2011 Bord Gáis Energy Breaking Through Player of the Year
18 October 2011; Days before he flies out to Australia to play with the International Rules team, Cork forward Aidan Walsh has been voted the 2011 Bord Gáis Energy Breaking Through Player of the Year. The Kanturk clubman was picked from a shortlist that included heavy hitters Liam Rushe and Shane Dowling to claim the €1,000 prize voucher. Also in the running were Galway trio Niall O’Donoghue, Niall Burke and Barry Daly and Shane Dowling’s Limerick team mate Declan Hannon. The Breaking Through Player of the Year award recognises the overall stand out player of the 2011 Championship and is voted for by a panel made up of Bord Gáis Energy Sport Sponsorship Manager and newly appointed Cork selector, Ger Cunningham, RTÉ’s Marty Morrissey, Micheál O Domhnaill of TG4, U-21 All-Ireland winner Joe Canning and former Waterford great Ken McGrath. CIT GAA Grounds, Cork. Picture credit: Pat Murphy / SPORTSFILE
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