The 2021 Awards
The 2021 Volunteers in Sport Awards ceremony took place virtually over three days in early December 2021.
In addition to the 32 county-level award winners, Amina Moustafa, a volunteer across many different sports including football, basketball and swimming, received the overall Outstanding Achievement Award for her incredible service to the promotion of sport amongst women of diverse ethnic backgrounds, as well as her continued support of Sport Against Racism Ireland (SARI). Amina joined SARI as a volunteer and has stayed in that capacity over the last ten years. Over this time, this young woman, with a mother from Dublin and a father from Alexandria, Egypt was best positioned to front up a number of programme start-ups in the social enterprise charity, Sport Against Racism Ireland. Her volunteer pathway has been very impressive, starting with Hijabs and Hat Tricks that was designed to integrate young Muslim women into society through the medium of sport. Amina steered this Beyond Sport Award Winner into the inter-faith football club, Diverse City FC.
Winners list 2020
| COUNTY | NAME | SPORT | CLUB |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antrim | Frank Stevens | Swimming | Leander ASC |
| Armagh | James Daly | GAA | Silverbridge GFC |
| Carlow | Vinnie Homan | Basketball | Carlow Basketball Club |
| Cavan | Sean Smith | GAA | Crosserlough GFC |
| Clare | Deirdre Coleman | Athletics | Derg AC |
| Cork | Marie Clancy | Camogie | St. Catherines GAA & Camogie Club |
| Derry | Geoffrey Bones | Rowing | Bann Rowing Club |
| Donegal | Frank McGhee | GAA | CLG Ard an Ratha |
| Down | Donna Mullan | Camogie | Darragh Cross |
| Dublin | Julie Conroy | Baton Twirling | Northern Star Twirlers |
| Fermanagh | Stephen Hetherington | Rugby | Clogher Valley RFC |
| Galway (Joint winners) | Katie Coughlan Evelyn Burke | Basketball Basketball | Titans Basketball Club |
| Kerry | Anne Scanlon | Basketball | St. Joseph’s Basketball Club |
| Kildare | Dilys Lindsay | Horse Riding (RDAI) | Riding for the Disabled Association of Ireland (RDAI) |
| Kilkenny | May Hutt | Athletics | Kilkenny City Harriers A.C. |
| Laois | Maggie Murphy | Ladies Gaelic Football | Timahoe Ladies Football Club |
| Leitrim | Eamonn McGowan | GAA | Allen Gaels |
| Limerick | Denis Martin | GAA | Staker Wallace GAA |
| Longford | Liam Forde | Ladies Football | St Helens Ladies GFC |
| Louth | Peter Callan | GAA | Naomh Fionnbarra & St. Anne's GFG |
| Mayo | Peter Mullen | Boxing | St Anne's Boxing Club |
| Meath | Brian Matthews | Soccer | Balrath Girls & Boys Football Club |
| Monaghan | Brendan Lillis | Gymnastics | Border Bounce Gymnastics Club |
| Offaly | Nicola Lalor | Community Games | Shinrone Coolderry Community Games |
| Roscommon | Joe Moore | GAA | St. Aidan's GAA |
| Sligo | Veronica Hunter | Surf Lifesaving | Sligo Surf Lifesaving Club |
| Tipperary | Pat Hennessey | GAA | Toomevara GAA Club |
| Tyrone | Damian Mór Ó Néill | GAA Hurling | Naomh Colum Cille |
| Waterford | Tricia McCarthy | Camogie | Cappoquin Camogie Club |
| Westmeath | Karen Goldrick | Camogie | Ringtown Camogie Club |
| Wexford | Pat Furlong | Para Athletics | IWA Sport |
| Wicklow | Ed Randolph | Basketball | Dublin Raiders Basketball Club |
| Outstanding Achievement Award | Amina Moustafa | Multi Sports | Diverse City FC Club |
| Special Recognition Award | Pádraic Kearney (RIP) | GAA | Adare GAA |
| Team Recognition Award | Jacqueline McCormack Máire Allen | Special Olympics | Roscommon Special Olympics Club |
Amina Moustafa
Outstanding Achievement Award
Recipients
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