Our 11th Annual Presentation Evening recently took place at The Pavilion Suite at Chester Racecourse where almost 300 guests enjoyed celebrating the achievements across Cheshire.
This year, we were delighted to welcome Fed Cup Captain and former UK Number One, Anne Keothavong, who answered questions and gave us a wonderful insight into her career as both a player and a captain. We were very grateful to Anne who was inspirational, chatting to our younger players and having photographs with them all through the evening, surely an occasion that will stay with them.
Players, coaches, volunteers and organisers were recognised for their dedication to the sport – it’s lovely watching a surprised winner collecting a salver and shows how much the awards mean. A highlight of the evening is always the Salute to the Champions which brings together all of the Champions of the Cheshire County Championships for the year. We saluted 36 champions with ages spanning over 75 years which just goes to show that tennis really is a sport for life!
Cheshire winners of the LTA Award categories will now go through to the Regional Finals and hopefully onto the National Finals. We wish our winners the very best of luck!
Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up and to those who were nominated.
Pictures from the night can be found here.
The full list of awards and winners is:-
Young Person of the Year | Max Green |
Fair Play Award | Werner Zimmerman |
Team of the Year | 10U Boys’ and 10U Girls’ CheshireCounty Cup Teams |
Competition Award | Cheshire Junior Championships |
Community Award | Livewire’s Great Sankey Neighbourhood Hub |
Education Award | University of Chester Tennis Club |
Disability Award | LUSU |
Official of the Year | David Paterson |
Performance Coach | Amanda Twigg |
Performance Player | Sue Winters |
Development Coach | Phil Spencer |
Club of the Year | Hoole LTC |
Volunteer of the Year | Susan Millar |
Dick Fontes Trophy | Rhona Cook |
Tennis for Life | Ashley Rogers |
Unsung Hero | Annie Doyle and Karen Munro |
Lifetime Achievement | Gwen Newman and Derek Waterfield |