Mansfield Sports Recognition Awards
Mansfield Sports Recognition Awards – Monday 2nd December
This year’s Awards are being held on Monday 2nd December at the Civic Centre. We are delighted to tell you that Charlotte Henshaw, who won two gold medals in the Paris Paralympics, has confirmed she will be attending and consequently we will be able to add our congratulations to her on another successful Paralympics.
Do you know a person, a team or a club deserving recognition for their sporting achievements this past twelve months? Maybe a relative or a neighbour? If you are involved in sport in any way perhaps you are aware of an individual or a team or a club that ought to be considered? If so, please consider making a nomination.
The hunt is now on to find Mansfield’s next big sporting stars to follow in the footsteps of local sport heroes, Rebecca Adlington, Ollie Hynd, Sam Hynd, Charlotte Henshaw, Ben & Tom Birchall, Elliot Clogg, and the many others who have represented Mansfield nationally and internationally winning world titles and Commonwealth and Olympic medals.
The Armchair Club, with the support of More Leisure Community Trust and the News Journal is asking for nominations for this year’s Mansfield Sports Recognition Awards.
The deadline for nominations is 5.00pm on Friday 1st November – just 3 weeks away, so please submit your nominations asap.
The awards are intended to recognise and celebrate outstanding achievements by individual sports people, coaches, volunteers, teams, and clubs from our community between 1 October 2023 to 30 September 2024. Nominations are invited for ten categories:
- Junior team of the year
- Junior sportsperson of the year
- Junior Sports Leader of the year
- Junior disabled sportsperson of the year
- Club of the year
- Disabled sportsperson of the year
- Sportsperson of the year
- Coach of the year
- Team of the year
- Volunteer of the year (this also includes referees, officials, administrators etc.)
- Special Olympics – a new award this year, recognising those who participate in this category.
Further information and a nomination form to download are available here or by calling the Armchair Club on 07873 026009. Nominations for this year’s awards are only being accepted by e-mail with a scanned or photographed application form and must include a photograph of the nominee, and preferably a 30/45 second video of the nominee in sporting action. Postal applications are not being accepted.
Nominees must either live (or have lived) or pursue their sport within the District of Mansfield.