Notable people that made
Some of the sportspeople, among them competitors and managers, who, for various reasons, found themselves in the spotlight in the last 12 months
SLIGO ROVERS PLAYER
THE defender sustained a broken leg in February and, following a focused rehabiliation, returned to first team action in October.
ROWER
THE Ballymote teenager was part of the Irish team that won silver at the European Rowing Junior Championships in Belgrade.
SLIGO SENIOR HURLER
STARRED for Sligo Senior hurlers in the AHL Division 3B decider, scoring 3-4, and was also talismanic for Naomh Eoin.
RUGBY PLAYER
WAS an exciting scoring outlet for Sligo Grammar School, promoted to Sligo RFC’s first XV and played for Connacht Eagles.
SWIMMER
THE Grange native’s Olympics qualification bid was paused and she took up a sports scholarship at the University of Tennessee.
LADIES FOOTBALLER
THE evergreen performer scored the winner for Geevagh in their Sligo LGFA Premier Championship final replay victory over Tourlestrane.
TENNIS PLAYER
AT one stage during 2020 the Sligo Tennis Club star was the top ranked Girls U-16 tennis player in the Tennis Ireland rankings.
ATHLETE
THE talented race walker from Sligo AC won silver in her first Athletics Ireland National Senior Track and Field Championships.
ATHLETE
HE continued to impress, once again winning the men’s 400 metres title at the National Senior Track and Field Championships.
SLIGO HURLING MANAGER
HIS contentious exit aside, the Monaghan native put in the groundwork for yet another national title for Sligo’s Senior hurlers.
ADMINISTRATOR
THE Donegal-based Castleconnor native won the race to be the next national president of the LGFA (Ladies Gaelic Football Association).