Aussie accolade for Padhraig Geraghty
It appears that Summerhill GAA players make an impact no matter where they go based on the latest evidence from Australia.
Padhraig Geraghty (Podge to some), whose last game with Summerhill was the 2019 Feis Cup final victory (see Meath Chronicle brief report below) won the Players Player of the Year award in Australia with Sydney club Clan Na Gael.
Unfortunately he wasn't able to accept the trophy himself and Seanie Dalton accepted the award on his behalf.
Clan Na Gael GAC Sydney posted on social media
Our men’s team took centre stage again to receive the next set of awards.
Seamus & Donnacha reflected on on the A teams highlights for the year.
Players player of the year - Padhraig Geraghty
Unfortunately Padraig was unable to attend on the night so Sean Dalton accepted it on his behalf.
“Over the course of the year Padhraig performed at the highest standard in many of our games across league and championship.
He saved his best performance for the final where he put in a immense 60 minutes.
He never stopped running all year and his desire and commitment at training make him a worthy recipient of the players player of the year award”
FEIS CUP FINAL - 3/11/2019
There was some compensation for Summerhill this afternoon when they won the Feis Cup with a hard-earned 2-12 to 1-12 victory against Gaeil Colmcille.
The win might not have been achieved if Gaeil Colmcille had managed to keep 14 men on the pitch, but they were reduced to 14 late in the opening half when James Reilly was red-carded.
Summerhill also finishd with 14, but that was due to a late second-half second yellow card for Ross Ryan that possibly had the referee checking that he had the right player as he cautioned both Ross and Ronan (twins) early in the second-half.
CAPTAIN
Summerhill captain David Dalton commended Gaeil Colmcille on a tremendous performance in his acceptance speech.
"We always get a tough game from Gaeil Colmcille, it's always hard and physical, but we can shake hands when it's over," he said.
"This isn't the trophy either of us wanted at the sart of the year, but it's not too bad to finish with some silverware and Gaeil Colmcille won the A FL title, so we both got something," he added.
SCORERS
Summerhill - Barry Dardis 1-4; Sean Dalton 1-2; David Larkin 0-3; Padhraig Geraghty 0-1; Conor Frayne 0-1; William Ryan 0-1.
Gaeil Colmcille - Brian Hanlon 1-5; Seamus Mattimoe 0-5; Johnny Quigley 0-1; Martin Barrett 0-1.