Club News

27/02/02 Antrim manager honours St. John's juveniles at presentation night

The young hurlers and footballers of St. John's celebrated their successes last Saturday night at their annual youth presentation night. The new Antrim Senior Hurling team manager, Dinny Cahill, was in attendance to make the presentations.

The year 2001 was a very successful one for the youth of St. John's. The under-16s had plenty of silverware on display last Saturday evening, following their championship and league successes.

First to receive their awards on the evening were the young under-12s who performed extremely well throughout the league and were congratulated for their great effort and commitment to the club.

At under-13 level, Barry Mc Fall collected the Paul Crossey Memorial Trophy, awarded for winning the South Antrim 7-a-side Indoor Hurling Tournament. Barry also received the Player of the Tournament award from Antrim Manager Dinny Cahill.

With the under-12 and under-13 presentations completed, it was the turn of the under-14s to receive their awards. The under-14s had a very busy year, they were runners up in the hurling and football league, South Antrim football féile and beaten finalists in the Ulster hurling féile.

The highlight of the evening belonged to the club's under-16s who amassed no less than 4 major titles throughout the year. In all they collected the South Antrim hurling championship, South Antrim football championship, the All-County hurling championship and the South Antrim under-16 hurling league. The under-16 footballers also received their medals for winning the Joe Mc Donnell - Kieran Doherty Memorial Football Competition organised by St. Teresa's club. Special guest, Dinny Cahill made the presentations to team captains Kevin Mc Glinchey (Football) and Niall Mc Callin (Hurling).

In his address, Tipperary man Dinny Cahill was full of praise for the young Johnnies, their coaches and their parents. He congratulated them on their successes and reminded them of the importance of training, practising their skills and listening to their coaches. He said he was delighted to visit Corrigan Park and thanked the club for the warm invitation.

St. John's, Club Chairman, Tony Mc Nulty congratulated the juveniles and thanked the parents for their ongoing support, as did Chairman of the Juvenile Committee, Frank Maskey, who also paid tribute to the players' dedication, discipline and achievements throughout the year. He thanked all the managers, mentors and helpers for their continuing hard work at juvenile level.

With the formalities completed the young St. John's men and their parents enjoyed a well deserved night's entertainment.

Well done to the underage players who received awards, and indeed to all the juveniles for their great contribution to the club, and congratulations to the juvenile committee for organising such a very successful evening.

See photographs of the evening