Sportsmatch Annual Awards
Annual Awards 2006
The 2006 Sportsmatch awards ceremony was supported by the England and Wales Cricket Board and took place at the Nursery Pavilion, Lord's Cricket Ground, on Thursday 9th November 2006.
Over 500 successful applicants, sponsors and guests of Sportsmatch attended the ceremony.
Richard Caborn, Minister for Sport, presented the trophies to winners of the five awards categories, whilst the two runners up in each category received a commemorative certificate.
Alan Burdon-Cooper, Chairman of the Sportsmatch Panel and David Collier, Chief Executive of the ECB, spoke at the ceremony, whilst Mike Reynolds, Director of Sportsmatch, conducted the proceedings.
- Sportsmatch Annual Awards Press Release (Adobe PDF file)
Winners in each category
Youth | Community | Schools | Disability | Overall winner
Youth
Winner: Tennis For Free
Sponsored by: American Express
Runner up: British Cycling Federation
Sponsored by: Tesco
Runner up: Rugby Football League
Sponsored by: United Co-operatives
Community
Winner: Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust
Sponsored by: Total UK
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Runner up: Dewsbury Rams RLFC
Sponsored by: Davies Cummings Management and Brian Dunn (Fivesport)
Runner up: Scarborough RUFC
Sponsored by: GA Pindar & Son
Schools
Winner: England and Wales Cricket Board
Sponsored by: Natwest
Runner up: University of Bath
Sponsored by: Roper Rhodes
Runner up: Plymouth Albion
Sponsored by: Metal Solutions
Disability
Winner: Federation of Disability Sports Organisations
Sponsored by: RWE npower
Runner up: English Federation of Disability Sport (West Midlands)
Sponsored by: RWE npower
Runner up: British Tennis Foundation
Sponsored by: NEC (UK)
Overall winner
Winner: Watford FC Community Sports and Education Trust
Sponsored by: Total UK
This year's reception also marked the last Annual Awards for Sportsmatch Director Mike Reynolds, who is retiring next year. David Collier of the ECB and Richard Caborn presented Mike with a signed print of the 2005 victorious Ashes team to thank him for all his hard work and tremendous achievements over the past nine years.