Castlewellan on course to retain club award

Progressive Down outfit Castlewellan are on course to retain their AIB GAA Club of the Year title having been once again voted the cream of the Mourne County.

Last year's champions were voted top club in their county again and received a cheque for €2,000 along with 31 other clubs from around the country.

Each club will now go on to contest the bigger provincial prize where €5,000 will be up for grabs with the overall winners set for a €10,000 cash boost.

GAA President Sean Kelly said: "The club is without doubt the most important unit of the Association.

"The players who will grace Croke Park throughout the summer all began at club level and it is a testament to the strength and purpose of our clubs that they continue to provide playing, social and coaching facilities that are the envy of so many other organisations."

Winners in full:

CONNACHT

Galway Portumna GAA Club

Leitrim St.Mary's GAA Club

Mayo Crossmolina Deel Rovers

Roscommon Ail Finn

Sligo Eastern Harps GAA

LEINSTER

Carlow Tinryland GAA

Dublin St. Judes

Kildare Confey GAA

Kilkenny Piltown G.A.A. Club

Laois An Fraoch

Longford Clonguish GFC

Louth Mattock Rangers GFC

Meath Simonstown Gaels

Offaly Shamrocks GAA Club

Westmeath Tyrrellspass GAA

Wexford St. Martins G.A.A. Club

Wicklow Rathnew G.A.A.

MUNSTER

Clare Wolfe Tones na Sionna

Cork Baile Nua Seandroma

Kerry An Ghaeltacht

Limerick Cumann Tobar Phadraig

Tipperary Fanaithe na Maoilig

Waterford Ballygunner GAA Club

ULSTER

Antrim St.Mary's Ahoghill

Armagh Crossmaglen Rangers GFC

Cavan Butlersbridge Emmets

Derry Watty Grahams

Donegal Malin GAA Club

Down Caislean a Mhuilinn CLG

Fermanagh Lisnaskea Emmetts GAC

Monaghan Latton O'Rahilly's

Tyrone An Srath Ban