Popular Echo Women in Sport awards return for a 16th year
The Jerry Kiernan Foundation sponsored athlete Louise Shanahan. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan
THE prestigious Echo Women in Sport awards are back for a 16th year.
The popular scheme shines the spotlight on the best of female sport in Cork city and county across each year before an overall winner is crowned from some of the most gifted athletes in Ireland.
Skibbereen rowing superstar Emily Hegarty, an Olympian, was selected for the top prize from 2021 while the late Sharon O'Keeffe was posthumously picked for the Hall of Fame for her dedication to ladies football.
The recipients for the first three months of 2022 have been selected by our judges: Glanmire basketball sensation Claire Melia, explosive runner Louise Shanahan and Annette Quaid, after her 400m Masters World title success.
You can now submit your nominees for the prizes via our online form on the Echo website. It's open to all female athletes aged 16 and over, across all sports.
Our judging panel will access all the online submissions before finalising the winners each month.
Jessica Scannell
Briege Corkery
Olive Loughnane
Derval O’Rourke
Juliet Murphy
Orla Barry
Christina Desmond
Denise O’Sullivan
Lizzie Lee
Rena Buckley
Saoirse Noonan
Sanita Puspure
Christina Desmond
Sanita Puspure
Emily Hegarty
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