News: Voting soon to close for Teamtalk All-Star awards…
Date: 28th November 2006

A total of fifty players will be in the running for Tyrone GAA All-Star awards at the third annual Teamtalk Magazine Gala Banquet in the Great Northern Hotel in Bundoran on Friday 8th December.

Following weeks of voting, the list of contenders for places on the 2006 All-Star club football team has been whittled down to fifty names representing 22 different clubs.

The players shortlisted will be present at the banquet for the announcement of the 2006 Tyrone All-Star team as well as the senior, intermediate and junior footballer of the year award winners.

A selection of the nominees will also be in contention for the ‘young club footballer of the year’ and ‘young achiever of the year’ awards.

County champions Errigal Ciaran have seven players included on the shortlist for the All-Star team, while county finalists Carrickmore and newly crowned league champions Dromore each have five nominees.

Senior championship semi-finalists Coalisland and league runners-up Donaghmore both have three representatives on the nominees list, as do intermediate champions Stewartstown.

Ardboe, Omagh, Strabane and five clubs who earned promotion in 2006 - Galbally, Killeeshil, Derrylaughan, Greencastle and Brocagh – all have two names in contention for All-Star awards. And a further eight clubs have one player in the running for an award.

The list of fifty nominees includes five players who won an All-Star award for the first time last year – Ciaran McAleer, Cormac McGinley, Paul Quinn, Des Tracey and Justin McMahon – and three players who were members of the inaugural team two years ago, namely Ronan McGarrity, Gabriel McCallan and Fabian O’Neill.

Carrickmore goalkeeper Plunkett McCallan has actually made the team in each of the last two years and is in contention for a third successive All-Star award.

The latest list of All-Star nominees has been compiled from the huge number of votes submitted by clubs, journalists and the general public. Another round of voting for both the team and individual awards is ongoing and the final deadline is Monday 4th December.

Votes can be e-mailed to editor@teamtalkmag.com, posted to Teamtalk Magazine (51 Gortin Road, Omagh, BT79 7HZ), or phoned in to 02882251590.

2006 Teamtalk All-Star Football Nominees…

John McConville (Ardboe)
Tommy McGuigan (Ardboe)
Aidan Cassidy (Augher)
Barry Donnelly (Brocagh)
Ciaran Donnelly (Brocagh)
Ciaran McAleer (Carrickmore)
Gabriel McCallan (Carrickmore)
Plunkett McCallan (Carrickmore)
Ronan McGarrity (Carrickmore)
Ronan McNally (Carrickmore)
Gareth McDermott (Clann na nGael)
Emmett Teague (Clonoe)
Johnny Curran (Coalisland)
Brian Toner (Coalisland)
Philip Toner (Coalisland)
Paul McGurk (Cookstown)
Paddy Quinn (Derrylaughan)
Kevin Coary (Derrylaughan)
Kelvin Hughes (Donaghmore)
Damian McCaul (Donaghmore)
Niall McGinn (Donaghmore)
Mickey Garry (Dromore)
Cathal McCarron (Dromore)
Eoin McCusker (Dromore)
Fabian O’Neill (Dromore)
Sean O’Neill (Dromore)
Peter Canavan (Errigal Ciaran)
John Devine (Errigal Ciaran)
Davy Harte (Errigal Ciaran)
Cormac McGinley (Errigal Ciaran)
Enda McGinley (Errigal Ciaran)
Paul Quinn (Errigal Ciaran)
Caolan Tierney (Errigal Ciaran)
Kieran McCrory (Galbally)
Paul Rafferty (Galbally)
Enda Clarke (Greencastle)
Martin Conway (Greencastle)
Des Tracey (Kildress)
Kevin Hughes (Killeeshil)
Shane Mallon (Killeeshil)
Dermot Carlin (Killyclogher)
Shane Hackett (Omagh)
Justin McMahon (Omagh)
Christopher Colhoun (Pomeroy)
C P Devlin (Stewartstown)
Gareth Devlin (Stewartstown)
John Devlin (Stewartstown)
Ciaran Friel (Strabane)
Danny McBride (Strabane)
Chris McCarroll (Tattyreagh)

Intermediate Footballer of the Year Nominees…

Aidan Cassidy (Augher)
Paddy Quinn (Derrylaughan)
Kevin Coary (Derrylaughan)
C P Devlin (Stewartstown)
Gareth Devlin (Stewartstown)
John Devlin (Stewartstown)
Ciaran Friel (Strabane)
Danny McBride (Strabane)

Junior Footballer of the Year Nominees…

Barry Donnelly (Brocagh)
Ciaran Donnelly (Brocagh)
Enda Clarke (Greencastle)
Martin Conway (Greencastle)
Chris McCarroll (Tattyreagh)

Young Club Footballer of the Year Nominees…

Aidan Cassidy (Augher)
Ciaran Donnelly (Brocagh)
Johnny Curran (Coalisland)
Brian Toner (Coalisland)
Philip Toner (Coalisland)
Damian McCaul (Donaghmore)
Niall McGinn (Donaghmore)
Cathal McCarron (Dromore)
Sean O’Neill (Dromore)
Caolan Tierney (Errigal Ciaran)
Gareth Devlin (Stewartstown)
Ciaran Friel (Strabane)
Danny McBride (Strabane)

Young Achiever of the Year Nominees…

Brian Toner (Coalisland/football)
Gareth Devlin (Stewartstown/football)
Conan Grugan (Omagh/football)
Shane O’Neill (Omagh/football)
Aodhan O’Donnell (Dromore/football)
Darragh Daly (Carrickmore/handball)
Caolan Daly (Carrickmore/handball)
Maria Jordan (Eglish/camogie)
Roisin Rafferty (Carrickmore/ladies football)
Sarah Connolly (Errigal Ciaran/ladies football)

Youth Footballer of the Year Nominees...

Danny Gorman (Cappagh)
Brian Toner (Coalisland)
Aodhan O’Donnell (Dromore)
Kevin Mossey (Gortin)
Conan Grugan (Omagh)
Shane O’Neill (Omagh)

Tyrone GAA Personality of the Year Nominees...

Cuthbert Donnelly (Tyrone County Board)
Liam Donnelly/Martin Coyle (Tyrone Under-21 managers)
Sean Teague (Greencastle manager)
Paddy Park (Stewartstown manager)
Peter Canavan (Errigal Ciaran captain)

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