WELCOME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON SPORTS AWARDS
Sport Brighton extends you a warm welcome to the University of Brighton Sports Awards. Since 1998 the event has presented awards to hundreds of University of Brighton athletes. This year will see a new group of students being recognised for making their mark on the university’s sporting landscape. While some of these athletes will push themselves to new levels of achievement in sport after their time at university, for others tonight may represent the high point of their sporting achievement.
Tonight we also recognise those students and members of the community who provide the opportunities for our athletes. Without volunteers, administrators, coaches and sponsors, our sports programme would not function at its current levels.
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#UoBSA26
19.00 | Guests arrive & drinks reception
19:35 | Event welcome & Awards Part 1
20.30 | Mains served
21.15 | Dessert Served
21.45 | Awards Part 2
EVENT CLOSE
Timings approximate
PANTHERS DEVELOPMENT AWARD
SPONSORED BY THE #NEVEROK
OVERSIGHT GROUP
Badminton
Gymnastics
Swimming
Table Tennis
PHILANTHROPY AWARD
SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
Flynn Petrie
Jeremy Garcia Pena – American Football
Maya Boothroyd – Women’s Football
Running
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Bella Chesson – Dance
George Gribben – Men’s Football
Jeremiah Coffey
BARRY SQUIRES PANTHERS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Amy Pitzey – Women’s Rugby
Kaselle Lee – Rugby
Meakaran Kandiah - Running
COACH OF THE YEAR
Darcie Gray - Netball
Kevin Lewis - Rugby
Mark Shutt - Football
SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Bex Pascoe – Women’s Rugby
Emilie O’Neil – Netball
Max Skelton – Table Tennis
TEAM OF THE YEAR (BUCS)
SPONSORED BY OUR OFFICIAL KIT SUPPLIER EV2
Hockey Open 1s
Men’s Football 1s
Netball 1s
Table Tennis
TEAM OF THE YEAR (EVENTS)
SPONSORED BY OUR OFFICIAL KIT SUPPLIER EV2
Ballet – Dance
Jazz – Dance
Midnight – Cheerleading
Swimming
CLUB OF THE YEAR:
Badminton
Dance
Netball
The awards committee have also selected a winner for the Outstanding Achievement Award. No shortlists are made for this category and winners will be announced on the night.
CLUB OF THE YEAR:
Circuit Training Club- 1998 | Ski Club- 1999 | Circuit Training Club- 2000 | Ski Club- 2001 | Tennis Club- 2002 | Ski Club- 2003 | Netball- 2004 | Netball- 2005 | Men’s Hockey- 2006 | Lacrosse- 2007 | Men’s Cricket- 2008 | Men’s Rugby-2009 | Boxing-2010 | Cheerleading-2011 | Motorsport- 2012 | Cheerleading- 2013 | Boxing- 2014 | Ski & Snowboard- 2015 | Netball- 2016 | Dance- 2017 | Dance- 2018 | Boxing - 2019 | Panthers Cheer - 2020 | Volleyball - 2022 | Netball - 2023 | Dance - 2024 | Netball - 2025
BUCS TEAM OF THE YEAR
Men’s Basketball- 1998 | Women’s Football- 2000 | Netball- 2001 | Women’s Football- 2002 | Women’s Cricket- 2003 | Women’s Cricket- 2004 | Women’s Basketball- 2005 | Women’s Football- 2006 | Women’s Football- 2007 | Women’s Cricket- 2008 | Women’s Football-2009 | Men’s Lacrosse- 2010 | Men’s Rugby- 2011 | Men’s Futsal1st- 2012 | Men’s Futsal 1st- 2013 | American Football- 2014 | Golf- 2015 | Equestrian- 2016 | Women’s Futsal- 2017 | American Football- 2018 | Men’s Rugby - 2019 | Men’s Basketball - 2020 | Women’s Futsal - 2022 | Men's Hockey - 2023 | American Football 2024 | Women's Football - 2025
EVENTS TEAM OF THE YEAR
Dance (Jazz) - 2022 | Dance (Street) - 2023 | Polo - 2024 | Cheerleading - 2025
SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR
Will Smith (Karate) - 2022 | Eryk Wisniewski - 2023 | Herculas Pretorious - 2024 | Tilley Edwards - 2025
