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Wigan Borough Sports Awards
WIGAN and Leigh’s unsung heroes of sport
were duly honoured at this year’s annual Borough Sports Awards.
Coaches, teams and sports clubs gathered at the JJB Stadium on Friday
6th February for the ninth annual award ceremony. Special guest speaker
was 400m runner and silver medallist at the 4x400m relay in the Atlanta
games Mark Richardson.
He said: “These winners tonight are an inspiration. When I first started
out I went to a local club and said ‘I want to win an Olympic medal’ and
the coach there just looked at me and said ‘that’s a worthy ambition
let’s see what we can do’. “Winning silver in Atlanta was a wonderful
feeling and it all started for me at local level. It’s the feeder system
to national and international success. Everyone’s success starts here at
grass roots.”
The annual ceremony, organised by Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust's
(WLCT) Sports Development Unit, recognises the hard work and dedication
put in by competitors, coaches and sports clubs from all over the Wigan
Borough during the past year. A staggering 108 nominations were received
with 320 people attending the ceremony.
The 9th Annual Wigan Borough Sports Awards was sponsored by JJB Sports,
as well as individual award sponsors Wigan Borough Sports Council, Wigan
Athletic Football Club, Wigan Disability Sports Forum, Optimum Sport,
Wish FM, Ferryman Blue Graphic Design, Greater Manchester and Wigan
Police and the School Sports Partnership. Each of the winners received a
personalised t-shirt from ADM Direct as a memento of the night.
The 2008 Wigan Borough Sports Awards Winners were:
Club of the Year
Tyldesley Swimming and Water Polo Club
Coach of the Year
Roy Wood – Aspull Wrestling Club
Disabled Sports Achiever
Hazel Johnson – Bryn Badminton Club
Sports Achiever
Winner - Jenny Meadows
Unsung Hero
John Charlson – Atherton Cricket Club
Volunteer of the Year
Nicky Slack – Aspull Wrestling Club
Team of the Year
Standish Community High School Year 7 Rugby League Team
The Martin Lynn Special Contribution to School Sport Award
Jim Keating – St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School |
Sports Achiever: Jenny Meadows
Unsung Hero: John Charlson
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