Brid MacNamara, Clare Camogie PRO & member of Ruan Camogie Club has been awarded the prestigious RTE PRO of the Year 2012. This is a major achievement, and all the sweeter as Brid also claimed this title for 2011. Going for the three in a row now !! Well done , Brid. We are all hugely proud of you for the honour you have brought not only to yourself but also to the county.
Photos below taken at Éire Óg Camogie & Ladies Football Fashion show in March 2012 when the club presented Brid with a small token of our appreciation.
The article after the photos is the piece which appeared in the 2012 GAA Yearbook.
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| Brid MacNamara,PRO of the Year 2011 with Mary McMahon(Éire Óg), Marie McDonnell (Clare Camogie) and Michelle McMahon (Éire Óg) |
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| Marie McDonnell & Brid Mac |
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| Brid Mac & Michelle McMahon
Brid MacNamara
RTE PRO of the Year 2011
“This is Brid MacNamara reporting for
Clare FM sports”, a familiar line heard every week on our local radio station
along with a weekly slot on Sideline View, Camogie corner in the Clare People,
multiple reports and photos in the Clare Champion, regular newsletters that reveal the human &
social side of camogie , a Facebook page with brilliant photos ,an email sent
to every club in the county and beyond every Friday morning,a new website,huge
publicity surrounding the shinty weekend and the opening of Fr. McNamara Park,
match results and fixtures on the radio on a daily basis, programmes at
matches. We take it all for granted, it’s there , it’s something we wouldn’t
miss unless it was gone .It’s difficult to believe that one solitary person
could be responsible for all this, but she is.
Fortunately, at the end of 2011, Clare Camogie
Board decided that it shouldn’t be taken for granted and nominated this human
dynamo for the prestigious “ RTE PRO of the Year Award”. And of course, she won
it, hands down. No other result could even be contemplated. Never has an award
been more merited. Brid has raised the profile of camogie to unprecedented
levels in Clare with a presence in all channels of media bar television and it
would not be beyond the realms of possibility to see her sitting alongside Michael Lyster on
the Sunday Game next year !
Brid has achieved these heights with the co-operation of the clubs and long may
that co-operation continue. I am sure that every club in Clare will join me in
thanking Brid for the huge amount of time and effort that she dedicates to her
role as PRO. Her coverage has made our male counterparts and the general public
sit up and take notice of the importance of camogie in the county. Support and
attendance at camogie matches has surged over the last two years.
Brid, congratulations & well
done. Enjoy your moment in the limelight !
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