Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Here come the judges

The judging panel for this year’s St Edmundsbury Sports Awards has been announced.

Neil Johnson, Partnership Development Manager for Bury St Edmunds School Sport Partnership; Neil Anthony, Head of Leisure Services for St Edmundsbury Borough Council; Nick Well, Sports Editor at the Bury Free Press; and Jacqui Phipps, Abbeycroft Leisure trustee.

The judging will take place after the nominations closing date of 31 August 2010 and the winners announced at a glittering ceremony at the Corn Exchange on Sunday 26 September.

Keep on nominating!

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Sponsors Announced

The sponsors of Abbeycroft Leisure's St Edmundsbury Sports Awards have been announced.

Companies in Bury St Edmunds have been very generous in supporting the 2010 awards and many have done so for a second or even third year.

The sponsors are:

The Sports Personality of the Year Award - Haldo Signs & Graphics
The Unsung Hero Award -Body and Mind Studio
The Lifetime Achievement Award - Towergate Risk Solutions
The Triumph Over Adversity Award - Buffs
The Coach of The Year Award - St Edmundsbury Borough Council
The Contribution to Disability Sport Award - Tesco Bury St Edmunds
The Young Community Volunteer of the Year Award - Baker Tilly
The Club of The Year Award - Unison
The Senior Team of the Year Award - Frames and Conservatories Direct
The Junior Team of the Year - West Suffolk College
The School of the Year Award - The Bury St Edmunds School Sport Partnership and The Suffolk West School Sport Partnership

The Young Sports Personality of the Year Award will be presented by the Bury Free Press/Haverhill Echo.

More news on the judging panel coming soon ...

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Barbara's Win Seeks to Inspire

Steeple Bumpstead triathlete Barbara Leverett won the St Edmundsbury Sports Personality of the Year Award at the St Edmundsbury Sports Awards last year. The award, sponsored in 2009 by Haldo Signs and Graphics, is presented to the sports person who has made great progress over time and has achieved a vast deal.

The St Edmundsbury Sports Personality of the Year Award is the third award she has won in the last year. Barbara went forward to the Suffolk Sports Awards in October and was a runner up. She was also a runner up in the Living Sport Award in Cambridge, just losing out to the England Cricket Captain Charlotte Edwards, who led the team to victory in the Ashes.

Barbara joins a prestigious number of St Edmundsbury Sports Award winners from the Haverhill area, including Haverhill Rugby Club junior section (Club), Samantha Milner (Young Sports Personality), Tom Cole (triumph over adversity), Alessia Thomas-Jackson (young sports personality), Steffi Biller (sports personality).

Barbara said: “These awards are extremely important as they focus on local sporting achievements and they seek to inspire other up-and-coming sports men and women in St Edmundsbury to strive for success both locally, nationally and internationally. I urge people in the Haverhill area to vote for their local sporting stars.”

Nominations for the 2010 St Edmundsbury Sports Awards Now Open


Welcome to the St Edmundsbury Sports Awards 2010 blog!

The awards are run each year by Abbeycroft Leisure to recognise outstanding sporting achievements made by sports men, women and juniors throughout the year and to celebrate the huge amount of work that takes place within sport in the borough of St Edmundsbury.



The award scheme, supported by the Bury Free Press and the Haverhill Echo, is open to all sports enthusiasts and volunteers who are affiliated to a club within St Edmundsbury, part of a school team in the Borough of St Edmundsbury or reside within St Edmundsbury Borough.

Awards are made for the Sports Personality of the Year, Young Sports Personality of the Year, Unsung Hero, Lifetime Achievement, Triumph Over Adversity, Coach of the Year and Contribution to Disability Sport.

A glittering awards ceremony for 300 guests will take place on Sunday 26 September 2010 at the brand new Apex in Bury St Edmunds to celebrate the successes of St Edmundsbury’s sporting stars.

Winners of the St Edmundsbury Sports Awards then go on to the Suffolk Sports Awards in October hosted by Suffolk Sport. If they are successful there they could be put forward for BBC East Sports Awards.

If you would like to nominate an individual or group then nominate online here or pick up a nomination form from Bury St Edmunds or Haverhill Leisure Centres, or from the Bury Free Press or Haverhill Echo offices. Closing date for nominations is 31 August.