All Stars

Community Games All Stars - Friday 8th Nov 2024

The St Francis Credit Union Clare Community Games All Stars award night is one of the highlights of the Clare Community Games calendar.  The event takes place in Treacy's West County Hotel on Friday 8th November from 7pm.  Tickets are priced at €32 per adult and €16 per child and available from your Area Secretary. A sit down meal is served and some entertainment will be provided by some of our National Community Games participants, including the Gold medal winning Quin-Clooney Choir.   Some special guests will also be in attendance to help present the 40+ All Star Awards. 

Additional prizes for presentation on the night include the Area Athletics Trophy,  The International Police Association Best Large Area Trophy and the Small Area Award. 

Full list of recipients can be found below and previous winners can be found in our archive.

Congratulations to all the worthy recipients who represent their teams and areas.

• Art: Aoife Carroll (Cratloe) and Robert Crowley (Doora/Barefield)

• Athletics - Track: Ailbhe O'Neill (Ennis St John's), Simone Considine (Cooraclare/Cree) and Jack Monahan (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry)

• Athletics - Field: James Considine (Cooraclare/Cree)

• Badminton: Niamh Slattery (Moylusa) and Eric Chan (Ennis St John's)

• Basketball U11: Ciara Reynolds (Doora/Barefield)

• Basketball U13: Hadia Ijaz Ghazi (Doora/Barefield) and James Cosgrove (Doora/Barefield)

• Basketball U16: Erin Kennedy (Doora/Barefield) and Joseph Lernihan (Cooraclare/Cree)

• Camogie: Allison Donnelly (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Chess U11: Olaf Muszynsky (Shannon)

• Chess U13: Adam Rochford (Ennis St John's)

• Chess U16: Mick Wyse (Ennis St John's)

• Choir U16: Anna Brooks (Quin/Clooney)

• Cross Country: Nicole Griffin (Ballynacally/Lissycasey) and Stephen Geraghty (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Draughts U10: Theresa Mulkere (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Draughts U12: Seanie Hayes (Crusheen/B/Tubber)

• Draughts U14: Corie Mc Gowan (Sixmilebridge/Kilmurry)

• Futsal U13: Emma Brown (Ennis St John's) and Daithi Ginnane (Ennis St John's)

• Futsal U15: Abbie O'Gorman (Cratloe) and Conor Gleeson (Cratloe)

• Gaelic Football U10: Iarlaith Daly (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Gaelic Football U12: Niamh Keating (Ballkynacally/Lissycasey)

• Gaelic Football U14 : Grace Marrinan (Ballynacally/Lissycasey)

• Indoor Soccer U10: Isabelle Fitzpatrick (Newmarket on Fergus) and Rian Feeney (Cratloe)

• Indoor Soccer U3: Saoirse Nagle (Corofin/Kilnaboy) and Robbie Lyne (Ennis St John's)

• Hurling: A J Grogan (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Pitch and Putt: Brian Conway (Ballynacally/Lissycasey)

• Quiz: Ciaran O'Neill (Inch/Kilmaley/Connolly)

• Rounders U13: Sinead Hennessy (Clarecastle/Ballyea) and Oisin Lynch (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Rugby 7's: Jeaic O'Laoghaire (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Socccer  U12: Alannah Mc Cullough (Ennis St John's) and Shane Considine (Newmarket on Fergus)

• Soccer U15: Grace Dwyer (Clarecastle/Ballyea)

• Swimming: Nicole Mc Inerney (Cratloe) and Dylan O'Toole (Quin/Clooney)

• Talent: James Downes (Crusheen/Ballinruan/Tubber)

• Chairman's Award: Saorlaith Ruane (Shannon)

What is the Community Games All Stars?

The St Francis Credit Union Clare Community Games All Stars award night is traditionally one of the highlights of the Clare Community Games calendar.  This annual event, which includes a sit down meal, has been taking place for many years and it serves a number of purposes: -

• It provides an opportunity to celebrate the successes of Clare Community Games participants and adult volunteers over the course of the season.

• It provides an opportunity for Clare Community Games and its main sponsor, St Francis Credit Union, to receive some good PR across press and social media.

• It provides an opportunity for families and volunteers involved in Community Games across County Clare to come together.

Each year, approximately 50-60 All Star awards are presented to selected participants.  As they are presented, a few words are said about the participant.  Usually a number of sporting guest stars are invited to speak and to help present the awards.  In the past, some of the Talent/Choir participants also provide some entertainment. The awards night is also used to present the following awards:-

• Area Athletics Trophy, for overall best area in County Athletics Finals.

• The International Police Association for Best Large Area, for area with highest number of participants over all county events (based on ORS data).

• Small Area Award Trophy, for best smaller area with highest number of participants over all county events (based on ORS data).

• Adult Volunteer "Hall of Fame" award, selected by County Executive.

• Chairperson's award to a participant who embodies the spirit of Community Games, selected by current County Chairperson.

The All Star Committee has responsibility for selecting the All Star recipients from the list of nominees based broadly on the following criteria: -

• Team Events: Best competitor of competition/event is nominated by referee in conjunction with co-ordinator at county and is not necessarily from the winning team.  If no competition at county in team event, an All Star is nominated by team manager at Munster or National. Where there is more than one age group in a competition, and where the number of teams entered does not justify an all star for each age group, then one All Star is selected to cover all age groups.

• Individual Events: All Stars are selected after National Finals by executive, based on performance at National Event.

• Relays/Squads: No All Star is selected from athletics and swimming relays.

Currently Clare Community Games is the only county in Ireland, to our knowledge, which has an All Star Award ceremony.  The All Star event is generally cost neutral as the ticket price includes dinner and a small charge which covers the additional costs (i.e. the All Star Trophies, which are sourced and manufactured locally and have a unique Clare Community Games design).