Style the big winner at Kerry ladies Awards Night

There was no boots,togs,socks,jerseys,deep heat or Locozade sport in sight at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last sat night at the Kerry ladies Football awards night but the celebration of a great year for Kerry was at the top of the menu.

Laune Rangers were the big club winners on the night as they held off Firies, Kilcummin and Castlegregory for Kerry club of 2010. In the U/16 grade Laura Rogers the Austin Stacks midfielder was crowned U/16 player of the year . Lorraine Scanlon of Demonds won the minor player of the year while Julie Brosnan won the Junior Award. Gina Crowley was named best newcomer to the senior team and captain fantastic Bernie Breen was named Senior player of the year. While Donal Barry sat comfortably into the Daithi O’Shea role as MC for the night.

Kerry GAA star Marc O’Shea was on hand to present all the winners with their special commemorative crystal. The Munster U/16 champions and All Ireland runners up were also presented their medals.

Award winners at the Kerry Ladies Football Awards night

The guest of honour Sean Kelly (former president of the GAA) had warm words for the Kerry county board and said it was great to see the promotion of ladies football back to where it belongs on the sport pages with their GAA counterparts. He encouraged the senior team to stick to the task for 2011 and success was around the corner. He encouraged more people to get involved with the ladies game and to always believe in what they were doing.

So with that over it was to the floor and Niall Callaghan kept the 200 strong gathering rocking till the small hours and when he exited stage left the seniors and Kilcummin decided to run their own X factor competition with plenty of on hand Simon Cowells to give their comments.

The Kerry Ladies County Board would like to thank the staff of the Ballyroe Heights,Liston Leisure,Dan Healy butchers,Charlie Kerins,Sports World, Billy Mangan transport for their kind sponsorship for AWARDS night.

The Kerry Ladies 2011 calendar goes on sale this week around the county. The 12 page full colour is a wonderful production and all proceeds will be going to the Kerry Ladies gear fund. It retails at €10.00.