Sophie Ecclestone has been shortlisted for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year. Named in a shortlist of 10 athletes the Lancashire Thunder and Lancashire Women bowler has had an amazing year making her debut for England Women in the summer against Pakistan in an International T20 where she impressed taking figures of 1/21
On Friday we were lucky enough to attend the FA Women’s Football Awards as guest of sponsor SSE. It was a glittering occasion with many of the great and the good of women’s football in attendance and hosted by the charismatic Caroline Barker. Here is a list of all the award winners. Vauxhall England Women’s
New Zealand’s Beauden Barrett and England’s Sarah Hunter have been named World Rugby Men’s and Women’s Players of the Year 2016, respectively, at the World Rugby Awards in London on Sunday. England captain Sarah Hunter was named the World Rugby Women’s Player of the Year 2016 only hours after her side beat Ireland 12-10 in
World Rugby has announced the shortlists for the prestigious men’s and women’s 15s Player of the Year awards for 2016, which will be presented at the World Rugby Awards at the Hilton London Metropole on 13 November. Following a stellar year for international rugby, the shortlists feature players who have excited and inspired fans around
The British Olympic Association (BOA) is encouraging the nation to vote for the Olympian whose performance inspired them the most at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games as the online ballot opens for Team GB’s ‘Great Britain’s Choice Award’. The award, presented by Team GB’s official supermarket partner Aldi, will feature as part of the inaugural
Mia Ritchie, Karla Mostert and Chelsea Lewis were the main winners when Team Bath Netball staged their end-of-season awards dinner in conjunction with the Netball South West Goalden Globes. Influential centre Ritchie, dubbed the Pocket Rocket, picked up both the Coaches’ and Players’ Player of the Year prizes during Sunday’s sell-out event at Somerset CCC
On Friday we were delighted to be invited to attend the WRLA Annual Dinner and End of Season Awards Evening which was held at Brighouse Sports Club. Former Super League player Francis Maloney was on hand for an after dinner speech, some Q&A and to assist with handing out the awards – it was a really
At the 2016 RPA Player’s Awards last night Sarah Hunter was awarded the England Women’s Player of the Year. Just three players were nominated in this category: Emily Braund – Lichfield and England; Heather Fisher – England 7s and Sarah Hunter – Bristol and England (C) For completeness, listed below are the winners of the all the awards –
The University of Bath is through to the national final of the Lawn Tennis Association’s Aegon British Tennis Awards after being named as Education Venue of the Year by the South West LTA. The honour – which follows on from success in the same category at the Avon LTA County awards – recognises the outstanding
Kelly Simmons MBE, FA participation and development director, received the Leadership in Sport award at the BT Sport Industry Awards 2016 last week. Simmons, who has been a driving force behind the growth of and participation in the women’s game, was presented the award by England and Chelsea star Eniola Aluko and presenter Dan Walker.
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