Nominees

Aaron Mooney	St. Mary’s Aghagallon	Antrim	“Following the resumption of games, Aaron became a key part of our Return to Play subcommittee, ensuring that we as a club were following the guidance and good practice to ensure the risk of Covid-19 was mitigated as much as possible.”
Aine McParland	St Moninnas, Killeavy	Armagh	“Aine is passionate about developing youth involvement within our three associations and giving young people opportunities to play and be involved within administration, while having their voice heard.”
Aine Rice	Glenn GAC	Down	“Aine is a fantastic role model and a dedicated member of the committee with two roles, LGFA Representative and Club Underage Players Representative”
Anna McCaffrey	Naomh Eoin CLG	Antrim	“Anna gives 100% to everything and always is willing to give up her free time and help with any duties needed within our club.”
Aoife Trainor	Coa O’Dwyer’s	Fermanagh	“Aoife showed outstanding leadership skills where she volunteered to assist with the sale of championship tickets on our journey to the final.”
Ben McConaghie	Shane Ui Neill GAA, Glenarm	Antrim	“Ben has been a very positive influence since the recent lockdown and has encouraged everyone in the Every Step Counts Challenge, recognising the importance of keeping active for physical and mental health.”
Cabrini Brown	East Belfast GAA	Down	“Although she had never played camogie or been part of the GAA scene before, Cabrini took this challenge in her stride and was an advocate for the club throughout the year.”
Caitlin Mooney	Davitts GAC	Antrim	“Caitlin puts her heart and soul into GAA, on top of her job and university studies, and is lead mentor to our U12 girls footballers, the club didn’t have girls teams up until 2018 and Caitlin has brought these girls on immensely.”
Caoimhe McCay	Pearse Og’s	Armagh	“Caoimhe was a very valuable member of our social media team, posting images of our club 5k walk, run, cycle health and well-being initiative which raised money for the Hospice and local charity PIPS Help and Support.”
Caoimhe Moss	Setanta Hurling Club	Donegal	“Caoimhe has been involved in numerous fundraising activities and devotes her time at summer to coaching at camps and helping out with underage groups, be it at training or matches.”
Caolan McCann	Sean Treacy’s Lurgan	Armagh	“Caolan is a fantastic and talented young coach and is always keen to lend a hand setting up for matches, blitzes, refereeing games and working voluntarily at all our summer camps.”
Charlie Carr	Clonduff GAC	Down	“Charlie is such a pleasant young man, has an infectious smile as well as a willing pair of hands, is an ideal role model and is one of our young Senior Footballers with whom the juvenile players in all codes identify.”
Chloe Callaghan	Termon GAA	Donegal	“This young volunteer has over the course of 2020, taken on different roles within the club, racking up well over 200 hours of volunteering, even though we were in lockdown for a good bit of the year.”
Christopher Morgan	An Riocht	Down	“Christopher has been involved in all areas of the club, he runs the lotto every Monday night, organised the dinner dance last year, was the main focal point on the Covid support which also gave out hampers at Christmas.”
Christy McDaid	Carndonagh GAA	Donegal	“Christy is an exceptional young man who puts in 100% to any job he takes on, such as lead coach for U-14 boys and assistant coach with our U-12 boys.”
Ciara Gray	Cullyhanna Camogie Club	Armagh	“Ciara turned up every week offering her help to our U-6/U-8 camogs different skills , giving up her free time whilst also studying for her GCSE exams.”
Ciaran McCann	Sean Treacy’s Lurgan	Armagh	“Ciaran has always helped when asked with our underage coaching and summer camps throughout recent years, not shy of the challenge of coaching 80+ kids.”
Ciarraí Devlin	St Mary’s Camogie Club Granemore	Armagh	“Ciarrai has been involved with coaching our underage teams for a number of years, and last year started coaching our U-10 team and was then asked to come on board with the U-14 team as the goalkeeping coach.”
Cormac Duffy	Drumhowan GAA	Monaghan	“In the past year Cormac has been one of the coaches on both the U13 and U11 squads, and the children look up to him with his quiet and gentle nature.”
Daire McDowell	Sean Treacy’s Lurgan	Armagh	“Daire has been known to cycle for miles in all-weather to ensure he is there for the underage sessions, giving up his Friday evenings all year long to provide a familiar face and pass on his skills to his followers and racking up many GoldMark volunteer hours.”
Dáire Ó Dubhthaigh	Naomh Pól GAA Lurgan	Armagh	“After receiving the GoldMark award in 2019 for committing over 100 hours to coaching, Dáire doubled downed on his volunteer commitments for our club by joining the committee as club secretary while still taking the U-8s team for 2020.”
