Champions pick up seven All Stars
Goalkeeper Susan Earner, defensive trio Sarah Dervan, Lorraine Ryan and Therese Maher, along with midfielder Niamh Kilkenny, centre-forward Niamh McGrath and corner-forward Ailish O’Reilly were all rewarded for their exploits this summer.
Player of the match in September’s final, Maher collected her fifth All Star, while it was a first award for 19-year old O’Reilly who scored the crucial goal in the final. Tribes boss Tony Ward picked up Manager of the Year for his double-winning efforts.
Defeated finalists Kilkenny had four players named on the team, while Jennifer O’Leary, selected at midfield, was Cork’s sole All Star winner. Offaly’s Elaine Dermody and Clare’s Chloe Morey were the first players from either county to win an All Star award.
2013 All Stars: Susan Earner (Galway); Mairead Power (Kilkenny), Sarah Dervan (Galway), Lorraine Ryan (Galway); Edwina Keane (Kilkenny), Therese Maher (Galway), Chloe Morey (Clare); Niamh Kilkenny (Galway), Jennifer O’Leary (Cork); Katie Power (Kilkenny), Niamh McGrath (Galway), Kate Kelly (Wexford); Shelly Farrell (Kilkenny), Elaine Dermody (Offaly), Ailish O’Reilly (Galway).
2013 Soaring Stars: Laura Dunne (Laois); Karen Tinnelly (Down), Aoife Trant (Kildare), Kate Aherne (Offaly); Aishling Dunphy (Laois), Sarah Ann Fitzgerald (Laois), Angela Lyons (Kildare); Carol Anne Canning (Dublin), Orla Bambury (Kildare); Clodagh Flanagan (Kildare), Siobhan Hurley (Kildare); Louise Mahony (Laois); Denise McGrath (Westmeath), Susie O’Carroll (Kildare), Niamh Dollard (Laois).
2013 Intermediate Soaring Stars: Rebecca Hennelly (Galway), Niamh Mulcahy (Limerick), Paula Kenny (Galway).
