Meath sports personality of the month - July - Pat Coyle

Meath minor football manager Pat Coyle is the Meath Chronicle / Cusack Hotels Sports Personality-of-the-Month for July. The Curraha man has achieved remarkable success with the minor team and apart from guiding them to the Leinster title at Croke Park on Sunday, 20th July against Offaly, he has also plotted the way to the Ulster MFL decider. Meath were beaten in that game in a replay by a strong Tyrone team. The overall winner will be selected from 12 monthly winners and any the outstanding achievement recipients. There will also be a number of additional awards including a "young sports personality-of-the-year" and a Hall of Fame. Monthly winners will receive a specially commissioned award by a local Meath artist and there will also be a one-off trophy for the overall winner. Next January"s invitation-only second annual banquet will be a black tie affair at Knightsbrook where the monthly winners and guests will join representatives of some of the major sporting organisations in Meath, local dignitaries and sponsors for what will be a major sporting celebration. 2008 nominees January - Kieran Kelly (athletics); February - Paul Carberry (horseracing); March - Nina Carberry (horseracing); April - Damien McGrane (golf) and Navan RFC (joint winners); May - Denis Hurley (rugby); June - Johnny Murtagh (horseracing); July - Pat Coyle (GAA).