Westmeath Independent Community & Sports Awards are launched
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Padraic Martin Advertising Manager, Cllr John Gibbons, Cllr Tom Farrell, Jackie Finney, Director of Service Westmeath County Council, Cllr. Liam McDaniel Mayor of Athlone Moate Municipal District, Annie Blessington District Manager, Cllr Frankie Keena, Cllr Paul Hogan and Tadhg Carey, Editor.Image 2 of 5
Tadhg Carey, Editor with Cllr Liam McDaniel, Mayor of Athlone - Moate Municipal District, Jackie Finney, Director of Services, and Annie Blessington, District Manager, Westmeath County Council at the launch of the Westmeath Independent Community and Sports Awards, in partnership with Westmeath County Council in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel. Photos: Paul Molloy.Image 3 of 5
James Rabbitte, Advertising Sales, Cllr John Gibbons, Cllr Tom Farrell, Cllr Liam McDaniel, Mayor of Athlone - Moate Municipal District, Rebekah O’Reilly, Journalist, Cllr Frankie Keena, Cllr Paul Hogan and Ronan Fagan, Journalist.Image 4 of 5
Representatives of Westmeath County Council at the awards launch in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel last week. From left: Cllr John Gibbons, Cllr Tom Farrell, Jackie Finney, Director of Service, Cllr Liam McDaniel, Mayor of Athlone - Moate Municipal District, Annie Blessington, District Manager, Cllr Frankie Keena, Cllr Paul Hogan. Photos: Paul Molloy.Image 5 of 5
Members of the Westmeath Independent team, Mary McGuigan, Padraic Martin, James Rabbitte, Ronan Fagan, Cllr Liam McDaniel, Mayor of Athlone - Moate Municipal District, Tadhg Carey, Kieran Galvin, and Rebekah O’Reilly at the launch of the Westmeath Independent Community and Sports Awards.The Westmeath Independent Community & Sports Awards were launched at a photocall in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel on Friday.
Joining staff from the Westmeath Independent were repesentatives of event partners, Westmeath County Council, whose ongoing support has been the lynchpin of the awards.
The awards are designed to acknowledge the work and achievements of individuals, groups and sporting clubs in our community,
Nominations are now open via an online form here
The closing date for nominations is midnight, October 11.
The other sponsors for this year's awards ceremony are Byrne Carolan Cunningham LLP Solicitors, DPD Ireland, West-Midlands Credit Union and Shamrock Lodge Hotel.
The launch was addressed by Athlone-Moate Municipal District Mayor Cllr Liam McDaniel and by Westmeath Independent editor Tadhg Carey.
The awards are spread across two sections, community and sport, with four categories in each.
In the community section, the awards are: social inclusion award; group of the year; volunteer of the year and unsung hero.
The sports category also has four awards, namely young sports star of the year; outstanding achievement of the year; hall of fame and team of the year.
An overall winner in each of the community and sport categories will be also be chosen.
The awards ceremony will take place at the Shamrock Lodge Hotel on Thursday, November 5.