Medway Sports Awards recognise achievements of the past year
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Jake Frame, right, presented with the
Junior Sportsperson of the Year award by Steve Backley
by Matthew Panting
Medway's sporting finest were
honoured at the 2009 Medway Sports Awards on Friday evening.
An enjoyable evening saw 12 awards
handed out, recognising the achievement in the past year at all
levels of a variety of sports.
Up and coming water skiing star
Jake Frame won the coveted Junior Sportsperson of the Year award,
with Emily Evans taking silver and Victoria Loftus bronze.
The Sportsperson of the Year honour
went to golfer Matt Haines with Jason Plowman second ahead of
Daniel Groom.
Gillingham boss Mark Stimson was
named Coach of the Year and Martin Laws, of Jumpers Trampolining
Club, won the Lifetime Contribution Award. The Junior Club of the
Year, as voted for by readers of the Medway Messenger, was won by
Rainham Eagles Football Club.
The awards were handed out by
former javelin world record holder and three-time Olympic medal
winner Steve Backley, Gillingham player-of-the-year Simon King and
professional Medway boxer Tom Dallas.
The awards were held at the St
George’s Centre in Chatham and organised by Medway Council with
their key partners, the Medway Messenger and University of
Kent.
The major sponsors of the evening
were Greenacre School Sport Partnership and Hempstead Valley
Shopping Centre.
Monday, November 09 2009
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