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Welcome to Ards Borough Sports Development Committee Website 2009 Sports Awards Launched Ards Borough Sports Development Committee launched their 2009 Sports awards this week. The Awards Ceremony will be held on Friday 19th February 2010. For the third year running Castlebawn Ltd will be the major Sponsor. Ards Borough Council Sports Development Officer Emma Hingston welcomed the continuing support of Castlebawn Ltd. and all of the other sponsors who sponsor the individual categories of award winners.
At the end of last week the Ards Borough Sports Development Committee announced the Guest Speaker for February’s 2009 Sports Awards Presentation Ceremony. This year the star role at the glittering Awards Ceremony will be local-bred British and Irish Motocross star Gordon Crockard. Gordon, who was born in Bangor but lived from an early age in Newtownards, has been one of the true characters of British and Irish motocross in the past decade, and his presence at the Awards Ceremony will greatly add to the occasion. Gordon William James Crockard has been British Champion on three occasions and has represented Ireland 13 times. “We are delighted to have finalised plans to have Gordon Crockard as our Personality Speaker when we hand out the 2009 Awards in February,” stressed Committee Chairman Leslie Busby, when the announcement was made last week. The Awards Presentation is due to take place in the Queen’s Hall on Friday 19th February 2010 with the deadline for the submission of nominations remaining as Friday 15th January No nominations will be accepted after 4.00pm on that date. Emma Hingston, Ards Borough Sports Development Officer, has confirmed that the Committee will again be offering nine categories, and has signified that Nomination Sheets are currently available for all groupings. The nine categories are :- 1. Sports Person of the Year 2. Sports Team of the Year 3. Young Sports Person of the Year (under 12yrs) 4. Young Sports Person of the Year (under 18yrs) 5. Under 12s Junior Team of the Year 6. Under 18s Junior Team of the Year 7. Sports Administrator of the Year 8. Sports Coach of the Year 9. Lifetime Award Nomination Forms and further details can be obtained by contacting - Sports Development Unit C/O Ards Borough Council, 2 Church Street Newtownards BT23 4AP Click here to download Nomination Criteria for 2009 Click here to download Application Form for 2009
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