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09 Sept 2025

Why they won: All the winners from the Donegal Sports Star Awards profiled

There was a full house for the 48th Donegal Sports Star Awards, where Donegal manager Jim McGuinness was the special guest on a night where there were 161 nominees in over 40 categories


The Winner of the 2023 Donegal Sports Star Darts Award is Adrian Devine from Buncrana.
It was a super year for Adrian with the Irish team where he won all four of his international contests. He has also been a regular on successful Donegal County men's teams. Adrian Devine is currently ranked number 1 by the Irish National Darts Organisations.
Among his triumphs in 2023 were the Islands Challenge and a number of Irish National Darts Organisations titles. One of the highlights of the year came in August when Adrian and Gerard McGlynn won the Masters Pairs title at the Irish Festival of Darts in Carlow.
Adrian has continued his fine form into 2024 leading the Donegal men’s darts A team to win the prestigious West Coast Challenge last Saturday night in Roscommon. It’s the first time for Adrian to win at the Donegal Sports Star Awards. Gerard Porter picked up the award on Adrian's behalf.

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