Coventry City 0-1 Race Walking

Last updated : 10 October 2008 By Kev Monks at the Ricoh Arena
The fourth Coventry,Solihull and Warwickshire Sports Awards were held tonight in the Eon Lounge at the Ricoh Arena.

Hosted by Lorna Bailey from BBC Coventry & Warwickshire, who were one of the sponsors of the event, and attended by over three hundred sportsmen and women from Coventry,Warwickshire and Solihull, there were fifteen categories of the awards run by Coventry University.

I was nominated in the category for Media Reporter Of The Year which unsurprisingly went to the BBC's Geoff Foster for a third time.

The rest of the winners were

Young Sportswoman
Shelley Went
Nominated Charlotte Graham & Maddison Jordan

Young Sportsman
Jamie Blundell
Nominated Daniel Berney & Daniel Sulway

Junior School Team Of The Year
Kinghurst City Technical College
Nominated Rugby Satellite U14's Netball team & Binbrook U13 Football Team

Primary School Award
Coleshill Heath
Nominated Julie Emmerson & Radford School,Coventry

Secondary School Award
Holly Scott
Nominated Stuart Davoile & Arden Primary School

Higher/Further Education Award
Danielle Stewart
Nominated James Goss and Oliver Mulcahy & Brendan Price

Community Coach
Debbie Hone (Netball)
Nominated Paul Thompson & Stuart Botterill

Community Sports Award
Positive Futures
Nominated Southam Gymnastics

Sports Volunteer
David Boot (Solihull Water Polo)
Nominated Richard Allen & Geoff Lines

Media Reporter Of The Year
Geoff Foster
Nominated Kev Monks & Matt Bozeat







Disabled Sports Woman
Fleur O'Donohoe
Nominated Iris Bingham

Disabled Sports Man
Andrew Bryant
Nominated Sam Ingram & Oliver Manoucherie

Professional Coach
Paul Thompson (Coventry Blaze)


Nominated Jimmy Ginnelly (Atherstone Town FC) & Gerry McManus (Coventry Jets)

Team Of The Year
Khalsa Hockey Club
Nominated Coventry Blaze Ice Hockey Club & Atherstone Town FC

Sports Woman Of The Year
Naomi Folkard (Archery)
Nominated Kelly Sibley & Vicky Barr

Sports Man Of The Year
Adam Calder (Coventry Blaze)


Nominated Steve Williams & Nick Skelton

Lifetime Achievement
Jon Wall
Nominated Malcolm Garrett & Nick Skelton

Sporting Occasion
European Cup of Race Walking in Leamington
Nominated Coventry City's 2-0 win over Manchester United and Coventry Blaze's Elite League winning game.

Pictures Courtesy Of Pete Chambers