Three Antrim Players won All-Stars at the Gaelic Life virtual awards on
Thursday night.
The winners were Loughgiel’s Amy Boyle for her performances in the
Shamrocks championship winning season. Boyle was steady throughout the 2020 championship campaign and was excellent in the final. A level headed performance around midfield helped Loughgiel win by 3-11 to 2-5.
The other nominees were Ballycastle’s Maeve Kelly and Loughgiel’s Róisín
McCormick.
Maeve Kelly, Ballycastle. 
Roisin McComrick Loughgiel
The Antrim hurling All-Star went to Dunloy’s Paul Shiels. The Dunloy captain went off injured in the semi-final, but came back for
the final and played a starring role. He’s still got it all. He can score, defend, and leads the team by example.
The other nominees were Loughgiel’s Donal McKinley and Dunloy’s Ronan
Molloy.
Donal McKinley, Loughgiel 
Ronan Molloy, Dunloy
In football, Justin Crozier was named as the 2020 Gaelic Life All-Star.
Crozier was reliable on the ball during this year’s championship and
was a steadying influence in the full back line. Creggan’s full forwards
only managed two points in the decider. The other nominees were Cargin’s James Laverty and Creggan’s Ruairi McCann.
Ruairi McCann, Creggan. 
James Laverty, Cargin
A number of Antrim’s ladies footballers will be singled out for
commendation for their part in last year’s championships in next week’s
digital publication.
The Gaelic Life All-Stars celebrated their tenth anniversary this year.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic the publication could not hold its
annual event as it usually would, with a gala ball and 600 guests.
Instead the event was held digitally, with winners being announced
online, and named by the GL team live via their social media platforms.
Viewers who missed the live event streams can catch up by visiting the
Gaelic Life Facebook page.
The format also changed. In previous years, All-Stars would be presented
in a team format based on performances from county and provincial
competition.
As there were no completed provincial competitions in 2020, the Gaelic
Life team awarded four All-stars to each county, one for each code based
on performances in their official senior knockout championship.
Three nominations were presented, and fans voted online as to who they
thought was best. Our journalists used those votes along with advice
from well-placed individuals in each county to decide the outright winners.
Gaelic Life Editor, Ronan Scott said: “We were disappointed that we
could not mark our tenth anniversary in person, but we are living in
difficult times, and everyone has had to adapt to change. So we had to
as well.
“We did want to make sure that we celebrated the effort of all those
club players who worked so hard to compete and win their county titles.
“From speaking to so many people involved in the GAA, the club
championships across the province were a huge success and they provided
so much enjoyment for fans.
“Therefore it was only right that we made sure to mark their efforts,
and we did our best to do so with the awards for the 2020 season.
“Everyone on the Gaelic Life team want to thank those who took part in
the voting, and to all those who have supported our publication in these
difficult times. A special word of thanks to the team at McKeever Sports
for their continued sponsorship of our awards.
“We have also agreed that, all being well, our gala event will return in
January 2022 to mark the 2021 club championship season.”