Vote for your local sports star for 2012
MEMBERS of the public are invited to cast their vote for the 'Readers' Choice' award in the Westmeath Independent/Hodson Bay Hotel Sports Awards. The Reader's Choice award is separate to the overall Westmeath Independent/Hodson Bay Hotel Sports Award. Both awards will be announced and presented to the winner at a gala banquet in the picturesque Hodson Bay Hotel, Athlone on Friday, February 8.
The twelve monthly award winners are listed below, and voting via text message opened on January 9. Voting is via this number: 57199. Each of the monthly award winners are assigned a number from 1 to 12, coinciding with the month in which they were chosen for the award. Voters text INDO followed by the nominee's number to 57199. For example, to vote for the January winner, readers need to text INDO 1 to 57199; for the February winner, text INDO 2 to 57199; and so on.
The Readers' Choice Award winner will be announced on Friday, February 8 at the awards ceremony in the Hodson Bay Hotel. The overall winner in the 2012 Westmeath Independent/Hodson Bay Hotel Sports Awards will also be announced on the night. Westmeath and Garrycastle star Dessie Dolan was the overall winner of the 2012 Westmeath Independent/Hodson Bay Hotel Sports Award, while Westmeath ladies' Gaelic football trio, Laura Brennan, Michelle Malone and Laura Walsh, scopped the Readers' Choice gong. Voting lines close on Thursday, February 7 at midnight.
Text line available in the Republic of Ireland only. Texts cost €1. SMS entry requires one message to be delivered. Max 30 entries per mobile number per day. Standard network charges apply. You may receive promotional SMS in future. To opt out text STOP to 57199. Helpline BDC 0818286600. Voting Details January - Leon Brydone (Martial Arts) Text INDO 1 to 57199 February - John Gaffey (Gaelic Football) Text INDO 2 to 57199 March - Brian and Kevin Cooper (Rugby) Text INDO 3 to 57199 April - Ronan Stack (Gaelic football) Text INDO 4 to 57199 May - Aaron O'Neill (Soccer) Text INDO 5 to 57199 June - Jack Carty (Rugby) Text INDO 6 to 57199 July - Sionann O'Reilly-Collins (Modern Pentathlon) Text INDO 7 to 57199 August - Jim O'Connor (Endurance Swimming) Text INDO 8 to 57199 September - Mark Rohan (Handcycling) Text INDO 9 to 57199 October - Jamie Madden (Gaelic football) Text INDO 10 to 57199 November - Frankie Dolan (Gaelic football) Text INDO 11 to 57199 December - Brendan Gibbons (Swimming) Text INDO 12 to 57199.