Sports Awards recognise stars

Talented sports stars throughout the district were recognised when Bromsgrove District Council held its third annual Sports Awards on Friday.

The awards celebrate the hard work and dedication of local sports people throughout the year, and have become a calendar event to acknowledge individual performances as well as clubs, coaches and volunteers.

Highlights of the awards evening at the Spadesbourne Suite of the Council House were on-stage demonstrations from Bromsgrove Gymnastics Club and the British Free Fighting Academy, as well as a keynote speech by Glen Scott, a future Paralympic hopeful.

This year there were 15 Sports Awards categories and the winners were…

Senior Male Sports Personality of the Year: Richard Arnold.

Senior Female Sports Personality of the Year: Helen Russell.

Junior Male Sports Personality of the Year: Ben Colley.

Junior Female Sports Personality of the Year: Emma Elton.

Coach of the Year: Kerry Greaves.

Young Volunteer of the Year: Jake Ellson.

Club of the Year: Keep on Moving.

Disabled Sports Personality of the Year: Steven Battlewelch.

Volunteer of the Year: John Paul.

Primary Link Teacher of the Year: Sarah Sutton.

School Sports Co-ordinator of the Year: Caroline Sidell.

Outstanding Contribution Award: Nick Husbands.

BDC Community Sports Award: Andrea Paice.

School Sports Award: North Bromsgrove High School U’16 Basketball Team.

Contribution to Physical Activity: Hayley Gwilliam.

Six of the winners have been selected to attend the County Sports Awards at Worcester Warriors Rugby Club on Thursday 18th March.

Many more photos and details of the Bromsgrove Sports Awards will also be available through its very own Facebook page, due to be published on Friday March 5.

Chairman of Bromsgrove District Council Cllr Chris Scurrell, who presented an award on the evening, said: “It gives me great pleasure that sportspeople from across the District are recognised at our Sports Awards, with some then going on to wider acclaim at the County awards. I’d like to thank all the sponsors that have funded this event, without whom it would not be possible, and of course the Sports Development team of the District Council that puts in such an effort every year to make the Sports Awards a success.

“In the run up to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games it gives me pride that to see our local sports networks in such good health.”

A special thanks you goes out to all sponsors who helped make this event a success: Bromsgrove District Housing Trust; Bromsgrove District Council; Bromsgrove Standard; The Dolphin Centre; Chadsgrove School; Bromsgrove Community Safety Partnership; Strand Photography; Wychavon Leisure; Sports Partnership Herefordshire and Worcestershire; North Worcestershire School Sport Partnership; and the LSP Theme Group.