Corkery, Cloonan win awards

COLIN CORKERY won his second straight AIB GAA provincial player award in the AIB Bankcentre yesterday, while Athenry’s star forward Eugene Cloonan became the first player to win three awards.

Cloonan’s 4-17 in the Connacht final and All-Ireland quarter-final helped him pick up the prize, while his brave performance in Athenry’s semi-final defeat to Birr, he scored all but one of his side’s total despite a back injury, showed his worth to the club’s cause.

Nemo’s Corkery joins Birr’s Brian Whelahan, Crossmaglen’s Oisin McConville and Dunloy’s Alistair Elliot as a player to have been best club player in his province twice.