Junior Sports Achievement Awards
The Junior Sports Achievement Awards is an annual event that is
organised by Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and the Tunbridge
Wells School Sports Partnership with trophies and medals for
winners in each of the eleven categories.
The 2008/2009 Junior Sports Achievement
Awards took place on Thursday 19 November 2009 at the
Royal Victoria Hall in Southborough.
Tunbridge Wells Junior Sports Achievement Awards
2008/2009
Results
The awards, which recognise those people who have contributed to
sport in some way, either through their own sporting success or
through their work assisting others involved in sport, are
sponsored by Fusion Lifestyle, King Charles' School Old Boys’
Association, Daisy Fletcher, Tunbridge Wells School Sports
Partnership and Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and Grays
International. Selected nominees also received training grants to
assist them with future competition and training expenses.
Representatives of the Tunbridge Wells Borough Council's Leisure
Services and Tunbridge Wells School Sports Partnership judged the
nominations which included participants from 14 different sports
including judo, netball, gymnastics, table tennis, 10 pin bolwing,
finswimming and cricket.
What the panel of judges considered
Consideration was given to a variety of factors:
- effort and improvement from September 2008 - September
2009
- attitude and disposition
- contribution to others and commitment towards the sport
- sporting 'role model'
- actual sporting achievement in 2008/2009
Fusion Lifestyle Individual Achiever Award
The Fusion Individual Sports Achiever Awards recognise
sporting excellence at school, club or other associated body,
whether at local, district, county, regional or national level.
12 years & under
Winner: Zoe Boulderstone, Judo
16 years & under
Winner: Lewis Gray, Table Tennis
21 years & under
Winner: Calum Gallie, Judo
Fusion Team of the Year Award
The team must compete at under 21 level or younger and be a club,
school or other recognised body that is based within the borough of
Tunbridge Wells. The team must have achieved sporting excellence in
their field.
Winner: Tunbridge Wells Cricket Club Under 9s
The Tunbridge Wells School Sports Partnership School
Awards
School team awards recognise the achievements of teams competing
at local, county, regional and national level. Schools must be a
member of the Tunbridge Wells School Sports Partnership.
Primary School Team Award:
Winners: Benenden Primary School Multi-sports
team
Secondary School Team Award:
Winners: Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School Under 14s Netball
Team
Special School Team Award:
Winners: Broomhill Bank Sportshall Athletics Team
Tunbridge Wells School Sports Partnership Sports Leader of the
Year Award
The Sports Leader of the Year Award recognises students in full
time education that have undertaken relevant leadership training.
They will be nominated for their commitment and skill in working
with young people in PE and sport on a voluntary basis.
Winner: Rosie Langley, Angley School
The Daisy Fletcher Award for Overcoming Adversity
Individuals nominated for this award are young sports performers
who have gained exceptional personal achievements in their chosen
sport or activity by overcoming their personal difficulties, which
may be a disability or home circumstances etc. The winner was
presented with the ‘Daisy Fletcher Shield’.
Winner: Claire Hollands, Athlete
Outstanding Service to Sport / School Sport Award
The recipients of the awards for Outstanding Service to Sport /
School Sport will have been nominated for their exceptional
effort and enthusiasm supporting young sports people in local clubs
and schools.
Winner of the Outstanding Serivce to School Sport: Marion
Jenkins, Sissinghurst Primary School
Winner of the Outstanding Service to Sport: Paul Gower,
Cranbrook Town Football Club
Training Grants
A number of training grants funded by Tunbridge Wells Borough
Council, Fusion Lifestyle, the King Charles’ School Old Boys’
Association were awarded to selected nominees who the judges
considered had achieved sporting excellence at club, county,
regional or national level or had attended Centres of Excellence
locally. The grants were awarded to help with training and
competition expenses in 2009/2010.
They were awarded to:
Zoe Boulderstone (Judo), Lewis Gray (Table Tennis), Rebecca Luke
(10 pin bowling), Lauren Sears (Trampolining), Ryan Court
(Judo), Beth Fraser (Finswimming), Amber Boulderstone (Judo),
Claire Hollands (Athletics), Calum Gallie (Judo).
If you would like further information please e-mail
sports@tunbridgewells.gov.uk
or telephone 01892 554201.
Supported by
- Tunbridge Wells School Sports Partnership
- Tunbridge Wells Borough Council
- Fusion Lifestyle
- King Charles' School Old Boys Association
- Grays International