The GMIT Falcons Sports Awards were
announced by the college in a virtual ceremony during this week after being
unfortunately postponed due to Covid-19. However, this week, the awards which are
kindly sponsored by Spirit of Ireland Executive Travel took place in a virtual
capacity online through GMIT Students Union social media pages.
GAA All – Star and media analyst Joe Brolly
was on hand to launch the awards alongside Molly Dunne GMIT Sports Development
Officer and newly appointed GMIT president Dr Orla Flynn. There were students
from 23 clubs awarded along with the overall GMIT Falcons Sports Personality of
the Year award and the GMIT Falcons Team of the Year award. The recently re
branded, GMIT Falcons had yet another exciting year in sports. In the early
part of the season GMIT Falcons were crowned league champions in their
divisions in men’s rugby, camogie, fresher hurling and senior hurling. The
success continued into 2020 with GMIT Falcons winning six titles in the
National Boxing Intervarsities and Gold at the national cheerleading
intervarsity for the 6th year running. There were also individual
successes in Handball & Judo.
To see interviews with Sports Personality
of the Year Andrew Paton and Team of the Year GMIT Cheerleaders check out the
GMIT Students Union Facebook & Instagram pages.
Club – Player/Club Person of the Year
Archery – Seely Pratt
Badminton – Tony Crowley
Boxing – Jack McHugh
Camogie – Lauran Solon
Cheerleading – Stacey Mulligan
Cricket – Abdullah Abbasi
Fresher Football – Jason Reilly
Fresher Hurling – Sean Neary
Handball – Gary McElroy
Karate – Fiachra Heffernan
Ladies Basketball – Niamh Conroy
Ladies Football – Aishling McNulty
Ladies Soccer – Emma Connolly
Ladies Volleyball – Meghan Fitzgerald
Men’s Basketball – Martin Torres
Rugby – Andrew Paton
Men’s Soccer – Shane Walsh
Men’s Volleyball – Caomhan Conaghan
Senior Hurling – Eanna Murphy
Senior Football – Liam Costello
Sub Aqua – Yannick Kelly
Golf – Adrian Pilkington
Airsoft – Michael Aherne
GMIT Falcons Team of the Year 2020 – Cheerleading
GMIT Sports Personality of the Year 2020
– Andrew Paton – Men’s Rugby
