The Connaught Telegraph reveals winners of its Mayo Young Sports Stars Awards
WE issued the call and you, the public, answered in droves to help us determine The Connaught Telegraph Mayo Young Sports Stars Awards 2024.
Organised by The Connaught Telegraph, the awards recognise our younger athletes aged Under 23 who have become high achievers.
The gala ceremony will take place on Friday, March 7, at Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar.
In recent weeks we asked members of the public to get involved and nominate the individual, group or a team who performed exceptionally in 2024, and the nominations came flying in up to last Thursday's cut-off point.
The Connaught Telegraph Young Sports Stars Awards were revived two years ago, when the 2022 winners were honoured in Breaffy House Resort, following a break of a couple of years brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic.
This year, once again, we will once recognise and acknowledge individual athletes, groups and teams in various categories, and will present the Darragh Doherty Memorial Cup and Melissa Patterson Memorial Cup to the overall male and female sportspersons of the year, respectively.
With the assistance of the public through the myriad nominations, the adjudicating panel can now reveal the winners (see below).
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TEAM AWARDS
Male Team of the Year: St. Gerald's College First Years (winners of the FAI Schools First Year Boys Cup)
Female Team of the Year: Mayo Under 15 Schoolgirls (winners of the SFAI Inter-League Cup)
Eric O’Reilly Shield: Mayo Under 13 Schoolboys (winners of the SFAI Inter-League Bowl)
Special award: Castlebar Stingers Ice & Inline Hockey Club
CATEGORY AWARDS
Athletics – Track: Freya Renton (Westport AC) and Pearse Gallagher (Swinford AC)
Athletics – Field: Oisín Joyce (Lake District AC) and Kyle Gleeson (St. Colman's AC)
Basketball: Mark Cunningham (Ballina Braves/St. Muredach's College)
Boxing: Grace Bailey (Castlebar Boxing Club)
Cheerleading: Taylor Flynn (Alliance, Galway)
Cycling: Abi Conway (Westport Cycling Club)
Equestrian: Katie Nallon
Gaelic games – men’s football: Niall Coggins (Crossmolina Deel Rovers GAA Club)
Gaelic games – ladies’ football: Saoirse Delaney (Aghamore GAA & LGFA)
Gaelic games – hurling and camogie: Hannah Hautmann (Castlebar Mitchels)
Golf: John William Burke (Ballyhaunis Golf Club)
Ice and inline hockey: Bruno Fabio (Castlebar Stingers)
Martial Arts: Natasha Reddington (Mayo Karate Academy)
Rowing: Denny Murphy, Tiernan Gaughan, Kate Ginty (all Tullaghan Bay Rowing Club)
Soccer – male: Thomas Morley (Sligo Rovers FC)
Soccer – female: Amber Hardy (Sligo Rovers FC)
Swimming: Ciara Ó Cathiasaigh (Castlebar Swimming Club)
Tennis: Lauren Dunne (Castlebar Tennis Club)
Volunteer: Lachlan Doyle (Castlebar Swimming Club)