Dick Hooper was honoured at the AAI Awards with a Special Recognition award.

Dick a three-time Olympian and six-time national marathon champion has been involved at all levels of the sport.

From coaching at juvenile and school level to marathon mission and his lifelong involvement with all levels of Raheny Shamrock.

A very big congrats to the man from Foxfield Road!

A big thanks to Clare Fox for the video which is available on our Instagram account.

Congratulations to Eric Favors and Niamh Fogarty who were nominated in the field and multi-event award of the year. The award winner was Kate O'Connor who also won the Athlete of the year.

Orla Comerford was also given special acknowledgement on her double gold medal win at the World Para-Athletics championships.