Bassetlaw District Council’s Sports Development Service and Retford Oaks Specialist Sports College are now receiving nominations for this year’s Bassetlaw Sports Awards.

As an added incentive, everybody submitting a nomination will automatically be entered into a prize draw to win £100.00 or £50.00 worth of vouchers for Ken Ward Sports in Worksop.

Last year, Mary Paton, Team Coach at Ryton Park won £100.00 for nominating Ryton Park Girls Football Team, winners of the Bassetlaw Champion of Champions football competition and the Nottinghamshire County Championships. After finishing runners up in the Midlands Championships Ryton Park qualified for the National Finals, where they eventual lost out to tournament winners, Suffolk County.

Mary Paton said: “This was an amazing season where the girls played 24 matches only losing twice. The best bit for me was that they were a joy and pleasure to coach and took everything in their stride.

Sonia Clark from the Bassetlaw PCT collected the £50.00 prize after sending in four different nominations in for the awards.

Portfolio Holder for Environment and Leisure, Councillor Julie Leigh said:

“The district’s sporting achievements should be a source of pride to us all. I was delighted to see Tesni Ward, one of last year’s winners break the Welsh Javelin record last month. By getting involved and submitting a nomination people can help us recognise the fantastic achievements of Bassetlaw Sports Men and Women.”

The deadline for applications is on Friday 4th November 2011, however, we would encourage everyone to get these forms into us as soon as possible, so don’t wait….nominate!

There are lots of categories to nominate in, To receive a form or for more information, please contact Bassetlaw District Council’s Sports Development service on 01909 534523 or email sports.development@bassetlaw.gov.uk.