O’Shaughnessy the supreme junior sports star
Yesterday's ceremony was the 19th year of the event and the second in association with TV3, but it was also a year of firsts. Carmel Leech from Roscommon was the inaugural winner of the Special Olympics category where she excelled in her discipline of rhythmic gymnastics. Carmel claimed a remarkable haul of three gold medals in the National Games in June of last year and her next goal will be the Special Olympics which are being held in Ireland this summer.
The ceremony also saw the first Supreme Sports Star Award and despite the almost impossible task of equating achievements across such a diverse range of disciplines, Limerick hurler Andrew O'Shaughnessy was a more than worthy winner.
