Dame Mary urges Lisburn to get voting for Sports Awards

OLYMPIC gold medallist Dame Mary Peters is calling for everyone in Lisburn to get voting for the Hughes Insurance Sports Volunteer Awards, a new awards programme aiming to recognise and reward Northern Ireland’s unsung sporting heroes.
By The Newsroom
Published 2nd Apr 2012, 00:54 BST

The awards hope to unearth the true sporting heroes in our communities and is open to volunteers from all sports.

They are focused through 12 branches of Hughes Insurance, including Lisburn, and each location will have a winner when voting closes and the decisions are made by a sporting judging panel in the summer.

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Dame Mary said “I know there is some fantastic work being done by sports volunteers and I am encouraging the people of Lisburn to nominate a volunteer from a local sporting club or society to give us an opportunity to reward them for all their hard work.”

Hughes Lisburn Branch Manager Andrew Oliver added: “We are encouraging everyone to visit the branch or go online to our website at www.HughesSportsVolunteers.com to cast their vote.”

Each Hughes Insurance branch winner will win a trophy, £200 for themselves plus £500 for the team, club or group. All 12 will then go forward to the Northern Ireland finals and the chance to win big. The deadline for nominations is June 3.

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