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Sara Lawlor with her Bus Eireann women’s national league player of the month award for September/October
soccer: United’s star striker honoured for her five goals in three games
Peamount’s Lawlor named women’s player of the month PEAMOUNT UNITED striker Sara Lawlor has been named the Bus Eireann Women’s National League Player of the Month for September/October. Lawlor was voted player of the match when she scored for her club in the recent FAI Umbro Women’s senior cup final against Raheny United. The 24-year-old has three Ireland caps and was presented her award by Republic of Ireland women’s international team manager Sue Ronan. Dubliner Lawlor scored five goals in her opening three games in the Bus
Éireann Women’s National League, which sees Peamount top on goal difference from their rivals Raheny United in the preliminary phases of the marquee competition. Lawlor admitted she was honoured to get the award but felt that a number of her club-mates could have been in consideration. “It’s lovely to get an award like this but I was a little surprised because lots of the girls played very well over the last month,” she said. “We were very disappointed not to
win the cup but the great thing is that we didn’t let it get to us and we’re very focused on the Bus Eireann Women’s National League. “Our next game is on Saturday November 3 at Raheny so we have an excellent opportunity to bounce back and look to maintain our 100% start to the season.” Lawlor also scored three goals in two FAI Umbro Women’s Senior Cup games in the same period. “Bus Éireann congratulates Sara on winning the player of the month award.
“Sara has continued her incredible form from last season with some important goals in Peamount’s unbeaten start to the 2012–2013 season,” said Andrew McLindon, Bus Eireann PR manager. Peamount’s Chloe Mustaki and Emma Cahill were both part of the Republic of Ireland U-19 side that won their UEFA U-19 Women’s European Championship group, winning all three of their games to qualify for the next phase of the competition. They beat Cyprus, Latvia and Serbia in order to advance.
EUGENE Kennedy, father of multiple All-Ireland winning St Brigid’s star Eoin, completed the double last week as the world handball championships in Citywest. He claimed the diamond masters (Over60) singles title while he grabbed the doubles, too, in tandem with Wexford’s Ned Buggy. Played over 10 days in west County Dublin, over 2,000 players contested the championships over a host of grades across the fantastic purposebuilt Citywest Arena, where an amazing cauldron of action and excitement was created for the 3,000 additional fans who pack into the amphitheatre style seating for the event.
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