The Irish Sport Industry Awards in association with JLT Ireland will be hosted at the Smock Alley Theatre on 7th March, we had a great response to entries and below is a shortlist of those entered, winners will be announced on the night.

Category 1: DIGITAL ENGAGEMENT COMMUNITY OF THE YEAR

AIB/GAA – Club and County

IRFU/Vodafone – Team of Us

Basketball Ireland – Overall Digital Strategy

Triathlon Ireland – Overall Digital Strategy

GAA – GAANOW

Motorsport Ireland– Overall Digital Strategy

Shamrock Rovers – #FootballLovesUs

Category 2. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AWARD

Louth LSP – Inclusibility Project 2017

Cricket Ireland – Get Into Cricket

Boxing Ireland – Cashen Vale Boxing Club

CARA – Fit4All

FAI – Inclusive NGB

Gymnastics Ireland – GymABLE

GAA – Healthy Club

Category 3. CAMPAIGN OR PROGRAM OF THE YEAR AWARD

Vodafone/ IRFU – Team of Us

AIB/GAA – Jeff and Kammy Journey to Croker

IRFU – Women’s Rugby World Cup

AIG – Dublin GAA

Lidl – Ladies Football

Largo Foods – Basketball Ireland

Category 4. GOVERNING BODY OF THE YEAR AWARD

Ladies Gaelic Football Association

Cricket Ireland

Gymnastics Ireland

Triathlon Ireland

Tennis Ireland

Swim Ireland

 Category 5. LOCAL SPORTS PARTNERSHIP OF THE YEAR AWARD

Limerick Local Sports Partnership – Sports Inclusion Club

Waterford Local Sport Partnership – WSP Balance Bike Programme

Laois Local Sport Partnership – Transformation Programme for women over 50

Clare Local Sport Partnership – Active Primary Schools programme

Cork Local Sports Partnership – Cork Sports Ability

Category 6. SPORTS EVENT OF THE YEAR AWARD

LGFA – TG4 All Ireland Ladies Gaelic Football Finals 2017

IRFU – Women’s Rugby World Cup

IRFU – Six Nations Match Ireland vs England

Badminton Ireland – FZ Forza Irish Open 2017

Basketball Ireland – FIBA U18 Women’s Europeans

Category 7. BEST COMMERCIAL PARTNERSHIP AWARD

Lidl – Ladies Gaelic Football

Largo Foods – Hula Hoops Basketball Cup

AIG – Dublin GAA

Electric Ireland – Minor GAA

Fighter.ie – Broadcasting of Mixed Martial Art

Category 8. JIMMY MAGEE AWARD FOR SPORTS JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR

Vincent Hogan – Irish Independent

Roy Curtis – Sunday World

Kieran Cunningham – Irish Daily Star

Malachy Clerkin – The Irish Times

Sinead Kissane – TV3

Niall Kelly – The42.ie

Keith Duggan – The Irish Times

Category 9. SPORT BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD

Clubify – Community engagement app

SportsTech Ireland- Developing Sport Technology Companies

SportsJoe.ie – Broadcasting Sport

Fota Island Adventure – Sport Experience and training

KitmanLabs – Athlete optimization system

Category 10. SPORTS MEDIA OUTLET OF THE YEAR AWARD

The Irish Times  – Women in Sport

The 42.ie – Journalism off print

The Irish Examiner – Overall regional and national sport coverage

The Irish Independent- Tee to Green

Off the Ball.com – Digital Sports Show 

Category 11. SPORTING INNOVATION OF THE YEAR AWARD

Motorsport.ie – Broadcasting own content

Irish Sailing – Water Sport Inclusion Games

Dublin Simon Community – A Gym for the Homeless

Complyfile – Software Platform for Voluntary Organisations

Rowing Ireland – Get Going – Get Rowing