Nominate community sports volunteers for the Rugby Sports Awards

Now is the chance to recognise the achievements of the people supporting grassroots sports in the area
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Nominations have opened for the Rugby Sports Awards - giving residents until February 25 to honour the dedication of volunteers who supported grassroots sport in the borough through 2021.

Categories include coach of the year, club of the year, and sportsman and sportswoman of the year.

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Awards also recognise the role of volunteers in the borough's sporting community, with an Unsung Hero Volunteer Award and a Young Volunteer of the Year Award, while another award pays tribute to primary schools in the borough which promote sport through a programme of extracurricular activities.

And a Lifetime Achievement Award honours an individual who has dedicated years of service to a sport, club or organisation.

The Rugby Sports Awards take place at the Benn Hall on Wednesday April 6.

Nomination forms and full award criteria can be found on the council's website: www.rugby.gov.uk/sportsawardsNominations close on Friday February 25.

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Cllr Howard Roberts, Rugby Borough Council portfolio holder for leisure and wellbeing, said the Rugby Sports Awards were an opportunity to celebrate the vital role sport and physical activity played during the challenges of the Covid-19 restrictions.

"Organising and participating in sporting activities often proved difficult during the pandemic restrictions but grassroots sport in the borough has managed to thrive thanks to the hard work and dedication of so many," Cllr Roberts added.

"The Rugby Sports Awards give us an opportunity to both celebrate sporting success and the people who help make that success possible, and we're looking forward to bringing the borough's sporting community together at the awards ceremony in the spring."