2009 Awards
Lucky for some….!
1 superstitious, auspicious date
550 guests
48 finalists
15 amazing winners!
It’s an auspicious date for sport in Sussex. For once Friday 13th brought lots of luck for the 15 deserving winners of the Active Sussex Awards 2009!
Held in the Oxford Suite at the Hilton Brighton Metropole from 7:00pm, the evening was hosted by Derek Redmond, one of GB’s greatest 400m runners ever. Our World Gold Medalist Master of Ceremonies was probably one of the most unlucky yet determined athletes ever, when famously during the Barcelona Olympics his hamstring snapped during the semi-finals. Derek, who was a medal favorite, struggled to his feet and hobbled the remaining 250m with his father in a scene that has become one of the most enduring in modern Olympic history.
All of the Active Sussex Award finalists have shown huge passion and commitment to their game making their hard work and talent count for more than just luck! To help the finalists on their way to the winning crown, the sell-out awards had lucky mascots from around the county - Gully from Brighton & Hove Albion; Sid the Shark from Sussex County Cricket Club; Howie the Hornet from Horsham FC to name a few. The fabulous LEGAT cheerleading and dance troupe entertained guests at their four course gala dinner with complimentary wine from Barefoot, part of the Gallo vineyards.
Active Sussex, who organise the awards, received a record breaking number of nominations this year with the standard being extremely high.
Sadie Mason, Director of Active Sussex said: “We continue to see the positive advancement of sport and active recreation in the county producing excellent achievement and results. This is reflected in tonight’s commendable winners and the clubs receiving the quality standard, Clubmark. Active Sussex proud to bring the Active Sussex Awards to the county and we look forward to developing the evening with greater passion and celebration in the run up to London 2012. I’d like to wish all the winners a huge well done and congratulations! Keep up the fantastic work you do for the county!”
The 2009 categories were:
- SkillsActive Coach of the Year - aged over 21
- University of Brighton Young Coach of the Year - aged between 16-21
- Sussex County FA Volunteer of the Year - aged over 21
- Sport England Young Volunteer of the Year - aged 16-21
- Midnight Communications Unsung Hero Award - aged over 21
- Blue Reach Response Innovation in Sport (Education)
- Rix & Kay Solicitors LLP Club of the Year
- Sussex Life Team of the Year - for team members aged over 21
- Juice FM Young Team of the Year - for team members aged under 21
- Wave Leisure Active & Healthy Workplace Initiative
- MKK Sports Active Sussex Professional of the Year - aged over 18
- West Sussex-Ahead of the Game Disabled Sports Personality of the Year
- University of Chichester Young Sports Personality of the Year - aged under 21
- Freedom Leisure Sports Personality of the Year - aged over 21
- The Argus Lifetime Achievement Award
Everybody’s Talking about it!!
Click here and listen to Saturday Sports Show Presenter Tony Marks from Juice FM talking about the 2009 Active Sussexs Awards 2009 live on air!
The 2009 Photos…
Check out the images on Flickr and feel free to leave a comment!
Photo: (Back to front, left to right) Danielle Collins, Abi Hill, Rachel Land, Geraldine Bloomfield, Sally Harper, Lucy McCrickard, Jo Irving, Donna Imrie, Gemma Finlay, Sadie Mason, Michelle Collier, Stephanie Mizon
Testimonials
“The Active Sussexs Awards 2009 was a fantastic evening and it was a huge honour to win the Young Sports Personality of the year Award for the second year running. Thanks so much to everyone involved ”
Emily Llewellyn, Winner of the University of the Chichester Young Sports Personality of the Year
“The Active Sussex Awards on Friday evening was an absolutely magnificent event and you should all be extremely proud of yourselves…I was truly in awe of the scale and quality of the entire event. As a sponsor, the service SkillsActive received from all staff was top notch all the way. Our CEO was very impressed and I will not let him forget that he asked Steph where we needed to sign up for next year! Our guests had a great time and it was a privilege to have our company name associated with the event.” Sponsor of Coach of the Year - SkillsActive
The 2009 Sponsors are:
For more information about the event please contact Stephanie Mizon on 01273 644153 or email smizon@brighton.ac.uk
