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Maria Fox from St John Bosco GAC has been announced as the Newry regional winner in the Hughes Insurance Sports Volunteer Awards.
The Awards are a national awards programme recognising the unsung heroes of local sport in communities across Northern Ireland and 12 regional winners from across the province have been picked.
Hundreds of volunteers from all sports were nominated with the Hughes Insurance Newry Sports Volunteer Award going to Maria.
Maria was chosen for her work with St John Bosco GAC where she has championed the cause of ladies football for many years at the 'Bosco' including coaching, mentoring, sitting on the committee and much more.
Maria works tirelessly at the club across a variety of tasks including holding annual first aid training courses and working with partner organisations.
The aim of the awards was to unearth the true sporting heroes in our communities and were judged by an independent judging panel. Twelve regional winners were selected across all the Hughes branches with each winner being awarded £200 for themselves along with £500 for their club and a bespoke trophy.
Joanne McKeown said “There is some fantastic work being done by sports volunteers in our community and we want to thank everyone who took the time to nominate people they know doing some fantastic volunteer work. We are delighted to announce Maria as our winner for her work with St John Bosco and give her the recognition she deserves.”
All 12 branch winners now go forward to the Northern Ireland finals and the chance to win the Overall Sports Volunteer Award title.
