VOTE FOR YOUR EK HEROES
Nominations are open for the East Kilbride Sports Personality of the Year Awards and the search is on to find the town’s top amateur sports stars from 2016.
East Kilbride Sports Council, who are celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, will hosts the awards evening on Saturday, May 6.
And News readers are being invited to put forward their outstanding performers from the past year.
The awards ceremony will be held at the Village Theatre and the quest to find who will follow in the footsteps of last year’s adult winners, Whitemoss Amateur Athletic Club’s Emma Canning and cyclist Kyle Johnston, is well underway.
The past 12 months have witnessed some great moments for East Kilbride athletes, with success for the town’s cricket, hockey and football clubs.
EK Sports Council are looking for performers who have had great sporting success during 2016 at national or international championships or who represented Scotland or Great Britain.
They also want to hear about local teams who had a top year of achievement during 2016.
The awards are only open to amateur sportsmen and women who live in East Kilbride and the surrounding area. This year’s award categories are: ● Adult sports personality of the year; ● Junior male sports personality of the year (under 18 on January 1, 2016); ●Junior female sports personality of the year (under 18 on January 1, 2016); ●Junior male individual of the year (under 12 on January 1, 2016); ●Junior female individual of the year (under 12 on January 1, 2016) ●Veteran of the year (50 and over).
In the team categories there are awards for club of the year, senior team of the year, junior team of the year (under 18 on January 1, 2016), coach of the year and administrator of the year. There is also a services to sport award.
Anyone can make a nomination simply by filling out the nomination form and sending it to Jim Ballantyne, EK Sports Council, John Wright Sports Centre, Calderwood Road, East Kilbride, G74 3EU.
Alternatively you can email eksportscouncil@gmx.com, giving the details requested on the coupon.
The closing date for nominations is Wednesday, March 15.