Ladies: Bonner and Noone honoured with Player of the Month awards for June and July
August 13, 2018
Yvonne Bonner of Donegal with The Croke Park and LGFA Player of the Month award for June, at The Croke Park, Jones Road, in Dublin. Yvonne was a key member of the Donegal team that retained the TG4 Ulster Ladies senior football title, scoring four goals across the course of two matches against Monaghan and Armagh in the provincial championship. Donegal have since advanced to a very first TG4 All-Ireland senior semi-final. Photo by Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile.
DONEGAL star Yvonne Bonner and Galway's All-Ireland Minor A championship winning captain Lynsey Noone have collected The Croke Park Player of the Month awards for June and July respectively.
Bonner is looking forward to a TG4 All-Ireland semi-final appearance against Cork on August 25, while Noone is still basking in the glory of Galway's first All-Ireland Minor A success since 2014.
In what was a remarkable season for the Noone family at underage level, Lynsey captained the Galway Minor A side in their final victory over Cork, and claimed the player of the match award, while sister Hannah skippered the U16 A side that won the All-Ireland final against Kerry.
Galway's All-Ireland Minor A final win also denied Cork four-in-a-row in that grade, as Lynsey produced a powerful display in the Gaelic Grounds decider.
Galway's Lynsey Noone of Galway with The Croke Park Hotel and LGFA Player of the Month award for July.
Bonner, meanwhile, displayed some excellent form as Donegal retained the TG4 Ulster Ladies Senior title, before embarking on a successful run in the All-Ireland series to date.
Bonner scored four goals across the course of two matches in the Ulster championship against Monaghan and Armagh, including a hat-trick of goals against the latter opposition in the provincial decider.
In her most recent outing, the TG4 All-Ireland quarter-final clash, which was a rematch with Armagh, Glenfin clubwoman Bonner scored five points as Donegal advanced to a very first semi-final appearance.
Bonner will hope that there's more silverware to come as Donegal prepare to lock horns with Cork in the first of the TG4 All-Ireland semi-finals on August 25, a game that has a 2.45pm throw-in.
Lynsey and Yvonne were presented with their awards by Alan Smullen, General Manager, The Croke Park.
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