The awards will honour inspirational women from various sporting fields
History will be made on Friday, April 14, 2023, as the first-ever dedicated women in all sports awards in the whole of the UK and Ireland will take place in Belfast.
Sponsored by fuel provider Go, the awards are another ground breaker for Ireland’s first and only female sports publication, Local Women Sports Magazine.The gala awards at The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Belfast will simultaneously raise money for The Mary Peters Trust, which aids the development of young sportspeople, and celebrate the first birthday of the magazine.
Judges include former Northern Ireland women’s captain Gail Redmond MBE, who works at the Irish Football Association as women’s development manager, Ulster Rugby women and girl’s rugby development manager, Eliza Downey, Dr Katie Liston, former elite athlete and senior sports lecturer at The University of Ulster, BBC sports presenter Nicola McCarthy, Local Women Magazine columnist Gemma Garrett, Zoe Watson from Belfast Live, camog Catriona Channing and sales manager for GO, Laura Loughran.
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