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09 Sept 2025

Gallery: All the winners from the Donegal Sports Star Awards

Donegal Sports Star awards was held as a virtual event due to the Covid-19 restrictions in January, so on Thursday the award winners were presented with their awards with Inishowen duo Sadie Duffy and Georgie Kelly among the winners

Youth: Adrienne Gallen

This award went to a 16-year-old girl who has developed a very good habit of breaking records. The winner for the second year in a row is Adrienne Gallen from the Lifford/Strabane Athletic Club.
Adrienne Gallen broke the Donegal women’s senior hammer record twice in eight days last year. The St. Columba’s Stranorlar student won a bronze medal in the hammer event at the Franconville U18 meet in Paris in July and went on to set a stunning new Tailteann Games record in September in Santry. That led to Adrienne being named Outstanding Female Athlete at that meeting. Adrienne rounded off another super season by taking silver at the Schools’ International in Derby. She was also named the County Board’s Junior Athlete of the Year for the second year running. Adrienne also sets a Donegal Sports Star record being the first person to win the Youth category two years in a row.

Youth Award winner Adrienne Gallen with Grace Boyle

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