The Irish Sport Industry Awards in association with JLT Ireland will be hosted at the Smock Alley Theatre on 7th March, we had a great response to entries and below is a shortlist of those entered, winners will be announced on the night. For more information www.irishsportindustryawards.ie
Category 1: DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR
AIB/GAA – Club and County
IRFU/Vodafone – Team of Us
Basketball Ireland – Overall Digital Strategy
Triathlon Ireland – Overall Digital Strategy
GAA – GAANOW
Motorsport Ireland– Overall Digital Strategy
Shamrock Rovers – #FootballLovesUs
Category 2. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD
Louth LSP – INCLUSIBILITY PROJECT 2017 Cricket Ireland – Get Into Cricket
Boxing Ireland – Cashen Vale Boxing Club
CARA – FIT4ALL
FAI – CARA/Sport Ireland Inclusive NGB
Gymnastics Ireland – Gymable
GAA – Healthy Club
Category 3. CAMPAIGN OR PROGRAM OF THE YEAR AWARD
Vodafone/ IRFU – Team of Us
AIB/GAA – Jeff and Kammy Journey to Croker
IRFU – Women’s Rugby World Cup
AIG – Dublin GAA
Lidl – Ladies Football
Largo Foods – Basketball Ireland
Category 4. GOVERNING BODY OF THE YEAR AWARD
Ladies Gaelic Football Association
Cricket Ireland
Gymnastics Ireland
Triathlon Ireland
Tennis Ireland
Swim Ireland
Category 5. LOCAL SPORT PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR AWARD
Limerick Local Sports Partnership – Sports Inclusion Club
Waterford Local Sport – WSP Balance Bike Programme
Laois Local Sport Partnership – Transformation Programme for women over 50
Clare Local Sport Partnership – Active Primary Schools programme
Cork Local Sports Partnership – Cork Sports Ability
Category 6. SPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD
LGFA – TG4 All Ireland Ladies Gaelic Football Finals 2017
IRFU – Women’s Rugby World Cup
IRFU – Six Nations Match Ireland vs England
Badminton Ireland – FZ Forza Irish Open 2017
Basketball Ireland – FIBA U18 Women’s Europeans
Category 7. BEST COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP AWARD
Lidl – Ladies Gaelic Football
Largo Foods – Hula Hoops Basketball Cup
AIG – Dublin GAA
Electric Ireland – Minor GAA
Fighter.ie – Broadcasting of Mixed Martial Arts
Category 8. JIMMY MAGEE AWARD FOR SPORT JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR
Vincent Hogan – Irish Independent
Roy Curtis – Sunday World
Kieran Cunningham – Irish Daily Star
Malachy Clerkin – The Irish Times
Sinead Kissane – TV3
Niall Kelly – The42.ie
Keith Duggan – The Irish Times
Category 9. SPORT BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD
Clubify – Community engagement app
SportTech – Developing Sport Technology Companies
SportsJoe.ie – Broadcasting Sport
Fota Island Adventure – Sport Experience and training
KitmanLabs – Athlete optimization system
Category 10. SPORTS MEDIA OUTLET OF THE YEAR AWARD
The Irish Times – Women in Sport
The 42.ie – Journalism off print
The Irish Examiner – Overall regional and national sport coverage
The Irish Independent- Tee to Green
Off the Ball.com- Digital Sports Show
Category 11. SPORTING INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD
Motorsport.ie – Broadcasting own content
Irish Sailing – Water Sport Inclusion Games
Dublin Simon Community – A Gym for the Homeless
Complyfile – Software Platform for Voluntary Organisations
Rowing Ireland – Get Going – Get Rowing