26 February 2018 Ladies Gaelic Football Association nominated for four Irish Sport Industry Awards Share this Article 0 0 0 Shares! 0 Shares! The Federation of Irish Sport announce shortlist for Irish Sport Industry Awards 2018 ***THE Ladies Gaelic Football Association has been nominated in four categories*** The Federation of Irish Sport has announced the shortlist of finalists for the 2018 Sport Industry Awards. The awards, which this year are sponsored by insurance company JLT Ireland were set up in 2015 to highlight the contribution that sport makes to Ireland’s economy both directly and indirectly. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Wednesday, 7th March in the Banquet Hall at Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin 8. The Awards recognise and reward excellence in the business of sport, whilst simultaneously highlighting the contribution of sport to Ireland. This year there will be two media awards to highlight the important role the media plays in sport in Ireland. These two awards are in collaboration with the Association of Sports Journalists in Ireland (ASJI). In all a total of 12 awards will be distributed on the night, reflecting the diverse nature of Irish sport. Speaking at the announcement of the short-list, Mary O’Connor, CEO, Federation of Irish Sport, said “The awards were set up to highlight the importance of the business of sport in Ireland. Today sport supports almost 40,000 jobs, represents almost €2.4 billion in household expenditure and has been estimated to contribute almost €1.9 billion in tourism revenue. And that is beyond all of the other contributions sport makes in areas such as health, inclusivity, diversity and reputation both at home and abroad.” The winners will be determined by a judging panel drawn from both the business and sporting community. The panel is Cliona O’Leary, RTE Sport, Athlete Louise Galvin, Rory Sheridan, Diageo Ireland, Liam Harbison, Sport Ireland Institute, Larry Fenelon, Leman Solicitors, Cathal Dervan ASJI, Rob Hartnett, Sport for Business, Amanda Harton, JLT, Deirdre McDermott, OSK Accountants and Business Consultants, Mark Doyle, AIB and John Aherne, GolfGraffix, two of last year’s winners. The full list of those shortlisted is as follows: Category 1: DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT COMMUNIITY 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.ie – 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 Share this Article 0 0