* The club held a very successful awards evening on Friday in the Grand Banquet Hall of the Slieve Donard Hotel. Nearly 200 patrons were in attendance and by all accounts a great night was had by all.
After an excellent three course meal Chairman Ollie Forsythe got the ball rolling with an introductory speech. County Chairman Kevin Bell followed him with a few words before the special guest for the night took to the podium.
In a very well researched speech GAA President Nicky Brennan alluded to the success that Dundrum encountered during the past year. He reserved particular mention to the U-21 team who were East Down B Champions and to the Senior team who won Division 3 and gained promotion to Division 2. He also raised a few cheers with his reference to the upcoming local derbies with Bryansford.
Mr Brennan went on to talk about various nationwide topics in relation to the GAA. His anti-GPA comments raised a chorus of approval while he talked at length about future expenditure and the new hotline for club secretaries to Croke Park.
After his very informed and enjoyable talk the presentation of awards followed. John McShane kicked off with the U-21's. Firstly, captain Paul McComiskey was presented with the McCashin Cup as he was captain of the East Down B winning side. Then all the players involved with the team received their East Down winners medals and their All County runners up medals. Following on from this Aaron Doyle received U-21 Sportsman of the Year and Martin Melville received the Player of the Year accolade.
With the U-21's completed Reserve manager Martin Coughlan took to the stand. In a very humorous speech which even included a singing cameo, Martin awarded Richard Fitzsimons the Sportsman of the Year award and Paul Rooney the Player of the Year gong.
Next up were the Senior awards. Senior team coach John Morgan presented these. Firstly, every player that was involved in the Division 3 winning team was called up to receive their winners medals. After this all the panellists had a huge team photo taken with Nicky Brennan. John then went on to present Neil McComiskey with the Sportsman of the Year before a rapturous applause was given to John Hurley who attained the Senior Player of the Year award. To round off his speech John reserved special praise for team manger John McShane, trainer Eddie Campbell and team captain Kieran Walsh.
Chairman Ollie Forsythe then took to the mic once more to introduce Martin Walsh. Martin came to the stage to present the Seamus Rice Memorial Cup for Player's Player of the Year to John Hurley. This award was voted for by all players who had togged out for the Senior and Reserve teams during the year.
Next up was Father McKenna. He called on John Kielty to come to the stage to present the Jack Kielty Memorial Cup for the Clubman of the Year. This year there was no surprise when Ollie Forsythe's name was called as the recipient.
This year in an unique gesture All Ireland winners associated with the club were presented with special mementoes. Club Treasurer Kieran McKibben then took centre stage to introduce the players and their representatives. First up was Monica McKibben who recieved the award on behalf of her recently deceased husband Willie McKibben. Willie was a member of the 1946 All Ireland Down Junior winning team.
Next up was Nuala Carey who represented her late husband Jarlath. Jarlath was an integral member of the Down All Ireland winning sides of 1960 and 1961.
A team mate of Jarlath was awarded next as the goalkeeper on those two teams Eddie McKay came up to recieve his award.
Henry Flynn was then invited on to the podium to take an award on behalf of his late father Danny Flynn who trained the All Ireland winning teams of the 60's.
Next to be honoured were the three All Ireland Minor medallists from 1987 namely Martin Carey, John Kielty and Patrick Kielty. Martin and John were both there in person while John recieved Patrick's award in his absence.
The final two All Ireland champions to be celebrated were Paul McComiskey and John Morgan. Paul played a starring role in the 2005 Minor winning team while John was trainer of that superb pack of players.
After this there was one very important award left. That was the Hall of Fame induction of club legend Pat Lennon. This was Pat's first Dinnerdance since 1987 and he recieved an overwhelming ovation when he mounted the stage. Pat has spent the last 20 years in Australia and it was a fine gesture to the man to induct him into the Hall of Fame.
This concluded the awards and Chairman Ollie Forsythe thanked all of those in attendance. Music was provided by Rumours and everyone went on to have a great night. Thanks goes to the Slieve Donard Hotel and their excellent staff for ensuring a problem free evening was had by all.

Hall of Fame - Pat Lennon
Seamus Rice Cup (Player's Player of the Year) - John Hurley
Jack Kielty Cup (Clubman of the Year) - Ollie Forsythe
Senior Player of the Year - John Hurley
Senior Sportsman of the Year - Neil McComiskey
Reserve Player of the Year - Paul Rooney
Reserve Sportsman of the Year - Richard Fitzsimons
U-21 Player of the Year - Martin Melville
U-21 Sportsman of the Year - Aaron Doyle
Past All Ireland Winning Special Awards - Willie McKibben (RIP), Jarlath Carey (RIP), Eddie McKay, Danny Flynn (RIP), Martin Carey, John Kielty, Paddy Kielty, Paul McComiskey, John Morgan.

On Saturday the Juveniles of both the Dundrum and Ballykinlar clubs converged on the Parochial Hall in Dundrum for their underage awards. Special guests were Paddy 'Mo' Doherty and Paul McComiskey. Also in attendance was East Down Chairman PJ McAlinden.
The silverware on show included the Damien McCashin Shield which was won the by the St Josephs U-14 footballers. The East Down U-16 B League and U-16 B Championship were also proudly shown off. The U-16's who helped haul these two trophies back to the Parish were also presented with their two sets of winners medals and their All County U-16 B Championship runners up medals.
The U-12's, U-10's and U-8's of both clubs received medals and certificates. The following are the various Dundrum individual award winners:

U-16 Player of the Year - Conor Miskelly
U-16 Most Improved - Eamon King
U-16 Sportsman - Paddy Curry

U-14 Player of the Year - Conn Rooney
U-14 Most Improved - Declan Cunningham
U-14 Sportsman - Rory Kavanagh


The following are the Ballykinlar award winners:

U-16 Player of the Year - Sean O'Rourke
U-16 Most Improved - Philip Mageean
U-16 Sportsman - Conor Mason

U-14 Player of the Year - Sean Murray
U-14 Most Improved - Teneisha Lagatule
U-14 Sportsman - Daniel Annet