After an extremely successful two years since the Denbighshire’s Community Sport Awards were re-established, the Council is happy to announce that the Denbighshire Community Sport Awards 2014 are now open for nominations.
From the football World Cup in Brazil, to the Commonwealth games in Scotland there are lots of reasons to get excited about sport this summer. So why not recognise the efforts of volunteers, coaches, players, teams, schools and clubs here in Denbighshire for their selfless devotion to increasing the amount of people participating in sport locally – and to the whole-hearted dedication it takes to increase the quality of sport provision in the County so we can compete at the highest level possible.
Over the last two years Denbighshire has recognised over 20 individuals, teams, schools and clubs for their dedication to local community grass-root sport in Denbighshire. There are also elite level athletes representing Wales and Team GB in their chosen sport from Denbighshire, for which we have and will continue to recognise their achievements and success.
All of Denbighshire’s Community Sport Award finalists will be put forward for the newly formed Sport Wales and BBC Wales sport personality awards held in Cardiff, where we will be looking to continue the 100% success rate of 3 finalists and 3 national winners over the last 2 years.
Nominees must reside in Denbighshire, or be affiliated to a Denbighshire club relevant to their nomination and achieved their success in the last 12 months up to the application closing date which is Friday July 25 2014.
This year’s categories include Sports Performer, Junior Sports Performer, Coach of the Year, Team of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Disability Sport Award, Young Inspiration Award, Lifetime Achievement Award and the Sport in School Award. An individual or team will also be chosen from all the previous category winners for their outstanding achievements/contributions to sport and will represent Denbighshire for the next year as a Denbighshire Community Sport Ambassador 2013.
Jamie Groves, head of Communications, Marketing and Leisure, said: “The Denbighshire Community Sport Awards has helped recognise and share some amazing stories of achievement by individuals and teams from Denbighshire over the last couple of years.
“Each year there are new nominations from various sport clubs and schools throughout the county, and last year are panel had a hard job picking just three finalists for each category from over 180 separate nominations. This proves to us that the quality of sport in Denbighshire is very high, there are plenty of opportunities for people to return to playing sport or to try a new sport as a beginner too. This is all down to the unselfish army of volunteers within our community clubs, so lets recognise this and celebrate community sport in Denbighshire again this year!”
Denbighshire Leisure services are also looking for suitable organisations that would like to link to their brand to the Community Sport Awards as a category sponsor and a ‘sponsorship package’ can be sent for more information.
For more information on the awards and details on how to nominate or sponsor this year’s event please contact Matt Hilliker on 07798742290 or [email protected] or visit www.denbighshire.gov.uk/sportsawards
