Awards

Awards

Sport Guildford Awards 2010

Sport Guildford the sports council that represents sport in Guildford works hard to raise the profile of sport and help to promote opportunity, develop best practise and engage with the local community. Sport Guildford is made up of volunteers who represent clubs, education and business in the area One of the events that Sport Guildford runs annually is their Sport Guildford Awards which highlight achievements through sport in Guildford. The event took place on Friday 9 July at the Duke of Edinburgh Theatre in front of a capacity audience. The night started with an introduction from Sport Guildford Chairman Mike Clark welcoming all to the event. He went on to introduce the compere for the night Chad Murren from Guildford City Cricket Club. He introduced the special guest on the night Anne Milton MP. Richard McVittie Sports Development Officer gave in introduction to the Surrey Youth Games and informed the crowd how Guildford got on in the competition. He also summarised the grants handed out to clubs and individuals around the borough which added up to a total of £25,000. The main focus of the night was the 11 award categories covering a spectrum of disciplines these were:

Guildford Spectrum Junior Individual 10-17 years

Nominees					Winner
Anthony Cast		Speed Skating	Anthony Cast
Marcus Street                  	Bowls
Tate Barber                     	Basketball
Jessica McCabe                	Athletics
Murray Hampshire 		Sailing
Helen Clark                      	Speed Skating
Aydin Djemal		Speed Skating

Surrey Sports Park Senior Individual 18 years and over

Nominees					Winner 
Malcolm Rees                   	Archery		Rachel Cawthorn 
Ben Wallis                       	Athletics
Nicholas Bradley		Badminton
Rachel Cawthorn		Sprint Kayaking

Sport Guildford Junior Sports Team 10-17 years

Nominees					Winner
Guildford City U11 Boys Football Club		Guildford City U11 
Surrey Youth Games Mixed Rugby		Boys Football Club
Surrey Youth Games Swimming
Surrey Youth Games Senior Girls Football

Allianz Senior Sports Team 18 years and over

Nominees					Winner
Surrey Storm Netball			              Surrey Storm Netball
Guildford HEAT Basketball
Burpham Football Club

Surrey County Playing Fields Junior Volunteer 10-17 years

Nominees					Winner
Sophie Davies		Rugby		Toby Corning
Toby Corning                   	Cricket
Mariam El Baghaady          	Athletics

The Rotary Senior Volunteer 18 years and over

Nominees                                            		Winner
Dawn Davies                    	Football                  	John Noble
John Noble                     	Rowing
Geoff Molloy                    	Cricket

Comzign Computers Inclusive Sports Achievement

Nominees                                                              	Winner
Guildford Saint MLD Football Squad                           Guildford Saint MLD
Stella Hancock Driving School		               Football Squad

Surrey Youth Games Boccia
Surrey Youth Games Disability Badminton

Mid Surrey SSP School Sports Achievement

Nominees                                                               	 Winner
Guildford County School     Basketball             	Guildford County
Rubens King                     Swimming              
Harriet Preedy                   Athletics
Miles Chapman                 Dance

SAS Guildford Community Award

Nominees					Winner
Guildford HEAT                 Basketball                       	Linda Cairns
Linda Cairns                     Clandon Park Run
Guildford City Youth P        Cricket

Guildford Borough Council Sports Development Coaches Award

Nominees                                                       	Winner
Julie Blair                         Football                          	Roger Underwood 
Su Goode                        Athletics
Deb Geaves                     Badminton
Roger Underwood              Rugby

The Lamont Outstanding Contribution to Sport

Hazel Childs                     Guildford and Godalming Athletics Club

Mike Clark, Chair for Sport Guildford added “This generous funding from Guildford borough Council for both individuals and clubs is most welcome and in the case of clubs helps to ensure that they can continue their support and development of young athletes.” Rachel Cawthorn went on to win the Senior Individual for the 2^nd year in a row with an impressive season on the European circuit. Gavin Baker from Surrey Sports Park the sponsor of the awards commented“It is a complete privilege for the Surrey Sports Park to be involved in the Sport Guildford Awards helping to highlight talent such a Rachel. Surrey Storm have had a great season with excellent performances throughout the year. Guildford Saints have works very hard in conjunction with the Surrey FA to establish a Pan Disability Club and Dawn Davies and her team art the club continue to promote and develop this for more young people to access. Linda Cairns is an ambassador for sport in Guildford with the time and dediocation she puts into her work voluntarily in the area. She is a true inspiration to volunteers. The awards were a huge success and were a great platform to launch the new Sport Guildford website which has been developed by Sport Guildford as a ‘one stop shop’ for sport in Guildford.