West Cork Sport Stars
Steve Redmond is the 2011 Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star Award Winner!
The overall winner of the 2011 Celtic Ross West Cork Sports Star of the Year, held in conjunction with The Southern Star and c103fm, was announced at the sold out gala banquet in the hotel on Saturday last, January 14th. Special guest Alan Quinlan announced Steve Redmond as the 2011 Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star Award winner! Steve, from Ballydehob, has completed 4 of the 7 Oceans 7 Swim Challenge. He is on course to complete the last 3 this year. The two new awards were also presented on the night – the Hall of Fame award to Beara sporting legend Riobard O’Dwyer and the Celtic Ross West Cork Youth Sports Star of the Year award to kickboxer Lily de la Cour.
Special guest for the dinner was Munster and Ireland rugby legend Alan Quinlan. Alan spoke about his love of sport and that success is being as good as you can be. He also congratulated all the monthly award winners on their success and achievements to date. Photos will follow in the coming days.
West Cork Youth Award Winner Lily de la Cour
We are delighted to announce that Lily de la Cour has won the inaugural Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Youth Sports Star of the Year 2011! Lily (17), who is a member of the West Cork Kickboxing Club, won a gold medal for Ireland at the European Kickboxing Championships earlier this year staged by WAKO – the World Association of Kickboxing Organisation. She defeated a Hungarian opponent in the final of the Junior Light Contact minus 50kg division held near Venice in Northern Italy. Lily was also runner up in the world championships. The presentation of the overall award will be made to Lily at the Annual Awards banquet on the 14th January 2012.
Hall of Fame Award Winner Riobard O’Dwyer
The inaugural Celtic Ross West Cork Sports Star Hall of Fame award will be presented to Beara’s Riobard O’Dwyer at a gala banquet in Rosscarbery on Saturday, January 14th, 2012.
As well as giving 41 years’ service as a primary school teacher – 39 of them as principal – Riobard has had a varied sporting career, with his biggest achievements in athletics and GAA, not only as a highly-successful participant, but also as a renowned administrator.
In athletics, he won seven All-Ireland hop, skip and jump (now known as triple jump) titles – five of these in a row, which is still an Irish record – and was also chief Irish coach for the discipline at one stage. As a Gaelic footballer, Riobard won Cork county and Munster senior football club championship with Beara, was the divisional board secretary for many years and wrote a History of Beara Football.
He is also a keen musician, being a champion accordionist with a number of successful recordings to his credit. Riobard is also a noted authority on genealogy and is often called on to help people trace their Beara ancestry.
2011 Award Winners
You may view the monthly award winners for 2011 on the link below.
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Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star Awards 2012
Nominations for the senior monthly awards and the Junior and Hall of Fame Awards for the Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star 2011 can be sent to Shane Kierans, Leisure Centre Manager, Celtic Ross Hotel, Rosscarbery, West Cork or call (023) 8848722. The nomination form may also be completed below. Please state clearly for which award you are nominating the sports person.
The Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star Awards are run in conjunction with The Southern Star and C103FM since 1998. Every month a sports person who has excelled in their chosen field is presented with the monthly Sports Star Award. At the end of the year a Gala Banquet with Special Guests is held where the Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star Annual Award winner is announced. This will take place in January 2013.
The West Cork Youth Award is awarded on a quarterly basis to young people aged 14 – 18. Those eligible must be born in the years 1993 to 1996 inclusive and evidence of birth must be provided. The overall 2011 youth award winner for the year will be chosen from the quarterly winners and will be announced in December. The annual youth winner will be formally presented with the award at the annual awards ceremony gala banquet.
The Hall of Fame award will be presented to a sports person in recognition of his or her past achievements which will pre-date the start of the Celtic Ross Hotel West Cork Sports Star award in March 1998. The winner of this award will be announced in the autumn and will be formally presented with the award at the annual awards ceremony gala banquet.
We wish to thank Con Downing of The Southern Star and Paudie Palmer of C103FM for their continued support of this event. George Maguire is official photographer for the awards.
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