Posted online: Apr 16th, 2008

Clonmany Shamrocks are the recipients of the Inish Times Sports Personality of the Month award for March.

The Jackie Crossan Premier side have been on blistering form over the past six weeks, with a crucial league win against Quigley’s Point putting them in pole position for this season’s league title.

In addition, victories over The Point and Redcastle have set up an Ulster Junior Cup final against Lagan Harps, while they will also defend their Buncrana Credit Union Cup crown where they will meet last year’s beaten finallists Redcastle.

Martin Cavanagh, who manages the side with Shaun Devlin, said he was “delighted” with his side’s consitentcy of late.

He told us: “We had a little blip a few weeks back against Culdaff, but other than that things have been going really well.

“The lads have been putting a lot of effort into their training from as far back as June, and they are reaping the rewards of that work with good results on the pitch.”

Cavanagh’s colleague Devlin believes the input of the club’s fitness trainer Michael Bradley has been a huge element in that success.

He said: “We’re indebted to Michael for the work he has done with the team. He has the lads super fit this season, and as a result the style of football they’re playing has been very relaxed.

“We have two league games left and we will be aiming to get maximum points in order to put as much pressure as we can on Redcastle.”