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2 weeks to nominate for Sports Awards-23/9/11

Release date: 23/09/2011

Still time to nominate the counties sporting stars

There are just two weeks left to nominate a sporting star or unsung hero for the LIVING SPORT Sports Awards to be held at Burgess Hall, St Ives, on Thursday 10 November. Nominations are flowing in but we still need you help! Do you know someone in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough that has excelled in their sport this year and has been an outstanding role model to their club or team mates? Is there someone in your local sports club that you simply could not do without? If so LIVING SPORT want to hear your stories and honour their achievements in the annual county sports awards.

There are 10 categories to nominate in, from Anglia Ruskin University Sport Performers and Disabled Sports Performer Awards to recognising our unsung volunteers with the Barracudas Activity Day Camps Young Community Volunteer of the Year, COACHING:HQ Coach of the year and Services to sport awards. There are also awards for Community Club, School and Team of the year. The Matthew Warn Power of Sport award will be awarded to a project that can demonstrate that sport can make a real difference to communities. We know that sport can transform lives and there are great examples out there, this is your chance to reward them.

Nominations will be accepted from anybody, for individuals, clubs, teams and schools with Cambridgeshire and Peterborough connections. Nomination forms can be downloaded below. You have until Friday 7 October to submit nominations.

Three shortlisted nominees in each category will receive 2 free tickets to the Awards Ceremony that will be held at the Burgess Hall, St Ives, on Thursday 10 November. Tickets will also be available to buy and will be on sale soon.

All winners will be forwarded to the BBC East Region Sports Awards. The last two winners of the County Sports Performer award; England Women’s Cricket Captain Charlotte Edwards and Huntingdon Gymnast and Commonwealth Games star Luke Folwell went on to win the regional award. Cambridgeshire and Peterborough have also produced the last two regional winners in the Young Community Volunteer of the Year, Paris-Rose Brixey and Matthew Newton both amassed 100’s of hours of volunteering in more than one sport to be the deserving winners of the award.

For more details contact Rebecca Gilbertson, LIVING SPORT Events Coordinator on 01487 849929 or rebecca.gilbertson@livingsport.co.uk

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Notes to Editors

For more information and interviews, including information on nominations already received connected to your area; please contact Rebecca Gilbertson, Events Co-ordinator, on 01487 849929 or rebecca.gilbertson@livingsport.co.uk

For information on the Awards Sponsors please visit their website or contact the sponsor:

Anglia Ruskin University - www.anglia.ac.uk Dan Gordon, Principle Lecture Sports Science and Exercise dan.gordon@anglia.ac.uk 0845 1962774

COACHING :HQ - http://www.livingsport.co.uk/get-involved/coaching Helen Clarke helen.clarke@livingsport.co.uk 01487 849922

Barracudas Activity Day Camps www.barracudas.co.uk Neil Greatorex neil@barracudas.co.uk 0845 1235299

LIVING SPORT is the County Sports Partnership for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. It is one of 49 in the country, promoting and encouraging sports and physical activity at all levels across all age groups. We want more people to take part in sport and physical activity and LIVING SPORT’s vision is “active, healthy, successful communities where everyone can play, achieve and enjoy”.  Our aim is to work with a wide range of individuals and organisations involved in sport, bringing them together to form one powerful single voice for sport in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.

As part of our role as a champion for sport in the county, LIVING SPORT organises the Annual Sports Awards to celebrate local sporting achievement by sports people, clubs, schools, coaches and volunteers. 

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