The Irish Federation of Sport has honoured two boxing club members with accolades at the 2022 Volunteers in Sport Awards, bestowed this week.
Carmel O’Neill is Paulstown Boxing Club, Kilkenny’s Secretary, and has been contributing to the running and administration of the club for well over 10 years. While the County Derry award went to Micky Fleming of Churchlands Golden Gloves.
The Volunteers in Sport Awards celebrate the contributions of the band of volunteers across the country who give their time to Irish sport and physical activity every year. This equates to approximately 37.3 million hours of volunteering across Ireland’s 13,000 registered sports clubs and associations and, according to Sport Ireland’s 2021 ‘Researching the Value of Sport in Ireland’ report, is worth an estimated €1.5bn to the exchequer.
| County | First | Surname | Sport | Club |
| Antrim | Katie | Speers | Rugby | Ballymoney RFC |
| Armagh | Sally | Rafferty | Camogie | St Brenda’s Camogie Club |
| Carlow | John | Jacob | Martial Arts | Carlow Muay Thai |
| Cavan | Breda | Galligan | Camogie | Castletara Camogie Club |
| Clare | Paul | McGibney | Basketball | Kilrush Basketball Club |
| Cork | Collette | Riordan | Athletics | West Muskerry AC |
| Derry | Micky | Fleming | Boxing | Churchlands Golden gloves |
| Donegal | Martin Shankey | Smith | GAA | Naomh Conall GAA |
| Down | Mickey | Redmond | GAA | Saval GAC |
| Dublin City | Joe | Davitt | GAA | Ranelagh Gaels |
| Dublin – Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown | Clara | Clark | Cycling | Cycling without Age |
| Dublin Fingal | Ciara | McCluskey | Running | Dublin Sanctuary Runners |
| Dublin – South Dublin Co. Council | Tony | Hickey | Swim | Fortunestown Swim Club |
| Fermanagh | Chloe | Hamilton | Paddlesports | Erne Paddlers |
| Galway | Catherine | Moore | Hockey | Greenfields Hockey Club |
| Kerry | Jean | Courtney | Athletics | Killarney Valley AC |
| Kildare | Eddie | Hennessey | Soccer | Clonmullion FC |
| Kilkenny | Carmel | O’Neill | Boxing | Paulstown Boxing Club |
| Laois | Marie | Thompson | Hockey | Abbeyleix Hockey Club |
| Leitrim | Eimear | Doonan | GAA | Fenagh GAA |
| Limerick | Joe | Chawke | Athletics | Dooneen AC |
| Longford | Grzegorz | Wiechec | Volleyball | Longford Smashers Volleyball Club |
| Louth | Olivia | Wall | GAA | Roche Emmets GFC |
| Mayo | Deirdre | Maloney Reid | GAA | Moy Davitts GAA Club |
| Meath | Deborah | Kelly-Long | Basketball | East Coast Cavaliers |
| Monaghan | Christina | Weldon | GAA | Latton O’Rahilly GAA Club |
| Offaly | Paul | Buckley | Athletics | Ferbane AC. |
| Roscommon | Frank | Grehan | GAA | St. Aidans GAA Club |
| Sligo | Kay | Curley | Tennis | Sligo Tennis Club |
| Tipperary | Niall | O’Sullivan | Athletics | Clonmel Athletic Club |
| Tyrone | Martin | Cassidy | Soccer | Omagh Futsal Club |
| Waterford | Michael | Cox | Soccer | Park Rangers AFC |
| Westmeath | Déirdre | Orme | GAA | Crookedwood GAA |
| Wexford | Denis | Cadogan | GAA and Handball | Horeswood GAA & Handball Club |
| Wicklow | Aislinn | Nugent | LGFA | Valleymount LGFA |