The annual HASSRA North West Award took place at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, near Accrington on Friday 12th March 2010. Read below to find out more about this years categories and winners.
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HASSRA NW is fortunate in having many outstanding sportsmen and women in its ranks, several of whom are regional and national champions. As ever it was a close call. The winner of sportsman of the year has retained the HASSRA inter-association crown green bowls singles title and went through the entire year undefeated in the team event. Congratulations go to Derek Ainsworth of Kirby JCP.
The winner won both the regional ladies single and mixed doubles tennis titles this year and was a member of the National HASSRA team winning the national CSSC team ladies doubles and mixed doubles. Congratulations go to Jane Rimmer of Birkenhead CMEC.
This trophy is awarded to the Club offering the widest range of activities and events during the year
As ever, there were several strong contenders this year and the awards committee had a difficult task in deciding the winner. Birkenhead CMEC are to be highly commended for their efforts this year. They were however beaten by a fantastic effort from the winning club, who provided a superb range of sporting, cultural and social activities this year. Congratulations to our worthy winner Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale club.
This is presented to the club that has raised the most money for Charity in 2009
Highly commended clubs this year are Burnley Pension Centre, Burnley & Pendle & Rossendale, Chorlton BDC, Bolton BDC, Liverpool ICE, Warrington Pension Centre, Preston BDC and Bootle HSE. The winning club raised over an amazing £14, 000 for a number of deserving charities smashing their winning total last year of £9,000. It organised a wide range of events and collections and deserves our congratulations. This year’s winner is Birkenhead CMEC. Thanks for your superb achievement this year.
The award is to recognise the club that has raised the most amount of money for charity per HASSRA member
The winner this year had 79 members, which can prove difficult when organising charity events. However they successfully raised £3122.58 for various charities, which is a commendable £39.53 per HASSRA member. Warm congratulations go to this year’s winner Liverpool ICE.
This trophy is awarded to the event organiser or team manager who has been the most successful in organising and running a HASSRA competition in 2009.
This year’s winner has been involved in their chosen sport of darts for some years and is a HASSRA stalwart. He helped organise and run the National Darts competition in October for which we received many favourable comments. He also organised the regional darts competition as well as serving on both the HASSRA NW and Burnley committees. Warm congratulations to Nigel Jones of Burnley BDC.
This trophy is awarded to the club that produces the best newsletter for their members.
There were several excellent nominations this year and the awards committee were most impressed by the effort which had obviously gone into these publications. Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale club’s newsletter was informative and well constructed and is to be highly commended. However it was just pipped by the winning newsletter, which was informative, professionally laid out and easy to read. Congratulations to the winning club Bootle HSE and keep up the good work.
These awards are presented annually to those members who have made a major contribution to HASSRA North West at a local or regional level. All winners are thanked for their commitment and support of HASSRA activities in their offices.
The winners in alphabetical order are:
This award is made to the club with the best record of participation in HASSRA North West regional competitions.
The winning club have been involved in a wide variety of regional activities throughout 2009. These range from badminton to rounders and from football to a sports quiz. Thank you for your support of HASSRA North West competitions.
This year’s winners are Burnley, Pendle and Rosendale club.
This trophy is awarded in recognition of a manager’ significant contribution to supporting staff and members in achieving HASSRA’s goals.
The winner provides ongoing support and encouragement to his local HASSRA club and takes a genuine interest in their activities. Thanks and congratulations to Phil Royle of Chorlton BDC.
This trophy is presented to the member who is judged to have contributed most to HASSRA in a voluntary capacity.
The winner is a great asset to North West football and organises the regional 11 a side competitions and manages the regional team. He is our own Fabio Capello! Thanks and congratulations to Jess Beech of Birkenhead CMEC.
Thank you to all those members who have worked tirelessly for HASSRA North West this past year. Thanks also to the regional organisers, committee and team managers who continue to drive us forward.
