THE MTU Clubs & Societies Awards Evening 2024 was held on Monday, April 22 at the Meadowlands Hotel.
Over 180 students, staff and invited guests gathered to celebrate student participation and achievement in Clubs and Societies.
The Awards Ceremony is a formal tribute to the University’s student ambassadors and Professor Maggie Cusack opened the ceremony by paying tribute to all our students who get involved in clubs and societies throughout the year and commended their hard work and commitment.
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At the ceremony the Sports Office presented the Club Person of the Year awards for each club and citations to students who have given their time and effort to their respective clubs throughout the year.
The Societies Office also presented the Society Person of the Year Awards for each society and citations to students who have given their time and effort to their respective societies throughout the year.
The night concluded with the announcement of the four main awards of the night.
The Team of the Year Award went to the Senior Men’s Gaelic Football Team and the Sports Person of the Year Award went to Danielle O’Leary (Ladies Football & Camogie).
The Society of the Year Award went to the Nursing and Agricultural Society and the Society Person of the Year Award went to Diana De Sousa (International Society).
CLUB PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2023/2024
ATHLETICS Bogdan Palianytsia
ATHLETICS Natasha Myers
MEN’S BASKETBALL Rapolas Buivydas
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL Aoibhinn Morrissey
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RECREATIONAL BASKETBALL Joseph Grego
BADMINTON Laura O’ Connor
BOXING Arven Michel
BOXING Rani Wheeza
BRAZILIAN JIU-JITSU Michael Wycherley
DARTS Michael Dowling
EQUESTRIAN Sophie Ellen Grouden
JUDO Rani Wheeza
JUDO Darragh Elbel
MEN’S RUGBY Jack McCarthy
WOMEN’S RUGBY Jaclyn Fraser
TAG RUGBY Tommy Hurley
VOLLEYBALL Daniel Fok-Seang
VOLLEYBALL Anna Kovalenko
MEN’S SOCCER Graham O’ Reilly
MEN’S B SOCCER Liam Enright
WOMEN’S SOCCER Melanie Higgins
SENIOR FOOTBALL Conor Melia
LADIES FOOTBALL Caoimhe Evans
CAMOGIE Sinead O’ Brien
HURLING Jimmy O’ Halloran
FRESHER FOOTBALL Sam McCarthy
SPORTS OFFICE CITATIONS 2023/2024
Athletics
Natasha Myers
Sophie Perrott
Basketball
Aoibhinn Morrissey
Badminton
Colin O Sullivan
Mun Li Pan
Jia Chyen Queek
Sang Zhe Lee
Oisin Ryall
Boxing
Sharaf Almubarak
Michael Wycherley
Sarah Qiao Zhang
Al Hassan Hassan
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Ollie Fitzgerald
Darts
Daniel Fok-Seang
Emma Lynch
Equestrian
Jessie Roche
Aisling Williams
Rugby
Cormac James
Tag Rugby
Nathan O’ Reilly
Table Tennis
Yunis Barudi
Volleyball
Tiernan Quirke
Jake Reidy
Arjanit Hoxha
Abdullah Abuhasson
Women’s Soccer
Lauryn Sheridan
Ciara Quinn
Stuart Etherington
Recreational Soccer
Luke Dennehy
Senior Football
Donagh O’ Sullivan
Fresher Football
Conor Melia
Donagh O’ Sullivan
Ladies Football
Ada Relihan
Delia Foley
Niamh Broderick
Camogie
Edel Sheehan
Nadine White
Danielle O’ Leary
Hurling
Joe Diggins
SOCIETY PERSON OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2023/24
Bang FM: Conor Hogan
Beekeeping Society: Natty Augusten
Board Games Society: Emmanuella G. Nyamekye
Business Society: Aoife Angland
Christian Union Society: Jake Carroll
Cinema Society: Laura Corkery
Cumann Gaelach: Muire Kingston
Dance Society: Anna Kovalenko
Diabetes Support Society: Niall Twomey
Green Campus Society: John O’Brien
International Society: Diana De Sousa
LGBTQ+ Society: Alan O’Brien
Mature Student Society: Gilligan Goggin
Nursing and Agricultural Society: Zoe Merriman & Joe Hennessy
Wildlife Society: Michael Wycherley
SOCIETIES OFFICE CITATIONS 2023 /2024
Bang FM
Conor Hogan
Beekeeping Society
Chris Dury
Natty Augusten
Board Games Society
Emmanuella Nyamekye
Business Society
Aoife Angland
Chess Society
Yunis Barudi
Christian Union Society
Jake Carroll
Emilia Rypalaska
Cinema Society
Miranda Darnell
Sara Flannery
Bronagh Foley
Cumann Gaelach
Bronagh Foley
Muire Kingston
Dance Society
Anna Kovalenko
Diabetes Support Society
Niall Twomey
Afeefah Memon
Emma Lynch
Daniel Fox-Seang
Gaming Society
Roman Hnatyshyn
Green Campus Society
John O’Brien
International Society
Ietezaz Hassan
Sharaf Almubarak
Diana De Sousa
Abdullah Abuhasson
Mahima Sujan
Layan Althwaeeb
LGBTQ+ Society
Kass Smith
Gemma Crowley
Alex Doyle Kingston
Alan O’Brien
Drew Barrett
Nicola Ryan
Mature Student Society
Maria Tang
Gillian Goggin
Nursing and Agricultural Society
Joe Hennessy
Lenora Kelly
Zoe Merriman
Ava Roche
Sean Murphy
Caitlin O’Shaughnessy
Kate Lordan
Jennifer Raferty
Photography Society
Karen Amumpaire
Rani Wheeza
Trad Society
Rose Yoder
Wildlife Society
Michael Wycherly
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