Rachel picks up Young Sportsperson award

Dunshaughlin teenager Rachel Huijsdens collected the Meath Chronicle / Axa Insurance young sportsperson of the year for 2017 at Friday night's 11th annual Meath Sports Awards in the Knightsbrook Hotel, Trim.

The Dunshaughlin girl is highly regarded as one of the country’s leading young basketball players.

Last year she was part of the Ireland team that gained promotion to the European Div A grade for the first time. 

Two weeks ago she was in action for DCU Mercy Super League (senior women) and u-20 teams in two National Cup semi-finals in Cork and now has a finals weekend to prepare for.