Lisburn swmmer Jessika Robson has scooped another top award after being named 'Youth of the Year’

The annual Outsider Awards celebrate all of the amazing achievements, milestones and contributions that have taken place in the Irish outdoor community over the past year.

"I won Youth of the Year at the Outsider.ie Awards night and it was awesome,” said 17-year-old Jessika.

"The atmosphere of the whole night was incredible, as there were so many inspiring people who spoke about their experiences in life and what they’d achieved.

"When my category came up, I was so exited to even be there amongst the other incredible young people.

"When I won Youth of the Year, I was over the moon.

Karen Weekes, who hosted the awards, asked me a few different questions like ‘tell everyone why you're up here getting this award’. My response was ‘I swam to Scotland’.

"To me that sounds somewhat normal now but when I said that loads of people gasped and then they all started clapping. That when it kicked in that it isn't normal, and I just started smiling even more.

" A few more questions came after about the jelly fish and the cold and I was honest, I said that I wasn't good at getting in which made a lot of people laugh and when I was describing the jellyfish I even shook.

"The whole experience of being there was just incredible, and I definitely hope me and the other people in this category have inspired even one young person to try something new.”