The latest winner of the Talbot Collection Cork Community, Business and Sports Awards is John Caulfield, Manager of Cork City FC. John follows Community Award Winner Tom Butler of the Ballincollig Tidy Towns Committee and January Business Award Winner Bob Savage, Vice President EMEA Centres of Excellence, Dell EMC. Billie Jean Sargent and her Rhythm Dance Company received the Community Award for February and St. Mary’s
High School Midleton Equestrian Team received the Sports Sward for April.
The Awards Scheme is sponsored by Talbot Collection Cork along with Media Partners RedFM and Award Sponsors AIB Midleton and Ballincollig. New York born John Caulfield, a worthy winner of this Sports Award sponsored by the Talbot Collection Cork incorporating Oriel House Hotel and the Midleton Park Hotel, is currently manager of Cork City FC and has enjoyed a remarkable career in sport, both as a player and a manager.
John also played football with Cork. Living in Enniskeane. Caulfield has enjoyed many successful years as a player with Cork City FC. Alongside Pat Morley, they were the most prolific goal scoring duo in the League of Ireland at the time.
They enjoyed tremendous success under the late Noel O’Mahony in the late eighties and early nineties in a team laden with stars, including Phil Harrington, Declan Daly, Dave Barry, Patsy Freyne to name but a few in a star spangled line
up.
John started his managerial career with Avondale United where he enjoyed much success, winning a lot of titles at Munster Senior League Level and nationally with the Blackrock based side before moving on to UCC where again he was equally successful with the college side, doing well at Collingwood Cup level and in the Munster Senior League.
Caulfield was appointed Cork City FC Manager over four years ago.
In John’s first year at the helm, Cork City were very close to winning the League Title, losing out to Dundalk in a thriller on the last day of the season in Oriel Park. 2015 saw them entertain European football for the first time after many years, losing out to Reykjavik and again with Dundalk proving too good for them in the Cup Final in the Aviva Stadium.
Cork City, under John Caulfield, have enjoyed a marvellous run in the Europeans, with victories in Sweden and narrowly losing out to KRC Genk before full houses in Turners Cross.
In 2016 City won the FAI Cup Final at the Aviva Stadium and in 2017 City claimed the double of Cup and League for the first time in the club’s history.
The West Cork based Cork City manager is truly deserving of this prestigious Talbot Collection Cork Award today along with his backroom team and Cork City as a club.
Cork City FC Board; Pat Lyons, Chairman Cork City FC; Mike Durham, Wyon Stansfield and Ronan Fahy, General Manager Oriel House Hotel.
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Denis O’Donovan, Sean O’Sullivan, Event Co-Ordinator; Redmond Maguire, Flanagan Print and Midleton News and Kieran O’Donovan, Cork City Council.
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James Campbell, Oriel House Hotel; Ronan Fahy, General Manager Oriel House Hotel; Denis O’Donovan, Niamh O’Callaghan and Ellie Kiely, Oriel House Hotel; Sean O’Sullivan, Event Co-Ordinator; Redmond Maguire, Flanagan Print; Midleton News and Kieran O’Donovan, Cork City Council and Onoir O’Brien, Senior Advertising Executive RedFM Media Partners.
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Cork City FC; John Cotter, Coach; Michael Punch, Coach; Alan Bennett, senior player and Pat Lyons, Chairman.
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Liam Kearney, Cork City FC Coach; Gráinne Caulfield, Wyon Stansfield, Cork City FC Board; Award recipient, John Caulfield, Cork City FC Manager; Ciara Barry, Sales & Marketing Executive, Talbot Hotel Collection Cork; Pat Lyons, Chairman Cork City FC; County Mayor Cllr. Declan Hurley; Alan Bennett, Cork City FC; Alan Bennett, Cork City FC; Michael Punch, Coach; Tony Fitzgerald, FAI President; and John Cotter, Cork City FC Coach.
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Ronan Fahy, General Manager Oriel House Hotel presenting the Award to John Caulfield, Cork City FC Manager; Tony Fitzgerald, FAI President; Amy Horgan, Group Sales & Marketing The Talbot Collection; Gráinne Caulfield, Ciara Barry, Sales & Marketing Executive, Talbot Hotel Collection Cork; Michelle Carey, Branch Manager AIB Ballincollig, Award Sponsors and Onoir O’Brien, Senior Advertising Executive RedFM Media Partners.
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Award recipient, John Caulfield, Cork City FC Manager with his wife Gráinne Caulfield.Photo: Ger Bonus
Tony Fitzgerald, FAI President; County Mayor Cllr. Declan Hurley; Ronan Fahy, General Manager Oriel House Hotel presenting the Award to John Caulfield, Cork City FC Manager his wife Gráinne Caulfield. Lord Mayor Cllr. Tony Fitzgerald; Janice McConnell, General Manager, Midleton Park Hotel; Pat Lyons, Chairman Cork City FC; Ciara Barry, Sales & Marketing Executive, Talbot Hotel Collection Cork; Stephen Ryan, Head of Marketing RedFM; Onoir O’Brien, Senior Advertising Executive RedFM Media Partners; Michelle Carey, Branch Manager AIB Ballincollig, Award Sponsors; Amy Horgan, Group Sales & Marketing The Talbot Collection; Cllr. Joe Kavanagh.
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John Caulfield, Cork City FC Manager, Award Recipient chatting to Stephen Ryan, Head of Marketing RedFM.
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Edel O’Mahony and Carrie McKeown, Hopkins Communications.
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Denis O’Donovan, John Caulfield, Cork City FC Manager, Award Recipient; Denis Hurley, Sarsfields Hurling Club; Kieran O’Donovan, Cork City Council and Redmond Maguire, Flanagan Print and Midleton News.
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John Caulfield, Cork City FC Manager, Award Recipient and Redmond Maguire, Flanagan Print and Midleton News.
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