Player of Tournament award for this year’s Macron Galway Cup

ORGANISERS of the Macron Galway Cup have announced a new innovation to this year’s tournament with the presentation of an overall Player of the Tournament, in association with Hartmanns Jewellers of Galway and Bulova Watches.

Tournament director Ronan Gibney thanked Richard Hartmann for the generous sponsorship where the Player of the Tournament will walk away with a new Bulova Watch.

“We are delighted that a prominent Galway company like Hartmanns recognise the significance of the Galway Cup and we are looking forward to a long relationship with Richard Hartmann and Bulova”

“This is a great opportunity for u s– I am a sports enthusiast myself, so getting involved with the Galway Cup is an exciting prospect for us, said Hartmann

“it’s all systems go from now until the first ball is kicked,” added Gibney, as the countdown begins to another great tournament. “Conor Masterson who twice featured in the Galway Cup is likely to line up for Liverpool in Deacy Park on Saturday afternoon –another Galway Cup alumnus making the breakthrough”

The entry is now complete for the 2015 tournament, with the fixtures being released this weekend. Over fifty teams in four sections will gather in Drom on August 5 to contest this year’s Macron Galway Cup which is now ten years in existence.

The usual compliment of District League teams will compete in addition to the international contingent. This year the organisers welcome their first visitors from Japan with a team from Kyoto playing the 2000 club event, where they will be joined by Ipswich Town – long time supporters of the event. Colorado Rapids travel to compete in the 2002 Boys section.

The 2002 Elite entry is headed by Northern Ireland and Leeds United, both of whom have impressed in previous trips to the tournament.

The Galway Cup has featured over the past few seasons a number of players who have gone on to play at a very high level, most notably, Conor Wickham, Sunderland, Greg Cunningham, Bristol City and Ryan Manning, Queens Park Rangers – all past players of the tournament.