Athletics Leinster Star Awards for 2025 (21st Mar)
Orlaith Flanagan (Senior), Greg Duggan (for Lily Walsh – Juvenile Girl),
Catriona Duffy (with the Morrissey Cup), Michael Lane (for Oisin Lane – Outstanding Performance in Race Walk)
The Athletics Leinster Star Awards for 2025 were presented at a Gala Lunch on Saturday 21st March at the Woodford Dolmen Hotel in Carlow. These prestigious awards recognise one juvenile girl, one juvenile boy and one senior athlete from each county, based on their performances in Leinster competitions in 2025. In addition to individual honours, awards were presented for best County and Club in various categories.
Winning four Leinster titles in 2025 – 800m u/15 indoors and 1,500m u/15 outdoors (the 1,500m in a Championship Record) and u/15 and u/16 titles in cross country –there was no contest for Lily Walsh who received the Award for Best Juvenile Girl in Westmeath. Second place in the Leinster senior 3,000m was enough for Orlaith Flanagan to receive the Award for Best Senior Athlete in Westmeath in 2025. For the record, the Award for Best Juvenile Boy in Westmeath went to Philip Offorjama (Athlone AC) on foot of the four Leinster titles he won in 2025.
In recognition of a brilliant year, which he capped by competing at the World Championships in Tokyo, the Award for Outstanding Performance in Race Walk was made to Oisin Lane. Honoured for his contribution to athletics at Club, County, Leinster and National level was Greg Duggan, who was presented with an Award for Outstanding Contribution.
Winning Club team medals in ten of the eighteen juvenile races at Leinster cross country in 2025 meant it was little surprise that Mullingar Harriers retained the Morrissey Cup for Best Juvenile Cross Country Club in Leinster, a cup Mullingar has won every year since it was first presented in 2000. The presentations were made by Catriona Duffy, Chair of Athletics Leinster. Congratulations to Lily and Orlaith (and to Philip), and to their coaches, their families and to all who contributed to their successes, and congratulations also to Oisin and Greg on their awards [GD].
