Women’s BMX programme nominated for UK coaching award
APROGRAMME designed to get women into BMX has been announced as one of the finalists for this year’s UK Coaching Awards.
The showpiece event, seen as one of the most prestigious within the coaching community, will be held virtually on Thursday, December 3 to honour and reward the work of coaches across the UK. The annual awards ceremony aims to recognise the contribution coaches make in transforming lives in communities nationwide – especially poignant this year, against the backdrop of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
BMXercise has been nominated for the Coaching for an Active Life Award.
The programme was created by Access Sport to increase female representation in the sport of BMX. The fun, fitness-based sessions now take place in 21 locations across the UK, including in Lawrence Weston and Hillfields Park in Bristol.
Speaking about the programme’s award nomination, Aisha Lawal, Access Sport’s Club inclusion manager said: “We are delighted to be selected as a finalist at the 2020 UK Coaching Awards. BMXercise is a wonderful initiative that has helped many women gain the confidence to pick up a skill they may have never thought of taking up. We are continuously promoting sessions and look forward to encouraging more women to join the movement.”
UK Coaching’s Director of Coaching Emma Atkins, added: “The UK Coaching Awards is a true highlight of the year and although December’s event will look slightly different, it is more important than ever to recognise the outstanding contributions of coaches in communities across the country this year. Over three million people regularly coach across the UK and I’ve been blown away with how quickly coaches were able to adapt during the pandemic to continue meeting the needs of their participants, from grassroots to elite level.
“I would like to offer huge congratulations to the team behind BMXercise and all of those who have been nominated for awards. The standard of nominations this year was extraordinary, demonstrating the impact that great coaches have had this year. Thank you to all our coaches across the UK, and to our finalists. We are all looking forward to celebrating your achievements in December.”
Find out more about all of this year’s finalists and the announcements on booking virtual tickets by heading to ukcoaching.org/coachingawards.