ladies League in the coming years. Thanks also to C.W.O. Conor Nestor for attending and who also made some of the presentations. Thanks also to the Connie, the management and staff of The Gables, Athea for their help and assistance, everything was spot on with some lovely food as usual.
Thanks also to Din O’Brien for attending and taking the photos for the Weekly Observer.
Thanks to all the clubs for their assistance in nominating players and voting for the players nominated.
Finally a big thanks to the large number of people who attended on Saturday night which made the atmosphere fantastic and it was brilliant to see all the parents and families of the players there as well as officials from the various clubs.
Well done again to the Limerick Desmond Schoolboys/Girls League players of the year for 2011. Keep up the good work and heres looking forward to 2012.