The Belfast Media Group will honour a range of sporting individuals at the inaugural Belfast Sports Volunteer Awards on Thursday the 23rd of June 2011. The awards scheme is a mark of recognition for those individuals who give up their time voluntarily in support of their club, school, team or family member. Sport depends on volunteers for success, from coaches to managers to those who open the club on Saturday morning or who clean the kits. These Awards will recognise those who help support their sport and insure young people enjoy their games and fulfill their ambition.
From our readers’ nominations we will select forty volunteers and from this cream of the crop, six people will be recognised in these various categories:
1. Young Volunteer Award
This award will go to a young person, aged under 30, who shows outstanding dedication to their sport or club
2. Cross Community Sport Volunteer Award
We will recognise the person who has shown exceptional commitment to promoting sport on a cross-community basis
3. Volunteer Award in a Disability Sport
The winner of this award will be the person who has given endless effort in the promotion and development of disability sports
4. Volunteer Award in a Specialist Sport
Thousands of athletes compete at a wide range of diverse and sometimes very specialised sports disciplines such as athletics, martial arts kick boxing, and scores of other specialist sports.
5. LifeTime Achievement Award
For the individual who has given a lifetime of voluntary support to their sport or club
6. Volunteer of the Year Award
This award will recognise the individual who has achieved a spectacular result or reached new levels in the past 12 months.
