Rehaan Rather from Manchester has been named the Coach of the Year at the Chance to Shine Street Programme Awards which took place at the Kia Oval on 19 November. Chance to Shine Street was launched in 2008 to bring cricket to young people in urban areas where there are few green spaces and fewer
Skeleton World Champion Lizzy Yarnold and Piers Gilliver, the world’s number one wheelchair fencer, were among the University of Bath-based athletes honoured at the 2015 Bath Chronicle Sports Award. The winners collected their prizes during a ceremony hosted by television broadcaster John Inverdale at Bath Racecourse, with Team Bath Netball U16s receiving the Junior Team
England Women’s Hockey team have been crowned Vitality Team of the Year at the Sunday Times & Sky Sports Sportswoman of the Year Awards. Now in their 28th year, the awards recognise and celebrate the outstanding contribution to sport made by elite performers, coaches, administrators, community volunteers and inspirational women. This summer the team came
England and GB hockey goalkeeper Maddie Hinch has been named as the Sky Sportswoman of the Month for June. Hinch was named ahead of jockey Samantha Bell and cyclist Hannah Barnes in the public vote. The 26-year-old made several important saves in June’s Hockey World League semi-finals in Valencia as Team GB won all of their seven matches in
Chloe Richardson, rugby player for Thatto Heath and England Women’s Students, received the Local Hero Award recognising her volunteer work with St Helens Youth Sports Development, Youth Sports Programme. This article was written by St Helens Unlimited in recognition of the tremendous work that Chloe puts in: The Local Hero award is linked to National
Nalisha Patel, LCB Thunder’s 17 year old right arm off spin bowler, won the Kumon Achievement in Sport Award at this year’s Fusion Awards held at Blackburn’s King Georges Hall. The awards ceremony, aimed at celebrating community cohesion and the contribution of all communities in helping to make the North West region a better place
World Rugby has announced the shortlist for the prestigious Women’s Sevens Player of the Year 2015 award, with the winner set to be revealed at the World Rugby Awards dinner at Battersea Evolution, London, on 1 November. After the thrilling and record-breaking Women’s Sevens World Series 2014-15 concluded in Amsterdam last weekend, this year’s nominees
Asisat Oshoala, who became the first African player to play in the Superleague when she signed for Liverpool in January 2015, has been named the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year. Oshoala, at just 20 was the youngest player nominated for the BBC World Service award, was voted for by football fans from around the world.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today announced that Joe Root and Charlotte Edwards have been named, respectively, as the England Men’s and England Women’s Cricketer of the Year for 2014-2015. Lancashire and England Under-19s right-arm seamer Saqib Mahmood won the England Development Programme Cricketer of the Year award, while the England Disability
The 2015 RPA Players’ Awards took place on Wednesday 13th May at Battersea Evolution, these Awards are the highlight of the domestic rugby union calendar, bringing together the biggest names in the sport to celebrate the achievements of the season and crown the 2015 Players’ Player of the Year. This year the England Women’s Player of
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