AFTER claiming her third successive All-Ireland 60×30 Softball title and fourth overall in October, Limerick’s Martina McMahon has been nominated for the Irish Times Sportswoman of the Year Award.
The list is comprised of the Monthly Sportswomen of the Month winners with McMahon taking the September prize.
They include:
December 2019 winner Fionnuala McCormack (Athletics)
January winners Katie-George Dunlevy and Eve McCrystal (Cycling)
February winner Rachael Blackmore (Horse racing)
March winner Diane Caldwell (Soccer)
April winner Kellie Harrington (Boxing)
May winner Orlagh Farmer (Gaelic Football)
June winner Gina Akpe-Moses (Athletics)
July winner Ciara Mageean (Athletics)
August winner Katie Taylor (Boxing)
September winner Martina McMahon (Handball)
October winner Sanita Puspure (Rowing)
November winner Stephanie Meadow (Golf)
2018 O’Neills All-Ireland Singles Finals, Kingscourt HC, Co. Cavan 17/3/2018
2018 O’Neills All-Ireland Ladies Senior Singles Final
Martina McMahon of Limerick celebrates
Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo
After her All-Ireland win in October, Handball Association President Dessie Keegan said.
“I think Martina McMahon is probably a once in a generation handball player. She is absolutely dominant.”
McMahon is currently at the peak of her powers and the reward would reflect another incredible chapter in her already storied career.
The 2020 Sportswoman of the Year will be announced in the awards ceremony beginning at 12:30pm on Friday, December 18th and broadcasting live on irishtimes.com/sport
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