Join us on Friday 21st November for a special 50th anniversary Sport Inspires Gala lunch

Our 2025 Sport Inspires festive fundraiser takes place on Friday 21^st November at the Europa Hotel, Belfast. This year’s gala lunch event is a special one and marks the 50^th anniversary of the Mary Peters Trust.

Kicking off at 12noon with a ‘Meet our next Sporting Heroes’ drinks reception, lunch is served followed by a series of ‘chat show’ style interviews with young sports men and women who have all benefitted from Mary Peters Trust funding bursaries ahead of their sporting successes.

“Plans are underway, so expect a sprinkling of surprises and some exceptional VIP guests on Friday 21^st November,” explained Lady Mary Peters.

“We’ll also look forward to next year’s Commonwealth Games in Glasgow and the 2028 LA Olympics and pay tribute to the incredible achievements of local athletes across five decades since the Trust’s inception in 1975.

On the auction agenda are a range of ‘money can’t buy’ prizes including signed guitars donated by Sir Van Morrison and Ed Sheeran and unique artworks by Lisburn’s Neil Shawcross, a signed portrait of Mary by Co Down artist Brian John Spencer and a floral watercolour by James Bond actress Jane Seymour.

Other items listed as part of the auction catalogue are; a beautifully presented wedding cake ensemble presented to Mary following the wedding of William and Catherine, Prince and Princess of Wales in 2011; a Motor Neurone Disease Association shirt signed by rugby legend Kevin Sinfield; a pair of boxing gloves signed by Lewis Crocker, Carl Frampton and Paddy Donovan; a signed Ireland rugby shirt and a coveted Royal Portrush round of golf for three people.

A Waterman House voucher and a signed Niall McKenna cookbook is also up for auction as well as a £500 bottle of Millennium Bushmills whiskey, Ulster Rugby match tickets and a Family- of-4 set of tickets for the Affidea Stadium Family Stand.

For more information or to book a table contact events@asgcomms.com.

Tickets cost £120 plus vat per person/£1200 plus vat per table of 10.