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Emo Award Winner January 2012
Sheer determination has helped make paracyclist Chris Burns the January winner of the Mary Peters Trust Emo Sports Award. The 25-year-old from Hilltown, Newry has had cerebral palsy since birth, with limited movement of the left side of his body. Despite this, he has set Irish records and hopes to be picked for the national elite squad next year, and to compete in the world track championships. Further down the line, the Banbridge club cyclist aims to ride in the Paralympic Games in Brazil in 2016.
His coach, Gerry Beggs, said: “I know that one of Chris’s targets is to beat able-bodied cyclists to win a Banbridge club trophy, and I’ve no doubt he’ll succeed.”
Well done Chris!!
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Congratulations to our Northern Ireland Sporting Heroes!
Congratulations to Rory McIlroy on winning the Hong Kong Open and keeping alive his hopes of winning the Race to Dubai Congratulations to Michael Bannon (Rory's Coach) who has just been awarded by the PGA, the "John Jacobs Coach of the Year Award" Congratulations to Wendy Houvenaghel who won Team Pursuit Gold and Individual Pursuit Silver at the Track Cycling World Cup in Columbia. Well done to all of our Northern Ireland Sporting Heroes |
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Award Winners December 2011
Athletics: Amy Foster £500.00 Badminton: Caroline Black £500.00, Ciaran Chambers £500.00, Sinead Chambers £500.00, Ryan Getty £500.00 Cycling: Daniel Stewart £500.00, David Montgomery £500.00 Gymnastics: Patrick Quinlivin £500.00, Jack Neill £500.00 Karate: Craig Ryan £300.00 Mountaineering: Lucy Mitchell £250.00, Dominic Burns £250.00 Orienteering: Jack Millar £250.00 Snowsports: Nickolas McKelvey £300.00 Squash: Hannah Craig £400.00, Michael Craig £400.00, Victoria O'Donnell £400.00, Conor O'Hare £400.00 The Following have been nominated for Mary Peters Trust / Asda Awards Boyd Cathcart - Trampolining, Danielle Hill - Swimming, Hannah Leckey - Gymnastics, Jonathan Mitchell - Rowing, Matthew Rollins - Hockey, Grace Coburn - Shooting, Kelsey Nolan - Ice Skating, Jenna Holmes - Hockey, Chris Oakley - Cycling, Gemma Frazer - Hockey, Jack Wilson - Cyling and Ronan Oertzen - Surfing (All £500.00 - If Accepted)
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