Congratulations to Liam Brereton of St. Brigids’s Boxing Club Edenderry on being named as the National Lottery Hero of the Year, for his ongoing contribution and dedication to boxing development.
Liam has made a significant impact on female boxing worldwide, and is an inspiring mentor and life coach to many athletes.
The category award winners in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards were unveiled at a gala event at the Killashee House Hotel in Naas Co. Kildare last night.
An unprecendented three boxing clubs were named county finalists in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2025 earlier this year.
They are: Offaly’s St. Brigid’s Edenderry Boxing Club, Kerry’s Tralee Boxing Club and Waterford’s St. Paul’s Boxing Club. The National Lottery says these clubs, and their colleague county finalists across sport “promote the importance of sport, and access to it, for individuals and communities across the country”
St. Brigid’s, Edenderry additionally won through to the national finals of the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2025 in the Sport category. Established in 1933, the club is home to scores of members, as well as Moscow 1980 Olympian Martin Brereton and 2018 Youth Olympian, Lauren Kelly. It also hosts numerous international sparring camps, annually. The National Lottery says the club “is one of 35 National Finalists out of hundreds of exceptional applications. This is a huge achievement as the calibre of applications in this year’s competition was truly extraordinary.”
While St. Brigid’s BC, Tralee and St. Paul’s didn’t win their respective categories, being shortlisted among so many thousands of sporting organisations speaks to their vast contributions, not only to boxing, but to their local communities and the esteem in which they are held.