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10 Sept 2025

Why they won: All the winners from the Donegal Sports Star Awards profiled

There was a full house for the 48th Donegal Sports Star, where Donegal manager Jim McGuinness was the special guest on a night where there were 161 nominees in over 40 categories


The Winner of the 2023 Hockey Award was Wendy Patterson, Raphoe Hockey Club
Wendy Patterson has been a key player for Raphoe 1st XI Ladies for many years. In more recent times she has gone on to represent Ulster and Ireland at the Masters O35 level.
She was on Irish teams competing at the Home Nations Tournament in Swansea and at the Masters European Championships in Nottingham last year, Wendy was selected as captain of the Ireland O35 Masters Team for the second consecutive year.
She successfully led her team to gold at the European Championship, defeating England in the final. Wendy Patterson is only the fourth woman to win the hockey category after Fiona Ryan, Hazel Russell and Megan Frazer.

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