The shortlist for the Impartial Reporter Community Champion Awards 2024, in association with Encirc, can now be revealed:
Business Award, sponsored by Encirc
Balcas
Charlie’s Bar
Mark Edwards, Enniskillen Taste Experience
Rooney's Gift Store
Sporting Champion of the Year
Clare Morris, Enniskillen Lakelanders
Clogher Valley Rugby Football Club
Ernie Conlon, Fermanagh Supercup
Gaye Conway, Enniskillen Royal Boat Club
St. Aidan’s High School, Derrylin
The Oisín McGrath Foundation
Champion Teacher of the Year
Adele Kerr, Enniskillen Integrated Primary School
Eimer Maguire, St. Mary's Primary School
Gary McDevitt, Enniskillen Royal Grammar School
Youth Community Champion of the Year
Grace Jackman, Mount Lourdes Grammar School
Owen McKinley, Enniskillen Royal Grammar School
Little Champion of the Year, sponsored by David Mahon Properties
Mennah Abdalquader
Nina He
Enniskillen Model Primary School RotaKids
Green Champion of the Year, sponsored by Mannok
Ashley Robinson, Curlew Project, Lough Erne Landscape Partnership
Diana McChesney, Fermanagh FREE-cycle
Florence Court Gardeners
Mary Polizzi, Doletter Wildlife Rescue
Supriya Foster, South West College
Live Music Award
Bernie McNulty
Laytha
Maggie Maguire
The Tumbling Paddies
Charity Champion of the Year
Claire Donohoe, Pulmonary Fibrosis NI
Enniskillen Ladies Circle
Geraldine Corrigan, Friends of the Cancer Centre
Martin Ansfield (posthumously), Pulmonary Fibrosis NI
Mary McCann, Fermanagh Women's Aid
Susan Doyle, Fermanagh Down Syndrome Support Group
Heart of Gold
Anne Carson
Annette Murphy
Genevieve Irvine
John Shades
Noelle McAlinden
Community Champion of the Year (Group), sponsored by Encirc
Girls Allowed, Newtownbutler
JustUs
Save Our Acute Services (SOAS)
The Kindness Postbox
Community Champion of the Year, sponsored by Encirc
Christine Duffy
Jenna Robinson
Michelle Rooney
Natasha Dane
Shelley Cowan
Siobhan O’Brien
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