The Ladies Gaelic Football Association have announced the winners of the prestigious 2020 LGFA Volunteer of the year awards.
Coaches, administrators and members of the media are among those been honoured across the 10 categories.
Locally, Conor Maguire of Loreto College Cavan was named the School Coach of the Year.
The award winners will be acknowledged during a special virtual ceremony, which can be streamed live on the LGFA Facebook Page on Friday evening, February 12.
The event will commence at 7.30pm, with Dáithí Ó Sé performing MC duties.
The 2020 winners are as follows:
- Young Volunteer of the Year – Sandra O’Donoghue (Rosscarbery, Cork)
- School Coach of the Year – Conor Maguire (Loreto, Cavan)
- Club Coach of the Year – Colin Kenny (Naomh Ciaran, Offaly)
- Local Journalist of the Year – Ian Cooney (Roscommon Herald)
- PRO of the Year (Peter O’Leary, Cork LGFA)
- Club Committee Officer of the Year (Helen Clarke, An Caisleán Glas agus Sperrin Óg, Tyrone)
- County/Provincial Officer of the Year (Sinead Reel, Armagh LGFA)
- International Volunteer of the Year – Clodagh Harris (RAK Ropairí, UAE)
- Overall Volunteer of the Year – Mikey Hyland (Shanahoe, Laois)
- Volunteer Hall of Fame – Kathleen Kane (St Nathy’s, Sligo)
The Overall Volunteer of the Year winner, Mikey Hyland from Shanahoe in county Laois, will receive the Lulu Carroll award.
This award is named after the late Lulu, a 2001 All-Ireland Senior Medallist with Laois who sadly passed away in 2007, following a battle with cancer.
