Belfast Sports Awards

Healthy, active city

Belfast Sports Awards celebrate the remarkable achievements of local sports people. The awards also pay tribute to the efforts of our coaches, volunteers, mentors, teachers and parents who help make Belfast a healthy and active city.

Belfast Sports Award winners in 2020

We announced sports award winners for 2020 on Friday 28 August.

Category	Winner	Club	Sponsor
Volunteer of the Year	Lawson Cochrane	Willowfield Harriers	Clubforce
Healthy Lifestyle	Hanwood Centre	-	Active Belfast
Pathways to Clubs	Oliver Pollock Alison McMullan	Cumann Spoirt an Phobail Abbey Gymnastics	Active Belfast
Junior Coach of the Year	Olivia McKee	22nd Old Boys and Ladies FC	GLL
Senior Coach of the Year	Michael Hawkins	Holy Trinity Boxing Club	GLL
Female Coach of the Year	Lynn Hanna Short	Cathal Brugha Water Polo Club	GLL
Disability Coach of the Year	Jane Mounsey	CIYMS Tennis Club	GLL
Junior Team of the Year	-	Glentoran FC Under 14s	Decathlon
Senior Team of the Year	-	Linfield Ladies FC	Decathlon
Junior Sports Personality of the Year male	Matthew Cheung Martin-Brady McCulloiugh	Ulster Badminton Glenn ABC	Sports Medicine NI
Junior Sports Personality of the Year female	Amelia Kane	Ards ASC	Sports Medicine NI
Senior Sports Personality of the Year male	Paul Pollock	Annadale Striders	Commonwealth Games NI
Senior Sports Personality of the Year female	Emma Magee	Westside Netball Club	Commonwealth Games NI
Disability Sports Personality of the Year	Brian Lenehan	Disability Sport NI	Commonwealth Games NI
Hall of Fame	Fionna Shannon David Calvert Gerry Armstrong

The Sports Awards ceremony took place on Friday 22 March at Belfast City Hall.

Category	Sponsored by	Winner	Club
Pathways to Club	Active Belfast	Danielle McDowell	Crusaders Strikers Academy
Coach of the Year (Senior)	GLL	Simon Flannery	Flight Gymnastics Academy
Coach of the Year (Female)	GLL	Danielle Hegarty	St Louise's College
Coach of the Year (Disability)	GLL	Simon McFarland	Windsor Lawn Tennis Club
Coach of the Year (Junior)	GLL	Laura Vernon	St Malachy's Old Boys' FC
Special Recognition Award		Dean McComb	Active Communities Network
Healthy Lifestyle	Active Belfast	WISPA NI
Volunteer of the Year (two award winners)	Belfast City Council	Brian Kirker	22nd Old Boys FC
		Tim Craig	New Forge Taggers
Sport Personality (Junior Male)	Commonwealth Games	Jon McConnell	Holy Trinity Boxing Club
Sport Personality (Junior Female)	Commonwealth Games	Amelia Kane	Ards Swimming Club
Sport Personality (Senior Male)	Commonwealth Games	Brendan Irvine	St Paul's Boxing Club
Sport Personality (Senior Female	Commonwealth Games	Kirsty Hegarty	Ulster Clay Pigeon Shooting Association
Sport Personality (Disability Male)	Commonwealth Games	James McSorley	Belfast Nights/Sheffield Steelers
Sport Personality (Disability Female)	Commonwealth Games	Christine Erdis	All Stars Special Olympics
Team of the Year (Junior)	Decathlon	Ulster Canoe Polo U18s
Team of the Year (Senior)	Decathlon	Pegasus Hockey Club
Hall of Fame	Belfast City Council	Hugh Russell	Boxing
		Sandra Bailie	Bowls
		Sammy McIlroy	Football

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