RUSHCLIFFE SPORTS AWARDS 2010 – THE WINNERS
Primary School Team of the year: Willow Brook Girls Football Team
The team won the Rushcliffe Championships for the first time in their history enabling them to compete at the Nottinghamshire Championships. They became county winners and represented Nottinghamshire at the Midland tournament. They unfortunately suffered their first defeatin their Midland final.
Secondary School/College Team of the Year: West Bridgford U19 Netball Team
County and Regional winners, the netball team represented the East Midlands at the National Schools
Championships. One of only a couple of state schools, the team put up a fantastic display and despite not reaching the final, have really put their school on the map.
Amateur Team of the Year: Boots Hockey Club (Boots Ladies first team)
Having secured promotion from Midlands Division Two in the 2008/09 season, Boots Ladies finished the following season as runners-up of the Midlands Division One Women’s League. This secured the team promotion to the Midlands Premier League – only one league below the national England Hockey League.
Dave Bullas Innovation Award: Boogie Break (Dayncourt and Toot Hill Schools)
The Boogie Break project has seen sport leaders from Toot Hill and Dayncourt come together to produce a Dance DVD resource. The DVD is aimed at supporting primary schools within the school sport partnership to deliver bursts of physical activity throughout the school day.
Junior Volunteer of the Year: Vicky Freer (Toot Hill)
Vicky has been a volunteer with Bingham Penguins Swimming Club for two years, supporting children with a disability. Vicky has been working with a young boy to develop his self-esteem and ability in the water. In addition to supporting juniors, Vicky also supports adults at the club and acts as a mentor for new volunteers. A highly-motivated and reliable leader, she supports a number of school based sports events at Toot Hill and is a real asset to staff members.
Volunteer of the Year: Bob Douglas
Bob Douglas started the junior section of West Bridgford Hockey Club in 1988, to feed off the success of Great Britain’s gold medal. Virtually every Sunday morning since then, through September to April, come rain or shine, Bob has gathered around him a mix of coaches, club members and parent helpers to introduce and teach hockey to 60+ boys and girls between the ages of 8 to 14. He has mentored two club members to get their Level 2 coaching awards and six to get their level 1s including, two under-18 members.
Coach of the Year: Ian Kime (Notts Gymnastic Club)
Ian is invaluable to the coaching team at the Notts Gymnastics club and has used his expertise in vault and bars to help to produce some great gymnasts. As volunteer treasurer, he also prepares the accounts, arranges all payments.
Club of the Year: Boots Hockey Club
Continuous hard work from volunteers has helped to ensure that Boots Hockey Club continued their success over the last year. The club has seen almost a 50% increase in memberships across all sections.
Junior Disabled Sportsperson of the Year: Andrew Zawadzki (Swimming)
Andrew broke the British and European record in the S14 (50m) backstroke at the British Learning Disability National Championships. At the DSE Junior National championships, he won seven gold medals.
Junior Sportsperson of the Year: Niamh Rippin (Gymnastics)
Niamh has become one of the best gymnasts in the country, being selected for Great Britain at the Paris Grand Prix and the European Championships.
Disabled Sportsperson of the Year: Andrew Banks (Swimming)
Andrew has achieved new PB’s and medals in most events. He swam well in Portugal last year when representing GB and came home with medals.
Sportsperson of the Year: James Reeves (Freestyle Kayaking)
James Reeves is one of the longest standing members of the GB Freestyle Kayaking Team. He holds the record for the greatest number of medals won at international championships.
