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WLR & Granville Hotel Awards Gala Banquet to take place Saturday

WLR & Granville Hotel Awards Gala Banquet to take place Saturday
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The WLR & Granville Hotel Awards Gala Banquet takes place this Saturday evening.

All of the award winners from 2022 will be in attendance, with the overall winner for the year set to be named.

Tommy Ryan claimed the August award having finished the club hurling championship as top scorer with 2 goals and 47 points for his club, Tallow.

His scoring in the relegation play-off was instrumental in Tallow's survival in the senior ranks when he hit nine points against Dunhill.

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This was Tommy's 16th season of club hurling and he say's he's still hungry for more

"I love it. I do put in a lot of work outside of the training as well, individually myself," he said.

Sinead Kenrick will also be present on the night.

She kicked four points from play as Ballymacarby won their first Munster championship in 22 years against The Banner, bringing home the Michael Ryan trophy.

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Kenrick also found the net against Comeragh Rangers as they completed 41 county titles in a row.

She was the November winner of the monthly award, and told WLR Sport that it was a busy season.

"The ultimate we goal that we had at the start of the year was to win that Munster Trophy, so we were absolutely thrilled to bring that home. We had been trying for years to bring that cup home. Everyone was so happy and so thrilled that that cup was finally coming home after those 22 years," she said.

Also heading to the Banquet this Saturday is Ballysaggart's Stephen Bennett.

He picked up the March award after a superb National Hurling League campaign.

Across four games, Bennett was the outstanding forward in the country, hitting 8 goals and 51 points as Waterford lifted their first silverware since 2015.

He also netted the crucial goal the final against Cork, telling WLR Sport that the eye for goal is something that he has worked on.

"Attack the goal all the time, kinda run towards the goal and then take your point if you need to," he said.

Bennett's fine form has continued in the championship as well with 10 points to his name between the Tipperary and Limerick games.

However, he says the loss to Limerick was tough.

"At times we were really good and then at times we were below par, we were average, but you can't be at that. You need to be at 100% all the time to beat Limerick," he said.

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