Contenders for this one are Bective, Castletown, St Vincents and Kilmessan.

Castletown could count themselves very unlucky not to have qualified out of group A of the Meath IFC. In the opening round they lost to Clann Na nGael 0-12 to 1-8. In round two they lost out again by a point to eventual champions Moynalvey. Castletown had that game in the bag, leading by two points with time up but Moynalvey got in for a goal to win 2-7 to 1-9. Comfortable wins over St Ultan's and St Colmcilles were not enough to see them out of the group. The club made amends for this by beating Oldcastle in the Division 2 league final latter on in the year.

Bective went through the entire 2011 season losing just one game. That game in question was the Tailteann Cup decider, going under to Kilmainham by a point. In the championship group stages Ian Kearney's charges drew with O'Mahony's, Kilmainhamwood and Moylagh while beating Skryne and Drumconrath. Despite finishing with a total of seven points, the same as O'Mahony's, Bective failed to advance to the quarter finals on score difference. The championship woes were put to one side as they went through the entire league Division 4 campaign unbeaten to set up a final date with Ballivor. Two late points from Brian Kearns gave Bective a memorable 0-13 to 1-8 win over the JFC winners.

St Vincents made great strides in 2011. On a very wet and windy night in Ashbourne the Ardcath men defeated Slane to claim the Div 5 league title. John Sheridan's charges can consider themselves very unlucky not to have reached the Junior B championship final. The Vincents topped their group and qualified for the semi final where they took on Clonard. With a minute remaining Eoin Collins put Ardcath ahead 1-8 to 1-5 with a well taken goal. But with time up Kenneth Darby got a goal for Clonard and the game went to extra time. Clonard found an extra gear in those twenty minutes and went on to win 2-10 to 2-7. Kevin Foley's men had a comfortable final day win over Ratoath.

In group B of the Meath SHC Kilmessan topped the table with five wins from five outings. No surprise you might think but this group included big guns Kiltale, Kildalkey and Killyon. Three in a row chasing Kildalkey were easily dispatched in the opening round 1-14 to 1-8. Both clubs collided yet again in the semi final. In what was the best game of the year Kildalkey emerged the winners 1-16 to 1-11 after extra time. The scores were tied at 0-6 each at half time, Kilmessan were 0-11 to 0-8 behind after 55 minutes but a goal from Nicky Horan had the teams level again with time almost up. Derek Doran restored Kildalkey's lead before Horan equalised to bring the game to extra time. A goal from Fergus McMahon in the second period of extra time finally killed off a brave Kilmessan challenge. Kildalkey went on to win their third final on the trot with a comfortable win over O'Mahony's in the decider.

Our Award goes to Bective.

Tomorrow we pick Best Senior Hurler.

Our previous award winners



Awards: Best Ladies Footballer

Awards: Best U21 Footballer

Awards: Best combination of referee and player

Awards: Best Minor Hurler

Awards: Best Intermediate Club Footballer

Awards: Best Club Grounds

Awards: Best Dual Player at Club Level

Awards: Club of the Year (on the playing field)

Awards: Best referee in a pressure situation

Awards: Best Intermediate Club Hurler

Awards: Senior Club Footballer of the Year

Awards: Best Junior Championship Player

Awards: Best Meath star in a club management role

Awards: Minor Footballer of the Year

Awards: Best comeback in a championship match

Awards: Best togged out team at adult level

Awards: Best display in a ladies football final

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