OUR good friend Joan Cunningham, organiser of the Saintfield Horse Show and the Saintfield Christmas Charity ride, was on a high during, and following, a recent black-tie event hosted by Local Women Sport which is part of the Derry-based Local Women Magazine Group.

Over 500 guests attended the first Women’s Sports Awards in Belfast’s Europa Hotel including Dame Mary Peters who represented Northern Ireland at every Commonwealth Games from 1958 to 1974 and whose long and successful athletics career was highlighted when she won the gold medal in Pentathlon at the Munich Olympics in 1972. The Mary Peters Trust benefitted from the awards night which was compèred by UTV sports presenter Ruth Gorman.