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Highpointeer of the Year 2016: the results

6/1/2017

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Despite introducing the 2016 Highpointeer of the Year award category at extremely short notice (just one month before the submission deadline), we received 12 entries from all over Ireland. The three award winners in this category for 2016 are listed below with their achievements in detail.
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Gold Award (1st place)


DILLON LYNCH
(460 points):

 
37 visits to 26 locations
  • 19 locations visited 1 time only
  • 5 locations visited 2 times only
  • 2 locations visited 4 times
 
Certificates of Completion
  • Province Gribbons (Silver Award)
  • County Gribbons (Silver Award)
 
Certificate of Excellence
  • Youngest person known to have completed a full round of the County Gribbons (Gold Award)

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Dillon after visiting Arderin on the Laois-Offaly county boundary (his final Gribbon of 2016)

Silver Award (2nd place)


POLLY MOLLOHAN
(438 points):

 
30 visits to 30 locations
  • 30 locations visited 1 time
 
Certificates of Completion
  • Province Gribbons (Gold Award)
  • County Gribbons (Gold Award)
 
Certificate of Excellence
  • First person known to have completed 3 full rounds of the County Gribbons (Gold Award)

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Polly completing her 3rd round of County Gribbons on Benbaun, County Galway

Bronze Award (3rd place)


MARK O'LEARY
(361 points):

 
31 visits to 31 locations
  • 31 locations visited 1 time
 
Certificates of Completion
  • Province Gribbons (Silver Award)
  • County Gribbons (Silver Award)

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Mark at the summit of Trostan in County Antrim

Congratulations to Dillon, Polly and Mark on your achievements in 2016. We look forward to your continued involvement with High Point Ireland in 2017.

We would like to thank everyone who took part in our first Highpointeer of the Year awards competition. If you would like to take part in the Highpointeer of the Year 2017 awards competition, you can now download the new log sheet / entry form.

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