We are pleased to bring you the winners of the Hinckley and Bosworth Local Sports Alliance Sports Awards 2009. The Awards Presentation evening took place on 11 February 2010 at Hinckley Leisure Centre, where Leicester Tigers and England Rugby star George Chuter was kind enough to present the awards.

Sport provides a fantastic opportunity for everyone to be healthy, develop their skills and reach their full potential, be that representing their country, playing for Leicester Tigers or running the Hinckley Town Centre 5 kilometres in a personal best time.

The Hinckley and Bosworth Local Sporting Alliance Awards acknowledge the clubs that make this happen, the individuals who are constantly aiming for their personal best, the volunteers who are the lifeblood of community sport in the borough and the people who are changing their lives and other peoples lives through sport.

A full list of the award winners is given below:

• Young Volunteer of the Year Michaela Sippitt (swimming)
• Adult Volunteer of the Year Rod Raynor (sailing)
• Unsung Hero Dave Masser/Linda Whitelegg/ (running) and Ken Dagley (football ref)
• Lifetime Achievement  Bernard Timson (walking)
• Making a Difference Award Jim Houghton (sport in Desford) 
• Sportsman of the Year Sam Padbury (rowing)
• Sportswoman of the Year Emily Scaratt (rugby)
• Disabled Sportsman of the Year Thomas Smith (football)
• Disabled Sportswoman of the Year Zara Jurenco (tennis)
• Club of the Year Hinckley Tennis Club
• Junior Sportsman of the Year Jamie Thorpe (swimming)
• Junior Sportswoman of the Year Sophie Smith (swimming)
• Veteran Sportsman of the Year Geoff Oliver (running)
• Veteran Sportswoman of the Year Nicki Nealon (running) 
• ACTIVE Lifestyle Award Pearl Frearson
• Health Referral Award  Denise Page/Peter Humphrey

Photographs of the awards ceremony are also available in the files below.