THE winners of the 2007 Weekly News backed Conwy Borough Sports Awards were
announced by Olympic bronze medal swimmer Steve Parry at a spectacular presentation evening at Venue Cymru last night.
Steve Parry was in great form and proved a big hit with the invited audience of around 400.
If you were at the awards we would welcome you comments on the night.
The award winners were:
Senior Sportsman of Year: Adventure racer Chris Near from Dwygyfylchi,
was a member of the first team from Great Britain to win a major
international adventure race in the six-day Saab Solomon Mountain Racing the French
Alps, consisting of mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, rock
climbing and abseiling as well as running. He was also a winner in the
two-day Swiss Mountain Marathon at Interlaken.

Senior Sportswoman of Year: Johara Sykes Davies from Llandudno who is
British Ladies Professional Kite Surfing champion at the first attempt.

Junior Sportsman of Year: Squash player Jordan Davies from Llanrwst is
ranked number 8 in Europe at Under-15 level and is the Welsh Open and
Closed Champion.

Junior Sportswoman of Year: Emily Whitlock from Colwyn Bay helped England
Under-15s squash team win Gold at the European Team Championships and earlier this year moved to Number one in the European Under-13
rankings.

Senior Team of the Year: Llandudno Multi Disability Football Team are UK
champions after completing a league and Cup double in the North West Ability Counts
League and then travelling to London for the national finals and beating
Ipswich Town 4-0, Tottenham Hotspur 8-1, Leicester City 4-0 and Brighton
3-0 in the final.

Junior Team of the Year: Colwyn Bay Under-15s hockey team, North Wales
champions and runners-up in the Welsh Championships where they were the
only mixed team (boys and girls) competing at this level.

Most Improved Sportsperson: Disabled field athlete Rebecca Chin from
Deganwy won gold at the UK School Games with a throw that ranks her sixth
in the world - only a year after taking up throwing events.

Special Achievement Award: Nine-year-old Dylan Davies from Conwy, who has
hemiplegia, swam a mile non-stop in Colwyn Leisure Centre pool in a time
of 2hrs 5mins to raise £500 for charity.

Community Health Challenge Award: Llandudno Amateur Boxing Club, who have
helped promote self discipline, self
respect and physical fitness, as well as developing a team ethos and self
confidence.

Conwy Schools Team Award: Ysgol John Bright girl tag rugby team reached
the national finals at the Millennium Stadium.

Volunteer Coach of the Year: Angie Board from Old Colwyn, swimming coach
with Conwy Whales Disabled Swimming Club.

Services to Sport Award: Howie Roberts of Llandudno who has given 45 years
service to Llandudno Rugby Club and was instrumental in securing lottery
funding of £125,000 to improve facilities at the club.

Full report and pictures in next Thursday's Weekly News.

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