Pics 1Over 100 players, parents, friends and family attended Saturday night’s Con Magees U16 Football presentation in the Ballsallagh Suite in GCDA. They were there to celebrate a fantastic 2016 season when the U16 footballers won the South West Antrim Championship and League, plus the Breslin Cup, and were a major contributory factor to Con Magees being awarded the coveted McStocker Cup by South West Antrim GAA for most Disciplined Club.
Proceedings kicked off with a slideshow showing not only the achievements of this team in 2016, but also covered their many victories stretching back 7 or 8 years. Was interesting to see how many of them are still playing today from those teams in 2010 and 2011. Many thanks to Dylan McIlwaine for supplying a lot of the photos.
After a delicious meal, Ian Hynds and Padraic McKenna presented a humorous set of slides outlining the year in summary. It included presenting several individual awards covering the usual items like Player of the Year and Most Improved Player, but also included some novel awards like “Best Haircut” won by Adam Campbell and “Best Diver of the Year” which was collected by Rian Lennon for a full stretch block captured by Dylan during the league final.
A really enjoyable and well attended evening, with the Ballsallagh Suite tastefully decorated was rounded off by a presentation from the players to the management in thanks for their hard work and dedication throughout the year.
Photo Captions
1) Club President, Shaun McLaughlin presents the McStocker Cup to Declan McAuley. The McStocker Cup is presented by South West Antrim each year to the club they feel exhibits the best discipline within the South West. A magnificent trophy and Con Magees are proud recipients this year.
2) Con Magees won the South West U16 Football Championship, the Breslin Cup, in 2016 and guests of honour, Tom & Imelda Breslin are seen here presenting the Breslin Cup to joint captains Shane & Eoin.
3)Club Chairman, Seamus McMullan presented the Player of the Year trophy to Eoin Hynds. With so many players in contention this year, Eoin should be rightfully proud of this award.
4)To mark the visit of our special guests Tom & Imelda Breslin our club Chairman, Seamus McMullan presented them with a gift and a copy of our Centenary Book. Many thanks to Tom & Imelda for making the journey tonight.
5) Victorious U16 Football team with the McStocker Trophy, The Breslin Cup (SW Antrim Championship) and the Doherty Accounting U16 League Trophy in the foreground. Missing from the photo is Shea McDonald who was unfortunate enough to break his wrist early today at County Trials. All at Con Magees wish Shea a speedy recovery.