William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year Award Call For Public Votes

Football,  Horse Racing, Hurling and practically every sport in between feature in this years long list and no doubt a few will find their way into Dad's Xmas stocking. As a sportshead, Tragic enjoys the William Hill Awards with seperate awards being given in both the UK and Ireland. There is no Sporting Book equivalent in Australia as far as he knows - might just have to get something going!

Tragic hopes that Darragh, My Story, by the great Kerry footballer, Darragh Ó’Sé (left), makes the shortlist. He retired in 2010 leaving a big gap in the game having won  six All-Ireland titles and having been named an All Star three times.

Following the announcement of the long list for the William Hill Irish Sports book of the Year for 2010 it has been revealed that the public have the opportunity to be a member of the judging panel and choose this year’s winner.

Eleven of Ireland’s top sports commentators will judge this year’s award including RTE’s Eamon Dunphy, Newstalk’s George Hook and Today FM and TV3’s Matt Cooper.  However the public vote will act as the twelfth judge in the award.  The most voted for book by the public on www.irishsportsbookoftheyear.com will go forward as the people’s choice and will be added to the votes of the rest of the judging panel.

Some of the titles involved in this year’s award included autobiographies by John Giles, Bernard Dunne and Darrgh O’Se along with stories about Lansdowne Road, Waterford Hurling and some of Ireland’s top jockeys and race horses. 

Tony Kenny, PR Manager for William Hill Ireland, said; “The William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year is about rewarding Ireland’s best sports writers and it is only right that the public get their opportunity to vote for their favourite.  The public get a chance to take their place amongst our judging panel and give their opinion on the best Irish sports book this year.”

More information on this year’s William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year and details on how to vote for this year’s winner can be found at www.irishsportsbookoftheyear.com

Links below to Amazon UK's data base for more info on titles. 

William Hill Irish Sports Book of the Year - Long List

• Lansdowne Road – Gerard Siggins & Malachy Clerkin
• Kinane – Anne Holland
• Days of Heaven – Declan Lynch
• The Ecstasy and the Agony – Damien Tiernan
• A Football Man – John Giles
• Emerald Anfield – Keith Falkiner
• The Unconquerable Keane – David Smith
• Sea the Stars – Anne Holland
• My Story – Bernard Dunne
• The Club – Christy O’Connor
• Ruby – Ruby Walsh
• Screaming at the Sky – Tony Griffin
• The World is a Ball – John Doyle
• If You Don’t Know Me, Don’t Judge Me – Dan Shanahan
• 100 GAA Greats – John Scally
• Sporting Legends of Ireland – Turtle Bunbury & James Fennell
• Darragh, My Story – Darragh Ó’Sé
• Voices from Croke Park – Sean Potts
• My Father; A Hurling Revolutionary – Conor Power
• Alright Aldo – John Aldridge & John Hynes
• Stuttgart to Saipan – Miguel Delaney
• Dail Stars – Conor McMorrow
• Brothers in Sport – Donal Keenan
• Gaffers: 50 Years of Irish Football Managers – Trevor Keane
• Method in My Madness – Richard Dunwoody