At a champagne reception at the Mary Peters Track on Tuesday, athletic regional awards for Northern Ireland, in association with UK Athletics and sponsored by Heidsieck & Co Monopole Champagne were presented by UK Athletics Chairman Mr. Ed Warner. North Down AC were awarded the Track & Field Club Award for 2007, having retained the All Ireland league for the second year running and continued to increase their Team Trophy wins to seven, this trophy also being presented on the night. In addition they competed in the British Athletic Leagues Cup placing third in the UK plate event.
The club also won the Award for Inclusivity along with the Special Olympic athletes to make it an unusual and very pleasing double. There was more success when awards for volunteers and officials were presented. Ian Atkinson and Gillian Weir were acknowledged, respectively collecting the Club Volunteer and Services to Club Development awards for their hard work and dedication to all facets of North Down AC while Daphne Hamill won the Track and Field Official award and Brian Smith won the Participation Coach award.