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jo Poore (Women’s Rugby) 2000 | Rosemary Okocha (Netball) 2001 | Phil Hunt (Tae Kwon Do) 2002 | Simon Funnell (Women’s Cricket) 2003 | Simon Funnell (Women’s Cricket) 2004 | Flo Pietzsch (Hockey) 2005 | Simon Hewings (Jitsu) 2006 | James McDonnald (Men’s Rugby) 2007 | Simon Funnell (Women’s Cricket) 2008 | Daniel Bennett (Men’s Rugby) 2009 | Abi Hill (Women’s Basketball) 2010 | Adam Haniver (Boxing) 2011 | Nicky Swift (Trampolining) 2012 | Adam Haniver (Boxing) 2013 | Tanya Woodward (Badminton) 2014 | Daniel Hamilton (Football) 2015 | Jane Dallaway (Basketball) 2016 | Toby Clarke (Korfball) 2017 | Harry Coates (Rugby) 2018 | Matt Jones (Football) 2019 | Martin Catterick (Basketball) 2020 | Abi Martin (Rugby) 2022 | Stacey Boxall 2023 | Mark Shutt 2024 | Dan Reilly 2025
SPORTS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR
Ben Waller (Swimming) 1998 | Dominic Males (Ski Club) 2001 | Rory Scott (Table Tennis) 2002 | Roy Deas (Windsurfing) 2003 | Sophie Hansell (Netball) 2004 | Nicky Whibley (Basketball) 2005 | Charlotte Poile (Equestrian) 2006 | Jon Howard & Liam Brown (Lacrosse) 2007 | Daniel Keeley & Hannah Gregson (Lacrosse) 2008 | Georgina Bloomfield (Lacrosse) 2009 | Sophie Riley (Lacrosse) 2010 | Andre Van Der Water (Rugby Union) 2011 | Liam Plumridge (Futsal) 2012 | Cat Lee (Women’s Hockey) 2013 | James Wragg (Ski & Snowboard) 2014 | Rhys Dudley (Rugby Union) 2015 | Calvin Molloy (Ski & Snowboard) 2016 | Dominic Smith (Rugby League) 2017 | Alex Bottoms (Ski and Snow) 2018 | Oliver Kirkpatrick (Waves Cheer) 2019 | Tianna Patel (Cheer) 2020
VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Peter Meldrum (Men’s Cricket) 2008 | Vikki Keeping (Women’s Football) 2009 | Callum Stott (Men’s Rugby) 2010 | Daisy Gardner (Women’s Cricket) 2011 | Jen Atkins (Badminton, Hockey and Cricket) 2012 | Martin Rake (Women’s Basketball) 2013 | Chris Denny (American Football) 2014 | Jessica Foster (Lacrosse) 2015 | Mel Furguson (Netball) 2016 | Theone Coleman (American Football) 2017 | Will Pollard (Rugby) 2018 | McKenzie Howell (Netball) 2019 | Lauren Scott (Cheer) 2020 | Matt Davis (Volleyball) 2022 | Sam Wagland (Dodgeball) 2023 | Sade Orija (Basketball) 2024 | Harry Shelton-Smith (Cricket) 2025
MOST OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT
Men’s Cricket 2005 | Equestrian 2006 | Men’s Football 2007 | Golf 2008 | Women’s Lacrosse 2009 | Men’s Rugby 2010 | Boxing 2011 | Men’s Futsal Eastbourne 2012 | David Coleman (Discus/ Bobsleigh) 2013 | Lee Jenkins (Boxing) 2014 | Robert Wagner (Snowsports) 2015 | Paul Lefebvre (Lacrosse) 2016 | Luke Sandys-Renton (Polo) 2018 | Joey Watson (Athletics) 2019 | George Mills (Athletics) 2020 | Ben Hickling (Weightlifting) 2022 | Jane Dallaway (Women's Basketball) 2023 | Kai Mirza (PPSN) 2025
PHILANTHROPY AWARD
Men’s Rugby- 2014 | Men’s Rugby- 2015 | Ski & Snowboard- 2016 | Cheerleading- 2017 | Surf- 2018 | Waves Cheer - 2019 | Netball - 2020 | Martin Catterick - 2022 | Owen Jones - 2023 | Men's Rugby 2024 | Sean Mangan 2025
PANTHERS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Riana Morrison-Kirnon (Dance) 2022 | Emily Pert (Basketball) 2023 | Megan Hendrie (Cricket) 2024 | Katie Hossick (Cricket) 2025
HALF PURPLES
Mike Peters- Athletics lRobert Danskin- Gymnastics l Duncan Sharpe- Gymnastics l Paula Hardy- Basketball l Jo Cox - Hockey l Claire Twinn- Hockey l Caroline Day- Gymnastics l Anne Marie McEvoy- Volleyballl Naomi Poletyllo- Football l Felicity De Mauny- Football l Alison Read- Football l James Tovey- Football l Adam Haniver- Boxing l Natasha Garland - Lacrosse l Sophie Dymock- Lacrosse l David Vangasse- Judo l Matt Bibby- Cricket l Anna Hinks- Gymnastics l Josie Grainger- Gymnastics l Jilly Hendy- Rugby l Katie Graham- Rugby l Graham Morris- Football l Libby Cumming- Netball l Claire Holden- Gymnastics l Sarah Parkin - Rugby l Emma Welch- Lacrosse l Lucy Welch- Lacrosse l Katie Drew- Hockey l Jessica Barrett- Hockey l Sally Brimacomb- Tae Kwon Do l Charlotte Harris- Tae Kwon DolSarah Clarke- Cricket l Oliver Massegliua- Jitsu l Gerard