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The 2011 Volunteer Award
winners have been decided after a distinguished panel met to judge
the impressive array of nominations across 12 categories.
This year’s panel were;
Sophie Tobin, Sport England Senior Volunteer Manager, Margaret
Nolan, Running Sports Partnership Development Manager, Dr Lisa
Allan, LOCOG Judo Manager and Rowena Birch, BJA Board of Director
who met with Elaine Down, BJA National Technical Officials Volunteer
Development Officer to judge this year’s nominations.
A new online application
process allowed for a significant increase of nominations throughout
the UK, it was extremely pleasing for the panel to see nominations
from every country in the UK and for the first time several from
Jersey.
National Technical Officials
Volunteer Development Officer Elaine Down said: “Each year that
I have been involved, it never ceases to amaze me the overwhelming
dedication and hard working volunteers we have in our sport. Each
one has a story to tell and some have had to overcome huge personal
hurdles along the way – but still they continue to volunteer their
free time to judo”.
"The panel agreed
their job would have been made so much easier if they could give
each nomination an award as they were all of a very high calibre.
By using the criteria of each category a decision was finally
made – but not before each application was scrutinised again and
again by the panel, as some of the decisions were so close”.
This year, the awards
evening is being held at St Georges Hall, Liverpool on Saturday,
1 October which is an impressive venue and of huge cultural appeal.
2011 Volunteer
Award Winners:
Club Coach of the Year: Don Werner, Pinewood Judo Club
Club of the Year: Northbrook
Kyu Shin Kai
Development - Participation
Coach of the Year: Thomas Foster, South Shields Judo Club
Performance – Development
Coach of the Year: Roger Downs, Tamar Judo Club
Make a Difference Award:
Laurie Rush, Rush Judo
Senior Official of the
Year: Elaine Parkinson, Steel City Judo Club
Senior Referee of the Year:
Alan Kimber, Plymouth Judo Club
Volunteer of the Year:
Wendy Cooke, Kookateki Judo Club
Young Official of the Year:
Ryan Gordon, Finsbury Judo Club
Young Referee of the Year:
Archi Shrimpton, Samurai Judo Club (Kidderminster)
Young Volunteer of the
Year: Zara Pearson, Portland Judo Club
Gold Award: Vicky Davis
Silver Award: Martin Rivers,
Kin Ryu Judo Club
Bronze Award: Laurence Kenyon, Kettering
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