Excitement building for The Connaught Telegraph Mayo Young Sports Stars Awards
Excitement is building for The Connaught Telegraph Mayo Young Sports Stars Awards 2024, with the gala ceremony to be held in Breaffy House Resort, Castlebar, on Friday, March 7.
Members of the public responded strongly to our call for nominations for the awards, and some of the county's finest athletes will be honoured on the night.
Organised by The Connaught Telegraph, the Mayo Young Sports Stars Awards recognise younger athletes (aged under 23) who have become high achievers.
The awards were revived two years ago, when the 2022 winners were honoured in Breaffy House Resort, following a break for a couple of years brought about by the Covid-19 pandemic, and continued last year with the 2023 awards.
As is customary, we will once again recognise and acknowledge individual athletes, groups and teams in various categories on awards night (winners listed below), and we will present the Darragh Doherty Memorial Cup and Melissa Patterson Memorial Cup to the overall male and female sportspersons of the year, respectively.
Tickets for the gala event in Breaffy House Resort are available now. For details, contact Aiden Henry on (087) 6582141 or aiden.henry@con-telegraph.ie.
The list of winners is as follows:
TEAM AWARDS
Male Team of the Year: St. Gerald's College First Years
Female Team of the Year: Mayo Under 15 Schoolgirls
Eric O’Reilly Shield: Mayo Under 13 Schoolboys
Special award: Castlebar Stingers Ice & Inline Hockey Club
CATEGORY AWARDS
Athletics – Track: Freya Renton (Westport 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
Cycling: Abi Conway (Westport Cycling Club)
Equestrianism: Katie Nallon
Gaelic games – 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)
Rugby: Victoria Palamarczuk (Westport RFC)
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)
Triathlon: Pearse Gallagher (Swinford AC)
Volunteer: Lachlan Doyle (Castlebar Swimming Club)