Sports Awards

The cream of sporting achievement and service will once again be honoured this autumn with the fourth Eastern Daily Press Active Norfolk Sports Awards. We want you to tell us about your Norfolk sporting heroes, your sporting role models and your sporting inspirations - whether they are world champions or just the pride of your community. We want as many nominations as possible, from as many sports as possible, from athletics to water-skiing, and from bowls to yachting.

There will be a winner for each category, all of which will be announced at a special, invitation only, awards evening to be held at The Curve facility at the Forum in Norwich  on Wednesday, November 10. The award will also be made on the night to the winners of the Norfolk Village Games.

We want as many nominations as possible from as many sports as possible – from athletics to water skiing, from bowls to yachting.

AWARD CATEGORIES

Sports Personality of the Year

The category for the sporting champion, aimed at finding the people who have excelled in their chosen sport. This award celebrates the individual but it does not exclude those competing in a team sport. Nominees must be aged 19 or over on October 31, 2010.

Team of the Year

The category for the group of players who have united to form some of the best teams in the county. Finalists could be the world champions at their chosen sport or the youth side that has finally won its first game after numerous attempts trying.

Coach of the Year

The category for the person behind the team or individual. Too often in sport, the focus falls entirely on the sports star in the limelight and forgets the person who made it all possible. Nominees must hold a current recognised National Governing Body coaching qualification.

Young Sports Person of the Year

The category for the under-18s. As with the Sports Personality of the Year, this award celebrates the individual but it does not exclude those competing in a team sport. Nominees must be aged 18 or under on October 31, 2010.

Keith Peel Services to Sport Award

The category for the unsung hero. This could be the parent who washes that filthy kit week in, week out, the organiser of the competitions we all play in or the supporter who never misses a match even when it’s snowing – anyone who deserves a big pat on the back but rarely gets one.

Sports School of the Year

The category for the school that gives its pupils a wide range of opportunities to participate in high quality PE lessons and extra-curricular sport. Our children need to get healthier and so it is right that schools who aim to make this happen are rewarded.

Inspirational Sports Person of the Year

The category for that one person you truly admire and look up to. He or she could have beaten the odds to run the London Marathon or made it to the start line when no one believed it was possible.

Active Norfolk Winner of Winners

Our overall category where all winners are automatically shortlisted. Judges will consider the impact made by all of them in the Norfolk sporting community.

HOW TO ENTER

Email your nomination, along with the category, your name and detailed reasons for your nomination to nathalie.marshall@archant.co.uk or send it to Norfolk Sports Awards, Nathalie Marshall, Customer Services, Propsect House, Rouen Road, Norwich, NR1 1RE.

You can nominate as many times as you want in as many categories as you want and a panel of judges will decide the winners in all categories. Judges will make their decisions on achievements in the 12 months from November 1, 2009 to October 31, 2010.

CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE ONLINE

Closing date for entries is Sunday, October 31.

All individuals nominated must reside in Norfolk or be involved with a Norfolk sports club or organisation. All teams and schools nominated must be based in Norfolk. Winners of the awards may be nominated by Active Norfolk for regional or national awards where corresponding categories exist.