Tickets on sale for Westmeath Independent Sports Awards
Tickets for the Westmeath Independent Sports Awards - sponsored by the Shamrock Lodge Hotel - are now on sale at the Westmeath Independent offices on Sean Costello Street, Athlone.
The sports awards take place on Friday, February 28 in the Shamrock Lodge Hotel at 7.30pm.
Friends, family members and colleagues of the monthly award winners, and indeed the general public, are very welcome to attend the gala awards night. Tickets are available to purchase at the Westmeath Independent offices in Athlone (for further information, phone: 090 6434300).
Tickets for the gala event, hosted by RTE broadcaster Robbie Irwin, cost €45 each. There is a special offer in place whereby people receive two free tickets if they buy four tickets.
Paddy Mullally was announced as the Hall of Fame award winner in this week's Westmeath Independent. Paddy was chosen for the award in recognition of his many years of dedicated service to basketball.
The overall winner in the 2013 Westmeath Independent Sports Awards will be announced on the awards night.
Readers have the chance to vote for the Readers’ Choice award, which will be chosen from the twelve monthly award winners.
Voting is via text message to this number: 57199. Each of the monthly award winners are assigned a number from 1 to 12, coinciding with the month in which they were chosen for an award. Voters text INDO followed by the nominee’s number to 57199.
For example, to vote for the January winner, readers will need to text INDO 1 to 57199; for the February winner, text INDO 2 to 57199; and so on.
The Readers’ Choice Award winner will be announced on February 28 at the awards ceremony.
Voting lines remain open until February 28 at 12 noon. Text line available in the Republic of Ireland only. Texts cost €1. SMS entry requires one message to be delivered. Max 30 entries per mobile number per day. Standard network charges apply. You may receive promotional SMS in future. To opt out text STOP to 57272.
The winners and codes for text voting are listed below. For profiles of all the winners, please click http://www.westmeathindependent.ie/sport/sportsstar/
MONTHLY WINNERS
January: Robert Ashe (Rugby)
To vote for Robert Ashe for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 1 to 57199.
February: Andy Nevin & Michael McMahon (Soccer)
To vote for Andy Nevin & Michael McMahon for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 2 to 57199.
March: St Brigid's Senior Team (Gaelic Football)
To vote for St Brigid's Senior Team for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 3 to 57199.
April: Kevin Maguire (Gaelic Football)
To vote for Kevin Maguire for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 4 to 57199.
May: Niamh Ni Dhroma (Women's Rugby)
To vote for Niamh Ni Dhroma for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 5 to 57199.
June: Robbie Henshaw (Rugby)
To vote for Robbie Henshaw for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 6 to 57199.
July: Patrick Munnelly (Rowing)
To vote for Patrick Munnelly for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 7 to 57199.
August: Aisling Egan (Soccer)
To vote for Aisling Egan for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 8 to 57199.
September: Ian Sweeney, Neil Harney, Garvan Broughall & Niall Scullion (Soccer)
To vote for Ian Sweeney, Neil Harney, Garvan Broughall & Niall Scullion for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 9 to 57199.
October: Joe Ward (Boxing)
To vote for Joe Ward for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 10 to 57199.
November: John Joyce (Boxing)
To vote for John Joyce for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 11 to 57199.
December: Sinead Farrell & Heather Payne (Soccer)
To vote for Sinead Farrell and Heather Payne for the Readers' Choice Award, text INDO 12 to 57199.