Previous winners

2008 Sports Awards

Essex & Suffolk Water Sports Personality of the Year

• Winner: Alex O'Connell – Fencing – Brentwood
• Highly Recommended: Daniel Bently – Boccia – Great Dunmow
• Highly Recommended: Chloe Rogers – Hockey – Great Dunmow
• Highly Recommended: Lisa Wooding – Hockey – Great Dunmow

Essex Works Young Sports Personality of the Year

• Winner: Abigail Ryan – Netball – Brentwood
• Highly Recommended: Michael and Sarah Coward – Figure Skating – Chelmsford
• Highly Recommended: Gina Baldwin – Tae Kwon Do – Rochford

SEEVIC College Olympic Hopeful

• Winner: Edward Kearse – Archery – Colchester
• Highly Recommended: Mark Hunt – Athletics – Harlow
• Highly Recommended: Adam Couldry – Triathlon – Loughton

Essex County Council Paralympic Hopeful

• Winner: Jo Jo Cranfield – Swimming – Westcliff on Sea
• Highly Recommended: James Hollis – Swimming – Theydon Bois
• Highly Recommended: Therese Hunt – Boccia – Chlemsford

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority Services to Sport

• Winner: Olive Megit – Athletics – Great Dunmow
• Highly Recommended: Geoff Keeble – Cycling – Colchester
• Highly Recommended: Patrica Tremain – Cricket – Benfleet

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority Young Community Volunteer

• Winner: Bevan Gatefield – Football – Chelmsford
• Highly Recommended: Ainne Foo – Trampolining – Harlow
• Highly Recommended: Vicky Brockbank – Athletics – Witham

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority School of the Year

• Winner: St Andrews Primary School – Halsted
• Highly Recommended: Davenant Foundation – Loughton
• Highly Recommended: Church Langley Community Primary School – Harlow

Wilson James Community Club of the Year

• Winner: Beacon Hill Rovers FC – Witham
• Highly Recommended: Brentwood Volleyball Club
• Highly Recommended: Southend Swifts Basketball

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority Coach of the Year

• Winner: David Paulus – Karate – Billericay
• Highly Recommended: Paul Kitchen – Trampolining – Brentwood
• Highly Recommended: Alex Morgan – Swimming – Loughton

Pad Creative Innovative Scheme of the Year

• Winner: Disability Golf Foundation
• Highly Recommended: Ruggerbugs
• Highly Recommended: RFU Community Leaders Course

2007 Sports Awards

Sports Personality of the Year – sponsored by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

• Winner: Saskia Clark from West Mersea Yacht Club near Colchester
• Highly Recommended: Gianni Frankis – Basildon Amateur Athletics Club
• Highly Recommended: David Smith – Colchester Rugby Club

Young Sports Personality of the Year – sponsored by DJS Recruitment

• Winner: Chloe Williams from Canvey Island Swimming Club
• Highly Recommended: Alex Dowsett – Great Britain Academy Cycling
• Highly Recommended: Roberto Pavoni – Brentwood Swimming Club

Olympic Hopeful – sponsored by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

• Winner: Gianni Frankis from Basildon Amateur Athletics Club
• Highly Recommended: Alex Dowsett – Great Britain Academy Cycling
• Highly Recommended: Roberto Pavoni – Brentwood Swimming Club

Paralympic Hopeful – sponsored by Essex County Council

• Winner: Jo-Jo Cranfield from Rochford & District Swimming Club
• Highly Recommended: Ryan Crouch – Ipswich Swimming Club
• Highly Recommended: Chloe Williams – Canvey Island Swimming Club

Gifted and Talented – sponsored by Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

• Winner: Lee Perry, Badminton player from Loughton
• Highly Recommended: Eloise Williamson – Beauchamp's High School
• Highly Recommended: Claire Capon – Beaschamp's High School

Unsung Hero (Volunteer) – sponsored by Pad Creative

• Winner: Julie Watts from Braintree BMX Club
• Highly Recommended: John Mansell – Essex Outlaws Wheelchair Basketball Club
• Highly Recommended: Graham Pearl – Southend Wheelers

Club/Team of the Year – sponsored by Baker Tilly

• Winner: South Woodham Ferrers Roller Speed Skating Club
• Highly Recommended: Brentwood Tampoline Club
• Highly Recommended: Earls Hall Junior School Football Team

Coach of the Year – sponsored by Seevic College

• Winner: Daniel Thomas from Riverside Ice & Leisure Centre, Chelmsford
• Highly Recommended: Mark Seaman – Braintree BMX Club
• Highly Recommended: Rob Hardy – Braintree Lawn Tennis Club

Innovative Scheme of the Year – sponsored by Wilson James

• Winner: shared between Colchester Rugby Club and Colchester Gladiators American Football Club
• Highly Recommended: RecoilTwisters Trampoline Club