20-02-2009 - Sportsfile's Brian Lawless and Pat Murphy win at the PPAI Awards

The Sportsfile team at the AIB Photojournalism Awards, back row left to right, David Maher, Oliver McVeigh, Stephen McCarthy, Diarmuid Green, Matt Browne and Paul Mohan. Front row left to right, Brendan Moran, Ray McManus, Brian Lawless, winner of two prizes - Third in Sports Action and First in Features, and Pat Murphy, Second Prize in Individual Study. Paul Mohan is the recent First prize winner in the Sports Action section of the World Press photographic awards.

2nd Prize, Individual Study SAFE HANDS

Photographer: Pat Murphy, Sportsfile

Caption
Netherlands Goalkeeper, Jeroen Zoet, trains on the beach in Turkey during the Under-17 European Championship.

Judges'Citation
This impressive image, secured with split second timing, results in a strange sense of suspended animation; it is well framed and professionally executed.

3rd Prize, Sports Action WINNING EMBRACE

Photographer: Brian Lawless, Sportsfile

Caption
Australia's Heath Francis is congratulated by second place Francis Kompaon, of Papua New Guinea, while he keeps an eye on his time, after he won the Men's 100m-T46 Final at the Beijing Paralympic Games 2008.

Judges' Citation
A shared moment of exhilaration between two 100metre finalists in the Paralympics is demonstrated in the time honoured way.

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