Double Success for Ulster GAA at CIM Awards

Ulster GAA and the Michaela Foundation celebrated double success at the Chartered Institute of Marketing Awards.

The Match for Michaela, organised jointly between Ulster GAA and the Michaela Foundation, won the overall Peoples Choice Marketing Award while Ulster GAA Head of Strategy and Public Affairs Ryan Feeney won the CIM Marketing Leadership Award, recognising the best Marketing leader in the industry during 2013. This is the second consecutive year that Ulster GAA’s marketing strategy has won the overall Award.

Pictured (L-R) are members of the Match for Michaela organising Committee Anne McAreavey (Michaela Foundation), Mark Harte (Michaela Foundation), John McAreavey (Michaela Foundation), Michelle McAleer (Ulster GAA), Martin McAviney (President, Ulster GAA), Ryan Feeney (Ulster GAA), Aogan O Fearghail (Past President, Ulster GAA), Mickey Harte (Michaela Foundation) and Damian Kelly (Ulster GAA) with Claire McCollum, CIM Ireland Awards Presenter.

Ulster GAA President Martin McAviney congratulated John McAreavy and Ryan Feeney, saying:
“I am delighted that Ulster GAA has again for the second year been successful in the CIM Awards, beating off stiff competition from a range of multi-national businesses and massive publicly funded projects.
Working alongside the Michaela Foundation we hosted an outstanding event last November in the Match for Michaela and it was fitting that almost exactly one year after the event the work of the team was recognised. Ulster GAA were also proud that our Head of Strategy and Public Affairs Ryan Feeney was recognised for his hard work and dedication by winning the overall CIM Marketing Leadership award. It was a very special night for both Ulster GAA and the Michaela Foundation.”