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Former Cricket Ireland President Richard Jonson has been honoured with a major award for his lifetime service to sport.
NI Sports Forum Treasurer Richard Johnson was recognised at the 51st Torch Trophy Trust Awards for his outstanding dedication to sport. Richard’s lifelong volunteering in the sports of cricket and football were recognised as he received the award presented by HRH The Princess Royal.

Other volunteers who have shown outstanding dedication to sport in their local communities were honoured alongside sporting legend Sir Bobby Charlton CBE.

The Torch Trophy Trust is a charity that recognises and supports volunteers in sport and recreation. Their annual awards are unique in celebrating the often thankless and unnoticed work of volunteers in sport at a very prestigious ceremony.

The Sport and Recreation Alliance has provided the day-to-day support for the Trust on a voluntary basis since 1999. Legacy has always been at the heart of the Trust’s ethos – founded after the 1948 London Olympics with the aim of inspiring and rewarding volunteers, the Trust still uses the 1948 Olympic torch as its symbol.


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