Call for nominations for 2010 Sports Awards

 

Clubs and individuals across Staffordshire have been asked to nominate teams, players, athletes, coaches and supporters for the 11, prestigious 2010 npower Midlands Disability Sports Awards. Traditionally, the ceremony recognises and honours people of all ages and levels of ability and this year will be no different.

 

There will be trophies for the Male and Female Sports Personalities of the Year along with Coach, Team and School of the Year, plus the Sports Club of the Year, won in 2008 by the Special Olympics Stafford and presented to Clive Gibson by international footballer, Karen Carney.

 

Kevin Rodgers, community involvement executive for sponsors, npower, is keen for as many nominations as possible from Staffordshire to be considered, saying, "In 2008 the Sports Club of the Year award went to Special Olympics Stafford and top swimmer, Anita Linton from Stoke-on-Trent, was one of the finalists in the Female Sports Personality of the Year Award. I hope we shall be hearing from people nominating some of the counties existing and up-and-coming sporting stars over the next month or so."

 

The 2010 ceremony will be at Aston Villa Football Club, Birmingham on Thursday, 25 March, with ITV's London Tonight presenter, Matt Teale, hosting the ceremony. Finalists, three from each of the 11 award categories, will be rubbing shoulders with a host of celebrity guests and leading lights in the sporting world.

 

Around 300 guests will be attending the event, organised by the English Federation of Disability Sports. Dennis Hodgkins, regional development manager at the EFDS, wants to encourage people to get nominating, as he explains: "The nomination form can be downloaded from www.efds.co.uk and the deadline for submission is Friday, February 5, 2010. Finalists will be announced in early March. 

 

Footballer, Karen Carney, presents Clive Gibson of the Special Olympics Stafford

with the 2008 Sports Club of the Year Award

 

For further information please contact Yvonne Rush on 0121 436 5935 or email yvonne.rush@blueyonder.co.uk