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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. 

Follow the awards on Instagram @SportBrighton  

#UoBSA24

 


 

coming up

 

18.30 | Guests arrive & drinks reception

19.05 | Event welcome

19.15 | Starters served

19.45 | Purples & Competition winners

20.15 | Mains Served

21.00 | Guest

21.10 | Awards

21.20 | Dessert Served

21.50 | Final Awards

EVENT CLOSE | AFTER PARTY

 

Timings approximate

 


 

the nominees

 

PHILANTHROPY AWARD

 

Cheerleading

Dance Brighton

Men's Football Brighton

Men's Rugby Union

 

 

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

 

Cameron Vaziri | Campus Football League

Hope Danniells | Cheerleading

Max Roberts | Korfball

Sade Orija | Basketball

 

 

COACH OF THE YEAR 

 

Georgia Teague | American Football

Mark Shutt | Men's Football

Mort Bandar | Men's Volleyball

Rico Shergill | Badminton

 

 

TEAM OF THE YEAR (BUCS)

SPONSORED BY

SPIRIT OF SUSSEX BUSES 

 

American Football

Men's Football 1

Netball 1

 

 

TEAM OF THE YEAR (EVENTS)

 

Dance Brighton

Polo

Ski and Snow

 

 

SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR

 

Ben Hickling | Weightlifting

Ikjot Thind | Cricket

Herculas Pretorious | American Football

Shawn Mangoba | Dance

 

 

PANTHERS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

SPONSORED BY THE #NEVEROK 

OVERSIGHT GROUP 

 

Alana Frawley | Polo

Elise Allberry | Dance Brighton

Megan Hendrie | Wopmen's Cricket

Sade Orija | Women's Basketball

 

 

CLUB OF THE YEAR:

SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

 

Badminton

Cheerleading

Dance Brighton

Women's Rugby Union

 

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. 


 

previous winners

 

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

 

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

 

EVENTS TEAM OF THE YEAR

Dance (Jazz) - 2022 | Dance (Street) - 2023 | Polo - 2024

 

SPORTS PERSON OF THE YEAR

Will Smith (Karate) - 2022 | Eryk Wisniewski - 2023 | Herculas Pretorious - 2024

 

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

 

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) 2019Lauren Scott (Cheer) 2020 | Matt Davis (Volleyball) 2022 | Sam Wagland (Dodgeball) 2023 | Sade Orija (Basketball) 2024

 

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

 

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

 

PANTHERS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Riana Morrison-Kirnon (Dance) 2022 | Emily Pert (Basketball) 2023 | Megan Hendrie (Cricket) 2024

 

HALF PURPLES

Mike Peters- Athletics lRobert Danskin- Gymnastics Duncan Sharpe- Gymnastics l Paula Hardy- Basketball Jo Cox - Hockey l Claire Twinn- Hockey Caroline Day- Gymnastics Anne Marie McEvoy- VolleyballNaomi Poletyllo- Football l Felicity De Mauny- Football Alison Read- Football James Tovey- Football Adam Haniver- Boxing l Natasha Garland - Lacrosse Sophie Dymock- Lacrosse David Vangasse- Judo Matt Bibby- Cricket Anna Hinks- Gymnastics Josie Grainger- Gymnastics l Jilly Hendy- Rugby Katie Graham- Rugby l Graham Morris- Football l Libby Cumming- Netball Claire Holden- Gymnastics Sarah Parkin - Rugby Emma Welch- Lacrosse Lucy Welch- Lacrosse l Katie Drew- Hockey l Jessica Barrett- Hockey Sally Brimacomb- Tae Kwon Do Charlotte Harris- Tae Kwon DolSarah Clarke- Cricket Oliver Massegliua- Jitsu Gerard Dogan- Gaelic Football l Dave McMorrow- Gaelic Football l Seamus McDonnell- Gaelic Football l Brian McManus- Gaelic Football Dave Beggs- Gaelic Football l Dave Morgan- Football Dave Souter- Football Nick Hobbs- Cricket James West- American Football l Sarah Tibble- Netball Sophie Hansell- Netball Fiona Breach- Lacrosse l Ragheb Aga- Cricket Alena Tilkova- Jitsu Julie Hunt- Swimming Amy Cavangh- Trampolining Leonie Whittmann- Jitsu Sophie Perry- Football Phoebe Hurrell- Rugby Gemma White- Equestrian Graham Lester- Hockey Zoe Patel- Jitsu Nathan Bullens- Hockey lJenny Andersson-Ski & Snowboard l Afsheen Panjalizadeh- Boxing l Jaclyn Butler- Trampolining Charmaine Sala- Gymnastics Daniel Keeley- Lacrosse Lee Eddens- Lacrosse Scott Andrews- Football l Panikos Oritis- Football l Nick Blackwell-LacrosselOlivia Morris- Lacrosse l Lee Davidson-Football Nik Rhodes- Football Ben Western-Lacrosse l Alex Stokoe-Lacrosse Nabeel Chaudhry- Lacrosse l Daisy Gardner- Cricket Takaki Yamagishi- Boxing Laurence Curtis- Handball Max Wicks- Boxing l Lee Jenkins- Boxing Tom Waldron- Lacrosse Molly Miller- Lacrosse Thomas-Jamieson Edwards- Lacrosse 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  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 Paul Hooks- Tae Kwon Do l Isobel Howard- Rugby l Grant Harrison- Football Jimmy Elford- Football Josie Grainger- Gymnastics l Laura Herson- Lacrosse Alison Read- Football Orla Holt- Tae Kwon Do l Sarah Clarke- Cricket l Becky Nash- Netball l Natasha Garland- Lacrosse 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 Charlotte Eastwell- Hockey l Jamie Campbell- Jitsu  l Alena Tiklova- Jitsu  l Kelly Barnes- Boxing Katie Khosla- Gymnastics Rosanna Snee- Gymnastics Daniel Stepney- Athletics l Todd Leckie- Triathlon l Robyn Morris-Lacrosse  l Sophie Perry-Football  Lizzie Edwards-Football Jake Towse-Boxing  l Alex Campana-Futsal  l Sam Murphy- Futsall Sol Pattni- Muaythai  David Coleman- Discus/ Bobsleigh l Emeka Ezenwoye- American Football 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 Elise Lovell- Athletics Joey Watson- Athletics 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- WeightliftingGraihagh Guille - Shooting | Herculas Pretorious - American Football

 


 

Thank yous

Sport Brighton wish to thank the following people and organisations for their kind support:

Professor Debra Humphris - Vice Chancellor, UoB

Stephen Dudderidge - Registrar and Secretary, UoB

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

University of Brighton Alumni Association

Spirit of Sussex Buses