PPAI

Sports Action
2014

1ST PLACE WINNER
Sports Action 2014

AS TOUGH AS THEY COME

by Dan Sheridan

Munster’s Paul O’Connell and Donnacha Ryan, with Sean Cox and Grant Gilchrist, of Edinburgh, during a Heineken Cup match

2ND PLACE
MEMORIAL DIVE

By Alan Place

Adam Costello, Limerick, in full flight during the 29th Pat Lawler Memorial Diving Competition, at West End, Kilkee, Co. Clare

3RD PLACE
AND THEY'RE OFF

By Stephen McCarthy

Athletes in the Men’s 60m Hurdles during the Woodie’s DIY AAI Senior Indoor Championships, at Athlone Institute of Technology International Arena, Co. Westmeath

SHORTLISTED
CLASH OF GIANTS

By Ray McManus

Peter Harte, Tyrone, and Tom Cunniffe, Mayo, clash shoulder-to-shoulder in the sixth minute of the All-Ireland football semi-final. Harte subsequently left the field following this clash

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HIGH BALL

By Ray McManus

Michael Murphy and Neil Gallagher, Donegal, are outnumbered by Mayo’s Donal Vaughan, Lee Keegan, Séamus O’Shea and Colm Boyle during the second half of their quarter-final clash

SHORTLISTED
WIPE OUT

By Seán Curtin

A contestant in the Redbull Storm Chase loses his board high in the air

SHORTLISTED
EYE BALL

By Stephen McCarthy

Conor Shaughnessy, Galway, and Andrew La Touche Cosgrave, Limerick, during their Electric Ireland GAA Hurling All-Ireland Minor Championship Semi-Final

SHORTLISTED
DIVING INTO THE RECORD BOOK

By Justin Kernoghan

Divers at Aurora Aquatics & Leisure Complex setting a new World Record for the most dives in six hours.

SHORTLISTED
"THE STUFF OF DREAMS"

By James Crombie

Clare's Shane O'Donnell gets past Cork’s Shane O’Neill during the GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final replay

SHORTLISTED
HEAD OF THE FIELD!

By James Crombie

Jockey Robbie Power, on Missunited, celebrates after crossing the line to win the Galway Hurdle

SHORTLISTED
UNDER PRESSURE

By Cathal Noonan

Pupils from Sliabh Rua, Cork and Knockavilla Donaskeigh Kickhams, Tipperary, during the Munster GAA Under 12 Activity Day at Croke Park.