For 50 years, the Mary Peters Trust has been Northern Ireland’s leading sports charity, dedicated to supporting young athletes with the talent and drive to succeed on the world stage.
For 50 years, the Mary Peters Trust has been Northern Ireland’s leading sports charity, dedicated to supporting young athletes with the talent and drive to succeed on the world stage.
Since 1975, the Mary Peters Trust has empowered hundreds of young athletes to pursue their sporting dreams. Your support helps us nurture the champions of tomorrow.
Shannon loves the trails and tribulations of off-road bikes and aims to emulate her dad and Granda. Off-road motorcycling is in the blood for 19-year-old Shannon Smyth. Her granda Jim Smyth competed in Trials Motorbikes and passed on his love
Katie Jennings is focused on two key targets – a World Number 1 slot and selection for a future Olympics Compound archery makes its Olympic debut in Los Angeles 2028 but it’s the Games after LA that 19-year-old Newry athlete
“Believe in yourself, work hard and don’t let anyone tell you it can’t be done,” says young Lisburn City Club archer Claudia Lisburn girl and Hunterhouse College student Claudia Bloxham is certainly shooting for the stars in her sport, archery.
Please check out these featured events for the Mary Peters Trust coming up in the next months.
Light up the start of your 2026 festive season with a very special and stylish event in Vespers Restaurant at the Culloden Estate & Spa organised by fashion retailer and owner Melanie Bond in aid of the Mary Peters Trust.
Held annually each May on a Friday at Belfast’s Mary Peters Track, The Trust’s Corporate Games offers local businesses the chance to take part in a fun-packed and not too serious ‘Sports Day’ style event to raise important funds for our future sporting stars.
