Ladies Football team up with the Sunday Independent & Puma for 2008 Golden Boot Award

The Sunday Independent are the official media partner for the Awards and they will provide a comprehensive weekly Golden Boot column throughout the Championship. The popularity and reach of the paper’s sports pages will ensure that the Golden Boot’s profile is significantly increased in 2008.

Puma, traditionally the leading brand name in GAA, will be the official prize sponsors of the award. There will be 8 weekly winners announced in the Sunday Independent during the Championship. Each weekly winner will receive a pair of Puma’s new King boots, re-launched and restyled to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Puma King, the boot most synonymous with Gaelic games.

The first weekly winner will be announced on Sunday 3rd August and the last weekly winner will be announced on Sunday 5th October following the All Ireland Finals in Croke Park.

The overall winner will be announced in the Sunday Independent on the 12th October along with the players who finished in second and third place. The top three scorers in the Senior Championship will each receive a specially commissioned Golden Boot trophy at a ceremony in GAA Headquarters and will also receive two pairs of Puma King boots, a pair of Puma trainers and a selection of Puma sports and leisurewear.

Geraldine Giles, Uactaran Peil Gael na mBan, said, “The Golden Boot Award proved extremely popular in 2007 and this year we are delighted to welcome the support of the Sunday Independent and Puma. It is a great thing to be able to recognise outstanding individual performances and this award has become a much coveted prize in a short space of time.”

The weekly winner will be the player who scores the highest individual tally in any Senior Championship game on the weekend in question. The overall winner will be the player who accrues the largest combined score of goals and points during the Senior Championship.

In 2007, 158 players registered scores in the Senior Championship, from the group stages to the final, but this year every score recorded in the Championship counts towards the player’s overall Championship tally in 2008. This includes Provincial Championship games and Championship qualifiers.

Last year, Mayo’s Cora Staunton won the inaugural Ladies Football Golden Boot Award with an impressive tally of 58 points (4-46). Cork’s Valerie Mulcahy came second with 40 points (9-13) and Tyrone’s Gemma Begley was third on 38 points (7-17).

An updated top ten scorers table will be printed in the Sunday Independent each Sunday from 27th July and a full list of Championship scorers will be available online at www.ladiesgaelic.ie.

For Additional Information:

David O’Siochain, Pembroke Communications
Tel: 01 649 6322 E: david.osiochain@pembrokecomms.ie

Claire Turvey, Pembroke Communications
Tel: 01 649 6312 E: claire.turvey@pembrokecomms.ie