Immediate release Friday 15 th November Living Sport Sports Awards winners announced Talented sportsmen and women, coaches, volunteers, organisations and clubs from across the county were celebrated yesterday evening at the prestigious Living Sport Sports Awards attended by over 230 people. Awards were presented to 10 individuals and organisations in recognition of their sporting successes and dedication to grassroots sport in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough. Winners this year include Rob Huff, British Racing Car Driver and 2012 FIA World Touring Car Champion who was awarded the coveted Sports Performer of the Year sponsored by Magenta Coaching Solutions. Lauren Steadman, Para Triathlete and Paralympian, was recognised with the award for Sports Performer with a Disability sponsored by Anglia Ruskin University for her successful switch to triathlon from swimming, achieving a gold medal in the 2013 ETU Paratriathlon European Championships. The evening provided an important focal point for community sport and other winners on the night included Tony Fagelman Head Coach at Cambridge Cangaroos Trampolining Club, winner of Coach of the Year,
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Immediate release Friday 15th November
Living Sport Sports Awards winners announced
Talented sportsmen and women, coaches, volunteers, organisations and clubs from across
the county were celebrated yesterday evening at the prestigious Living Sport Sports Awards
attended by over 230 people. Awards were presented to 10 individuals and organisations in
recognition of their sporting successes and dedication to grassroots sport in Cambridgeshire
and Peterborough.
Winners this year include Rob Huff, British Racing Car Driver and 2012 FIA World Touring
Car Champion who was awarded the coveted Sports Performer of the Year sponsored by
Magenta Coaching Solutions. Lauren Steadman, Para Triathlete and Paralympian, was
recognised with the award for Sports Performer with a Disability sponsored by Anglia Ruskin
University for her successful switch to triathlon from swimming, achieving a gold medal in
the 2013 ETU Paratriathlon European Championships.
The evening provided an important focal point for community sport and other winners on the
night included Tony Fagelman Head Coach at Cambridge Cangaroos Trampolining Club,
winner of Coach of the Year, sponsored by Stagecoach for his role in the growth of his club
and its’ members. Sharyn Bord Cambridge Diving Club Coach received the prestigious
Services to Sport award for dedication to diving, sponsored by Living Sport and Harston and
Newton Primary School were recognised as School of the Year not only for the success of
their sporting teams but also for the varied and numerous sporting activities available to their
pupils.
A full list of award recipients is available at http://www.livingsport.co.uk/our-projects/living-
Simon Fairhall, Chief Executive of LIVING SPORT said, ‘The evening was a fantastic
celebration of community sport and it was great to see so many individuals involved in sport
from the entire county come together to recognise the achievements of our winners. I’d
particularly like to thank all of the sponsors for their support in helping us deliver another
memorable awards ceremony this year’.
The 8th LIVING SPORT Awards Ceremony took place at Burgess Hall, St Ives on the
evening of 14th November 2013.
**ENDS**
Editors Notes:
LIVING SPORT is the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Sports Partnership, a charity established in 2007.
LIVING SPORT is part of the County Sports Partnerships Network, one of 49 County Sports Partnerships (CSP’s) across England, formed to raise the profile, and engagement, of sport with local strategic partnerships, and to increase community participation in sport.
For more information on the LIVING SPORT Sports Awards contact Carla Brown on 01487 849926 or by emailing [email protected].
Award Categories and Winners for 2013
Award Name Winner
Sports Performer of the Year 2013Sponsored by Magenta Coaching Solutions
Rob HuffBritish Racing Car Driver World Touring Car Championships
Sports Performer with a Disability of the Year 2013Sponsored by Anglia Ruskin University
Lauren SteadmanPara Triathlon - Paralympian
Young Sports Performer of the Year 2013Sponsored by Cambridge Commodities
Georgina SchwieningCambridge Tri Club/Cambridge and Coleridge Athletics Club
Young Community Volunteer of the Year 2013Sponsored by Alconbury Weald
Samuel CarringtonFootball
Coach of the Year 2013Sponsored by Stagecoach
Tony FagelmanCambridge Cangaroos Trampolining Club
Team of the Year 2013Sponsored by Ruddocks Anglia Ruskin University Judo Team
Club of the Year 2013Sponsored by Oaks Consultancy Cambridge Triathlon Club
Services to Sport 2013Sponsored by Living Sport
Sharyn BordCambridge Diving Club
MATTHEW WARN Power of Sport You Can Bike Too
School of the Year 2013Sponsored by Core Cambridge Harston & Newton Primary School