FAIR PLAY AWARD FOR PHILIPPE LE ROUX (2025)

Cricket Leinster is delighted to announce that the John Dawson Fair Play Award for 2025 has been won by Philippe le Roux, Captain of Railway Union Cricket Club.

This award is presented annually to the player (voted by all the clubs with teams in the IBI Corporate Finance Open Competitions Premier League, Championship and First Team League) who has demonstrated the highest standard of sportsmanship and played within the spirit of the sport throughout the season.

The award is in memory of the late John Dawson, who was a long-serving and dedicated Honorary Secretary of Cricket Leinster over many years.

Philippe emerged from the voting process as the clear winner for 2025 based on the fairness, integrity and inclusive nature of his leadership in what was his first full season as Club Captain at Railway Union. 

Philippe will receive his Award at the CL Awards Night & Gala Dinner on Friday 30th January in the Round Room at the Mansion House. All individual and team awards will be presented on the night. We are expecting a full house with only a small number of tickets still available for purchase:

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We were delighted with the number of different nominations received again this year reflecting the fact that the cricket was generally played in a great spirit throughout the season. There were a total of 24 players nominated from 10 different clubs.

Other players who attracted support this year and therefore worthy of mention are David Delany (Clontarf), Chris DeFreitas (Balbriggan), Bilal Azhar (Leinster) and Cillian McDonnell (Clontarf).

Winners in recent years have included Dónal Lynch (Terenure), Eoghan Delany (Clontarf), Fintan McAllister (Malahide), Fiachra Tucker (Pembroke), Stephen Doheny (Rush), Conor Kelly (Clontarf), Albert Van Der Merwe (The Hills), Nazeer Shaukat (The Hills) and Barry McCarthy (Pembroke).

Please join us in congratulating Philippe le Roux who is our Open Competitions Fair Play Award Winner for 2025.