Football

Awards Night 2011 / 2012

It has been a fantastic year for College Corinthians AFC with the Club winning trophies at all levels  and this success was celebrated recently at a function in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Individual and team awards were presented on the night with the highlight bang the presentation of the Overall Schoolboy award for a second time to Craig Donellan.

Cork City manager Tommy Dunne came along to present the awards and he was joined by former Corinthians and now Cork City star, Irish under 19 international Brian Lenihan.

The Clubs Roll Of Honour this year was as follows..

2011/ 2012

Munster Senior League Keane Cup Winners

Munster Senior League Beamish Cup Winners

Munster Junior League Premier Division Winners

Cork Ladies League Division One Winners

Cork Ladies League Division One Cup Winners

Under 19 Local Cup Winners

Munster Schoolgirls Under 18 Cup Winners

Under 18 Schoolgirls League & Cup Winners

Under 16 Schoolgirls League & Cup Winners

Under 17 Division 1 League Winners

Under 16 Premier League & Cup Winners

Under 14 Premier League Winners

Under 13 Local Cup Winners

Under 13 National Cup Runners Up

Under 12 Local Cup Winners

Kennedy Cup

Colm O' Brien

Brian Cotter

Ross Welch

Under 16 Special Presentation

A special presentation was made on the night to the Corinthian Boys Under 16 squad which won every trophy open to them in local schoolboy

Football from under 11 to under 16, a truly phenomenal achievement.

Nine of the players involved with the squad were with the Club since they were six years of age and were part of the successful squads throughout the last five years along with assistant manager Bill Daly. The players involved were

Eoin O'Sullivan ,Shane Daly, Ben M Cauliffe , Craig Donnellan, Jamie Philpott , Alex Burns, Alex O'Sullivan, Mark Dolan, Shane Kearney and Coach:  Bill Daly.

Gaynor Cup

Michelle O' Regan

Megan Connolly

Niamh Mc Greevey

Megan Dennehy

International Representative Honours – Presentation

Megan Connolly

Craig Donnellan

Brian Lenihan

Overall Awards

Schoolboy Player Of The Year – Craig Donellan

It was certainly a year to remember for Craig as he captained the Corinthian Boys Under 16 squad to a league and cup double for the 5^th year in a row marking the team down as one of the finest to play schoolboy football in Cork in recent years.

He was also an integral part of the Cork Schoolboys League team that defeated Kildare 2-0 in the All Ireland final to win the Inter League title for the third year in a row.

Craig has been a an ever present in the Irish National squad for the last three years and he was selected this year for the Irish Under 17 squad to take part in the European Qualifiers in Macedonia in October.  Craig  played ninety minutes in all three games as Ireland finished top of the group with Sweden after drawing 1-1 with the Swedes and defeating Macedonia 4-1 and Romania 2-0.

These fine achievements were recognised by the Cork Schoolboys League when he was named Cork Schoolboys League Overall Schoolboy Player of the Year for season 2011/12.

Schoolgirl Player Of the Year – Megan Connolly

Megan had a fantastic year scoring a bucket load of goals as Corinthians under 16 and 18 girls teams won their respective league and cup doubles  and the Under 18 Munster Youth Cup Megan was also part of the Cork squad which won the Gaynor Cup for the first time in a number of years.

Megan's outstanding performances were recognised by the Irish under 17 team management  when she was chosen to play in two friendly games against Denmark, Megan captained the Irish team in the second game but it was in the opening encounter against the Danes that she really made her presence elt when she scored both goals in a two nil win.

As a result of these fine performances, Megan was selected for the Irish squad for the Euro Qualifiers in Belarus and further goals followed as the Irish team won all three games against Finland, Belarus and Georgia to top their group.  What made these achievements that Megan is actually playing a year out of her age and will be underage for the Irish team again next season.