2009 awards dinner
The Cheshire & Warrington Sports Partnership awards evening 2009 was held at the Queen Hotel Chester on Friday 13th November. Over 250 people attended the evening, with guests enjoying a drinks reception with entertainment provided by Wayne Devlin, a luxurious 4 course meal followed by a glittering awards ceremony hosted by Mitch Fenner, the voice of BBC athletics.
The evening inlcuded an inpsitationnal talk by Marc Woods, giving his journey from cancer victim to multiple gold medalist swimmer, who in his 17 years of competition he won a staggering 12 Paralympic medals from 5 Games, 4 of those medals being gold. Marc also won a further 21 medals from European and World Championships.
Guests were able to have their photograph taken with the Challenge Cup which was kindly loaned by one of our sponsors, Warrington Wolves Rugby Football League Club.
The nominee and winner for each of the 8 categories were as follows:
Club of the Year - Sponsored by Sonex Publishing
Nominees:
Warriors of Warrington Swimming Club
Deeside Ramblers
AFC Waverton
Knutsford Rugby Football Union Club
Crewe & Nantwich Gymnastics Club
Winner: Warriors of Warrington Swimming Club
Coach of the Year - Sponsored by the University of Chester
Nominees:
Richard Sinnott - Warrington Rowing Club
Kevin Bradbury - Macclesfield Boys Boxing Club
Mark Russell - Chongi Gym
John Clements - Helsby Bowls Club
Sue Garner - Chester Netball Club
Winner: Richard Sinnott - Warrington Rowing Club
Volunteer of the Year - Sponsored by Neil Allen Associates
Nominees:
Andrew Thomas - Crossfields Football Club
Marg Vickers - Crewe Football Club
Mike Leech - Newtown Football Club
Graham Frost - AFC Waverton
Corrina Thorley - Ellesemere Port & Neston Special Olympics
Winner: Corrina Thorley - Ellesmere Port & Neston Special Olympics
Young Volunteer of the Year - Sponsored by Cheshire & Warrington School Sport Consortium
Nominees:
William Clements - Warrington Disability Partnership
Jennifer Foden - Cheshire Academy
Zoe Perrera - Macclesfield SSP
Emma Jones - Chester School Sport Partnership
Joseph Rimmer - Northwich Multi Sport Club
Winner: Zoe Perrera - Macclesfield SSP
Disabled Sports Achiever - Sponsored by Visit Chester & Cheshire
Nominees:
Amy Bentley - Gymnastics
Gus Renshaw - Football
Adam Bloor - Football
Anna Jackson - Wheelchair Basketball
Samuel McGovern Scott - Football
Winner: Amy Bentley - Gymnastics
Special Recognition - sponsored by Fisher Audio Visual
Nominees:
Neville Jones - Warrington Athletics Club
Tony Bryning - Poynton Bowling Club
Joey Singleton - Crewe Amateur Boxing Club
Lindsay Huddart - Boughton Belles Netball Club
Colin Evans - Milbrook EPYC Junior Badminton Club
Winner:- Joey Singleton - Crewe Amateur Boxing Club
Young Sports Achiever of the Year - sponsored by Cheshire & Warrington School Sports Partnership Consortium
Nominees:
Jamie Hopwood - Boxing
Danielle Wallis - Athletics
Liam Clowes - Athletics
Stephanie Collier - Fencing
David Bain - Canoeing
Winner: Jamie Hopwood - Boxing
Photographs
Photographs of the evening can be found on Flickr:
