New chairperson elected to Donegal Sports Star Awards
After six years as chairperson during a very successful era for the Donegal Sports Star Awards committee, Neil Martin stepped down at Thursday evening’s AGM due primarily to his new role as the man who is now in charge of High Performance at Athletics Ireland. Martin took over as Chairperson…
Donegal Sports Star Awards April Review
Success in soccer, swimming, athletics and motorsport headline the Donegal Sports Star Awards April review. It was especially a good month for women and will surely live long in the memory of Milford’s Amber Barrett who scored that dramatic late goal to help the Republic of Ireland Senior Women’s side…
Donegal Sports Star Awards – March highlights
The Donegal Sports Star Awards March review reveals an impressive array of successes for the county at home and abroad. Once again Ballyshannon Marlins Swimming Club member Mona McSharry hit the headlines after setting another Irish record in the 50m breastroke at the Edinburgh International Meeting in a time of…
Donegal Sports Star Awards February Review
There was no shortage of sporting success for Donegal in February with big achievements in GAA, swimming, triathlon, soccer, darts, horseracing, endurance cycling, athletics and snooker. On the last weekend of the month Ramelton man Paddy Bond took a gold and silver at the International Ice Swimming Association GB Championships…
Donegal Sports Star Awards January review
It was an especially good month for martial arts where the three men won gold medals at the European Jiu Jitsu Games in Lisbon. Two Carrigart men got on to the podium with Paul McHugh and Liam McBride winning gold medals in the novice section. Convoy’s TJ McMenamin claimed a…
McEniff to be inducted into Donegal Hall of Fame
Brian McEniff will be inducted into the Hall of Fame at the 42nd Donegal Sports Star Awards Ceremony, which takes place on Friday, January 26, in the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny. The 75-year-old Bundoran hotelier led Donegal to that historic first ever All-Ireland Senior Football title success in 1992 so…
Donegal Sports Star Awards – September Review
Athletics Several LAC runners made the long journey to Belfast on Sunday morning There was a stunning victory, as well as a PB, for in-form Catriona Jennings at the ‘Deep River Rock Belfast City Half Marathon’. She was the first woman across the line and achieved a new PB of…