Daniel Baird	Donaghmore St Patricks Ladies GFC	Tyrone	“During lockdowns Daniel has been also been volunteering by organising shopping deliveries and running errands not only for his grandparents but for other elderly neighbours and shielders that can’t get to the shops.”
Eimear Murray	Loughinisland	Down	“At our AGM in November Eimear stepped up to become Secretary, a huge responsibility and workload in a committee especially at such a young age, but she as adapted to her new role brilliantly and with complete ease.”
Emer Robinson	St Gall’s Belfast	Antrim	“Emer’s knowledge and understanding of Gaelic football, and importantly the bond that girls develop being part of a team has had a huge influence with our younger girls at U-8 level”
Emma Mann	Sean Treacy’s Lurgan	Armagh	“Always keen to pass on her skills to the tots of the club, Emma has gained a rightful place in our little U-5.5 teams’ hearts and proves to be a well-loved coach.”
Emmett Byrne	Ardara	Donegal	“Despite his youth, Emmet is one of our busiest volunteers, as a player on our Reserve team, he also does video analysis and stats during games for a number of our teams, both adult and underage.”
Étain Devlin	Sean Treacy’s Lurgan	Armagh	“Étain gives up all the spare time she has to help others and is a priceless member of Sean Treacy’s and the wider community, becoming a part of the GoldMark scheme working up over 100 hours in no time at all.”
Fionnuala Quinn	Enniskillen Gaels	Fermanagh	“Fionnuala has put in a huge effort over the last year with a number of Enniskillen’s youth teams, helping on Saturday morning with U6’s, having great fun with the kids and showing much older adults the way.”
Gavin O’Shea	Ardglass GAC	Down	“Gavin helps the Senior squad, being at every training session and match, collecting footballs, sorting out training equipment and water bottles, helping to clean the club rooms and grounds, as well as helping out with any fundraisers.”
Kane Laverty	Sean Treacy’s Lurgan	Armagh	“Always a phone call away perhaps not even home from work Kane has always helped when asked with our underage coaching and summer camps throughout recent years.”
Meadhbh McGahan	East Belfast GAA	Down	“Meadhbh took on the Chair role for the Ladies committee when the club first started and has done an excellent job working with coaches and players.”
Michael Monahan	Latton O’Rahilly GAA	Monaghan	“Michael has been involved as an underage coach with many of our teams, and last year undertook the role of ‘statistics analysis’ with the club senior team.”
Molly Flanagan	Derrylin O’Connell’s	Fermanagh	“Molly began helping out with our U-6 & Nursery groups, showing up early every week to help set up the equipment and man the sanitising station as the kids entered.”
Niall McDermott	An Caisleán Glas agus Sperrin Óg	Tyrone	“During 2020 Niall was extremely proactive in keeping the youth engaged by designing a club skills challenge for our different age groups.”
Niamh McAneney	Cullyhanna Camogie Club	Armagh	“Niamh is an outstanding camogie player and came along on a weekly basics to volunteer to show her skills to our uU-6/U-8 camogs, taking time with all the young girls whilst also studying for exams.”
Niamh Rafferty	St Brenda’s Camogie Club, Ballymacnab	Armagh	“Niamh has shown herself to be an enthusiastic up and coming volunteer, who has made an outstanding contribution to the development of sport within our club.”
Rebecca Tully	Cavan Gaels	Cavan	“As the head coach for the club’s nursery, each week Rebecca arrives early and greets both kids and parents by name, always with a smile.”
Rory Donnan	Atticall GAC	Down	“In addition to performing his various roles within the club at an exemplary level, Rory demonstrates an extraordinary commitment to the community of Atticall.”
Ross O’Keeney	Four Masters	Donegal	“Ross made an outstanding contribution to coaching and volunteering in Four Masters GAA Club, helping coach our U8 and U10 boys football teams and never missing a session.”
Sadhbh McGrath	CLG Beart	Donegal	“Sadhbh is what every clubs hope to find in their young members. She has passion and enthusiasm for the club, and is willing to give everything a try if it helps in any way to promote the club.”
Sinead Lunney	Derrylin O’Connell’s	Fermanagh	“Sinead used her knowledge of being a Cúl Camp coach to help us plan suitable coaching sessions for each age group and showed up early many weeks to help us set up.”
Tiarnan McVeigh	Tír na nÓg Portadown	Armagh	“A Gold Mark volunteer for over two years, Tiarnan has consistently given up his time to support our summer camps and after schools clubs, helping to coach our younger players.”
Tiarnan Stuart	St Paul’s Holywood	Down	“In 2020 Tiarnan really came into his own, delivering training sessions to our U9.5’s all through the early months of the year and giving up his time to deliver the sessions whilst doing his own training and studying for exams.”

Nominees

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