Dogan- Gaelic Football l Dave McMorrow- Gaelic Football l Seamus McDonnell- Gaelic Football l Brian McManus- Gaelic Football l Dave Beggs- Gaelic Football l Dave Morgan- Football l Dave Souter- Football l Nick Hobbs- Cricket l James West- American Football l Sarah Tibble- Netball l Sophie Hansell- Netball l Fiona Breach- Lacrosse l Ragheb Aga- Cricket l Alena Tilkova- Jitsu l Julie Hunt- Swimming l Amy Cavangh- Trampolining l Leonie Whittmann- Jitsu l Sophie Perry- Football l Phoebe Hurrell- Rugby l Gemma White- Equestrian l Graham Lester- Hockey l Zoe Patel- Jitsu l Nathan Bullens- Hockey lJenny Andersson-Ski & Snowboard l Afsheen Panjalizadeh- Boxing l Jaclyn Butler- Trampolining l Charmaine Sala- Gymnastics l Daniel Keeley- Lacrosse l Lee Eddens- Lacrosse l Scott Andrews- Football l Panikos Oritis- Football l Nick Blackwell-LacrosselOlivia Morris- Lacrosse l Lee Davidson-Football l Nik Rhodes- Football l Ben Western-Lacrosse l Alex Stokoe-Lacrosse l Nabeel Chaudhry- Lacrosse l Daisy Gardner- Cricket l Takaki Yamagishi- Boxing l Laurence Curtis- Handball l Max Wicks- Boxing l Lee Jenkins- Boxing l Tom Waldron- Lacrosse l Molly Miller- Lacrosse l Thomas-Jamieson Edwards- Lacrosse l Harry Armitage- Lacrosse | Huw Roberts- Rugby League | Jack Kennedy- Rugby League
FULL PURPLES
Ceri Griffiths- Judo l Louise Bevan- Hockey l Jo Nutter- Hockey l Vanessa Calafat-Wescott- Basketball l Emma O’Donnell- Netball l Charmaine Johnson- Athletics l Prince Salif N’Diaye- Basketball l Marco Nescovic- Basketball l Tina Lee- Football l Kees Jager- Hockey l Jo Poore- RugbylRosemary Okocha- Netball l Sher Khanagha- Cricket l Naomi Poletyllo- Cricket l Paul Hooks- Tae Kwon Do l Isobel Howard- Rugby l Grant Harrison- Football l Jimmy Elford- Football l Josie Grainger- Gymnastics l Laura Herson- Lacrosse l Alison Read- Football l Orla Holt- Tae Kwon Do l Sarah Clarke- Cricket l Becky Nash- Netball l Natasha Garland- Lacrosse l Emma Welch- Lacrosse l Lucy Welch- Lacrosse l Andrew Pike- Hockey l Caroline Ingarfield- Lacrosse l Sean Howson- Football l Olivier Masseglia- Jitsu l Josh Elliot- Ski and Snowboard l Tom Flux- Ski and Snowboard l Tom Sargant- Rowing l Jo Lupton- Lacrosse l Ragheb Aga- Cricket l David Soutar- Football l Caroline Collie- Football l Stephanie Gagne- Rugby l Lena Keothavong- Tennis l Jet Van Zalen- Hockey l Charlotte Eastwell- Hockey l Jamie Campbell- Jitsu l Alena Tiklova- Jitsu l Kelly Barnes- Boxing l Katie Khosla- Gymnastics l Rosanna Snee- Gymnastics l Daniel Stepney- Athletics l Todd Leckie- Triathlon l Robyn Morris-Lacrosse l Sophie Perry-Football l Lizzie Edwards-Football l Jake Towse-Boxing l Alex Campana-Futsal l Sam Murphy- Futsall Sol Pattni- Muaythai l David Coleman- Discus/ Bobsleigh l Emeka Ezenwoye- American Football l Robert Wagner-Snowsports l Charlotte Evans MBE- Snowsports l Elliot Canning- Ultimate Frisbee l Jack Galloway- Pool l Alberto Rossi- Ultimate Frisbee l Jess Folwell- Equestrian l Paul Lefebvre- Lacrosse l Phillipa Waterman- Lacrosse l Elise Lovell- Athletics l Joey Watson- Athletics l Jess Gordon Brown- Judo l Holly Turner- Athletics l Tegan Walsh- Karate | Jenny Rowlinson- Equestrian | Abi Jaques- Trampoline | Beth Giddings- Hockey | George Turner- Athletics | Matt Wood-Boxing | Jake Walker- Jiu Jitsu | Harriet Dodd- Cycling | Blair Hamilton- Football | Will Smith- Karate | Ben Hickling- Weightlifting | Graihagh Guille - Shooting | Herculas Pretorious - American Football
Sport Brighton wish to thank the following people and organisations for their kind support:
Donna Whitehead - Vice Chancellor, UoB and the University Executive Board
Sarah Lambert - Director of Student Operations & Support, UoB
All at the Students’ Union
British Universities & Colleges Sport Staff
All Sport Brighton Coaches
National Governing Body Partners
The University Estates Department
Our Academic Schools
University of Brighton Alumni Association
