The Club, detailing the triumphs and tragedies of a Clare hurling club over a year, has been named the William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year today in Dublin.
The Club by Christy O’Connor, which is based around the 2009 season at St Joseph’s Doora-Barefield, won the award ahead of John Giles’ A Football Man and Declan Lynch’s Days of Heaven - which took second and third place respectively.
O’Connor said: ‘I am absolutely thrilled and honored to have won this award, particularly when you look at all the excellent sports books written this year.'
This year’s judging panel was made up of eleven of Ireland’s sports commentators and experts. The panel includes RTÉ rugby pundit and Newstalk presenter George Hook, RTÉ’s Eamon Dunphy, Today FM and TV3 presenter Matt Cooper and Setanta Sports’ Paul Dempsey.
