Irish Life Health National Athletics Awards 2016

The Irish Life Health National Athletics Awards on the 30th of November in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry promises to be another engaging afternoon celebrating the many successes of Irish athletics from the past year.

The event crowns the many successes of our leading athletes but also recognises the work of the core volunteer base and club system which is the bedrock of the association.  

Thomas Barr (Ferrybank AC) was named as the Athlete of the Year last year for his first place finish in the 400m Hurdles at the Workd University Games along with a string of other top class performances on the world stage. The Ferrybank Athlete will be in contention once more with his fantastic fourth place finish in this year’s Olympics Games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frank O’ Mara was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015; O’ Mara was twice World Indoor 3000 metre Champion. Along with those World Indoor titles, he was the American collegiate NCAA champion over 1500 metres in 1983 and was part of the World 4 by One Mile record set in Belfield.

While the Irish Life Health National Athletics Awards is a celebration of the many successes of our international and national it also commemorates the association’s exceptional volunteer base. Other key categories include Club of the Year and Development Club of the Year which were won by Clonliffe Harriers AC and Finn Valley AC respectively.

Nominations for Development Club of the Year are now open and we welcome your application HERE.

To buy tickets for what promises to be an exciting afternoon you can click HERE. We hope to see you all at the Crowne Plaza on the 30th of November for a celebration of Irish athletics.