North Lincolnshire Leisure and Culture Awards 2011
The North Lincolnshire Council Leisure and Culture Awards take place every year to recognize and reward the outstanding achievements volunteers have made. This year they took place on Thursday 10th March at Ancholme Leisure Centre in Brigg.
Cllr Christine O’Sullivan presented the sports award with these awarded to people and groups who have made contributions and/or major achievements in the sports, arts or community.
The event also featured the Street Sport initiative coordinated by North Lincolnshire Council. These are a range of sport and play activities held on evenings at a range of community settings across the region. A Promotional DVD was played at the event and Rhys Popplewell a street sport coordinator gave a short presentation about his experiences with the initiative and how street sport gave him a new focus on life which will enable him to begin a career as a sports coach.
The first award of the night, which was the Young Male Sports Achiever of the Year, went to Jack Critchley. Jack, a Water Ski Jumper, has won various awards and is also the 2nd best Jumper in the U14 category in Europe. He also currently holds the UK record for distance in the U14 Category, when he jumped a distance of 41.6m.
Other Winners included Jack Marshall, who won the Young Disabled Sports Achiever award. Jack, who suffers from Moebius Syndrome, a rare condition that affects many things in his body. Yet he has managed to raise thousands of pounds for many different charities, through his guts and determination.
The winner of the Coach of the Year award is Jason Mullard. Jason, who manages Park Tigers U11’s Football team, led his team from Division 3 to Division 1, as well as winning the Cup in 2010 and the Caparo League in 2008 and 2009. Jason also created a U13’s Girls team, who finished 3rd in the League in their first year and are currently winning their division.
The winner of the Lifetime Achievement award is Bill Turner. He has completed 70 years of service to association football in many capacities, including Player, Referee and secretary, where at one point he was secretary of The Police County Competition as well as secretary of the Scunthorpe and District League, and secretary of the Lincolnshire Football League, where he is now the President. This award is clearly thoroughly deserved.
The winner of the Sports Club of the Year is Lincsquad, who have successfully put on 3 Sports events in the area. They are now the most well known Triathlon club in the region, and have also introduced all abilities and ages to their club.
■Here is the List of other Winners-
■Young Female Sports Achiever of the Year- Molly Grayson
■Disabled Sports Achiever of the year (over 18) – Alan Rayment
■Junior Team of the Year- Broughton Ravers U11 Girls Football Team
■Senior Team of the Year- Scunthorpe United Over 50’s Football Club
■Male Sports Community Volunteer of the Year- John Escreet
■Female Sports Community Volunteer of the Year- Gail Brady
■Young Disabled Volunteer of the Year
■Winners: Tom Benbow and Matthew Slator
■Young Sports Volunteer of the Year- Joe Rhoades
Videos have been recorded for the event and available on our YouTube channel HumberSport
Here are videos for the Lifetime Achiever & Talented Young Performers