John Brennan

Glasdrumman GAC held it’s annual dinner dance and presentation night in Diamond Pats Newcastle on Saturday night.  After thanking Gregory Rodgers and his staff for their excellent hospitality, club chairman Dan McCartan began his address with a tribute to Mick Mooney who has passed away so tragically only weeks after Glasdrumman had achieved their first league title in the club’s history and he especially welcomed Mick’s mother Claire and the family to the awards night.  He thanked everyone who had helped the club in the past year and looked forward to building on what had been achieved both on and off the field during 2005.

 He paid special tribute to the team mentors of both the senior and under age teams and especially to the club’s referee Patrick Trimble. He thanked John Brennan for his work as club PRO. He thanked everyone involved in representing the club both on the football field and in the Scor competitions. He expressed his thanks to underage amalgamation partners Atticall through their chairman Thomas Colgan and to the Halfway House and thanked them for their continued cooperation during the season. He thanked senior team sponsor Paddy Maginn of Quinns the Spirit Grocers for his continued generous support. He had a special word of congratulations to the Glasdrumman golf team of Damien Grant, Martin O’Neill, Tommy Madden and Veronica McGreevy on representing the club and winning the Club Down tournament.

He welcomed special guests Seamus Walsh, Mark Turley and James Colgan and said that the club was both pleased and honoured that they were able to attend. Seamus Walsh expressed his pleasure at being invited as a guest to the Glasdrumman dinner. He went on to talk about the club’s contribution to the GAA in the community and the county noting that the Glasdrumman’s success in recent years had started with their Junior championship win over his home club Dundrum. He particularly congratulated William James Smith for his efforts on the  South Down Board and as a member of the County Board, Patrick Trimble for his continuing contribution to refereeing in the county and Liam McGreevy for his work with coaching and ended with some thoughts on Glasdrumman’s outstanding success during the year.

Mark Turley expressed his thanks for the invitation and congratulated the club on its achievements last season and over the past few seasons and entertained the crowd with a few stories of his visits to the club both as a player and manager with Glenn, Killyleagh and Darragh Cross.  He encouraged the players to aim high for the incoming season and stressed that there was no easy way to success other than through hard work and 100% effort. James Colgan thanked the club for the invitation and told of his first contact with Glasdrumman through his involvement with Paul Brennan on the All Ireland winning St Louis’ team and how Paul had talked with such pride about playing for and representing his club. James wished the club every success in the 2006 season and said how he was looking forward to his next visit to Glasdrumman when An Riocht came to the Quarter Road in the upcoming season in Division 2. He told the players that you get only get out of football what you put in and he encouraged them to always strive to a higher level.

Atticall chairman Thomas Colgan congratulated the club on their outstanding season. He said he felt proud that Atticall had contributed in some way to Glasdrumman’s success through amalgamation and the fact that the current manager was an Atticall man and he wished them all the best for 2006. 

Club Awards:
Hall of Fame award    John Doran
Club Person of  the Year (The Ann McGreevy Cup)  Gary McGreevy.
Supporter of the Year  Mamie Carr.

Special awards.
Sean Colgan, Gerard McCartan, Christopher Cunningham, Terry Joyce and Christine Burns for their involvement with the senior panel and to mark the club achievement on winning their first league title.

Mark Turley and James Colgan for their involvement as manager and captain of the All Ireland winning 2005 Down minor team.

 

Players awards:
Team manager Sean Colgan thanked team captain Cormac Murphy, vice captain Raymond Magorrian and all the players for their commitment during the season. He said he asked the players for their total commitment when he took the job and that was exactly what they had given him throughout the season. He thanked the committee and all the club members for their support during 2005 and looked forward to their continued support during the incoming season

 

Senior Player of the Year (The Jackie O’Hare Trophy)  Pat Mallon
Sportsman of the Year   (The Mick Mooney Cup)  Cormac Murphy
Trainer of the year  (The Arthur Doran Trophy)    Martin O’Neill
Atticall Minor player of the year runner up      John McAteer.