30 Gazette 2 January 2014
Gazette
SPORT2013 Dublin sport glory goes all around the world
review of the year
look back: august to december
Foxrock Cabinteely claimed the ladies football All-Ireland Feile in stunning fashion in Derry
July NICOLAS Roche ended up on the podium in Paris when he helped the Saxo Tinkoff team to the team title at the centenary edition of the Tour de France, after a gruelling three weeks working for team leader Alberto Contador and his number two Roman Kreuziger, before he picked up the biggest win of his career when he landed the second stage of the Vuelta a Espana proving the strongest rider on the 178km stage from Pontevedra to Baiona. St Brigid’s Noelle Healy kicked five points as Dublin’s ladies footballers secured their ninth provincial title win at Dr Cullen Park this month with a 14-point victory over Royal rivals, Meath. Ballyboden St Enda’s captured the All-Ireland Division 1 Feile title in Limerick for the second time in their history and the first since 1992 when a storming second-half performance saw them claim a 10-point victory over Douglas from Cork. All 23 players celebrated a famous victory at the final whistle, and a large crowd welcomed the squad back to the club-
with the Christy Ring trophy to complete a memorable weekend for the team. Malahide LTC completed the perfect season last weekend at the Dublin Lawn Tennis Council’s Summer League Premier final when they swept past Donnybrook in the final in Templeogue, benefiting from the skills of Colin O’Brien and James Cluskey, while former Davis Cup player Stephen Nugent completed the win in emotional fashion.
August Gazette county golfers Rowan Lester from Hermitage, Paul McBride from The Island, Alec Myles fromNewlands, Jack Walsh from Castle and David Carey from Carton House were all integral parts of the Ireland team who claimed the 2013 Boys’ Home Internationals championship title at Forest Pines Golf Club in England this month. N AC p a r a l y m p i c swimmer James Scully showed his promise on the Road to Rio in 2016 with a sterling set of performances in the pool at
the Paralympic Swimming World Championships in Montreal, appearing in a total of four finals and claiming a well-deserved bronze medal in the 200m freestyle, his first-ever world medal. Garda Cycling Club member Caroline Ryan reached another pinnacle in her burgeoning career after it was announced that she had become the world number one individual pursuit rider in the International Cycling Union (UCI) rankings. Esker Celtic were celebrating as well this month after they were named the Aviva Club of the Year last weekend at the FAI Festival of Football in Wicklow. The Lucan-based club received the accolade after an extremely competitive day-long assessment of the eight monthly winners of the competition from across the country, and with it secured a cheque for €5,000.
September MAN of the match Bernard Brogan produced the goods when it mattered most as his 2-3 – with 2-2 coming from
Corduff Football Club’s Jean Yves
Ireland cricket star Ed Joyce in action
Poame signs his terms with Premier
with the bat for the national side who
League side Sunderland AFC with club
enjoyed a fine season of success, with a
Relief and joy abound as
secretary John Boothman
trio of international titles
All-Ireland title with a
Castleknock’s hurlers were celebrating when they won the Dublin
Dundrum cyclist Nicolas Roche had one
junior hurling champiohsip final against Lucan Sarsfields to add to
of his best years in the sport with a team
a roll call of success at the club this year
medal in the Tour De France
play – proved a decisive factor for Dublin as they landed their second All-Ireland title in three years. The St Oliver Plunkett’s/Eoghan Ruadh man made the defining impact in a 2-12 to 1-14 win over Mayo at Croke Park. Ballyroan Karate Academy were celebrating landing a string of medals representing Ireland in Tokyo, Japan at the WSKF World Shotokan Championships. Five club members of the club brought home honours from the far east, benefiting from the work of Sensei Brendan Perry over the past number of
years. Malahide’s prodi gal son Eoin Morgan hailed this month’s first one-day international at cricket’s new headquarters as an “incredible day for Irish cricket” as over 10,000 fans thronged the village to see Ireland take on England, his final six providing an emphatic end to a devastating innings, scoring 124 off just 106 balls, in a record-breaking fifth wicket partnership with Ravi Bopara of 226. Malahide United broke new ground for Irish football when their Under- 13 side finished fourth at the Danone
Nations Cup in London. As All-Ireland and allisland champions in the previous nine months, Malahide were representing the Republic of Ireland in the world’s biggest Under-13 football competition and produced a string of great results against Germany, Belgium, Spain, Holland and Brazil.
October Peamount United manager Eileen Gleeson said that Stephanie Roche’s wonder goal for the team against Wexford Youths was the perfect advertisement
for the club, the Women’s National League and women’s football in general, a sentiment borne out by the million views in four days that a YouTube clip of the goal received. Corduff Football Club announced that their impressive young player, Jean Yves Poame, had agreed terms with Premier League side Sunderland AFC, and will leave the Dublin 15 club at the end of this season to join the Black Cats. Erin Go Bragh achieved a massive leap for ward when their league win against Castleknock delivered