Around 22 people from Lincoln and the surrounding villages have made the shortlist for the Lincolnshire Sports Awards 2012.
The annual event is organised by Lincolnshire Sports Partnership and recognises sports people in the county.
The winners of each category are announced at a special awards ceremony on November 8 at the Epic Centre in the Lincolnshire Showground.
This year’s shortlist includes local Olympians such as hockey player Georgie Twigg, and charity organisations like Off The Bench, local sport clubs and education facilities like the University of Lincoln.
Marc Rhodes, Events Officer at Lincolnshire Sports Partnership, said: “The number of nominations this year was fantastic and I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to nominate someone for an award.
“We are delighted with the shortlist which truly represents some of the best sporting talent Lincolnshire has to offer.
“The number of shortlisted candidates from the Lincoln area is fantastic. The panel were delighted to shortlist them and I look forward to meeting them, and the other candidates, on the evening.”
The nominees
HE/FE Games at the University of Lincoln has been shortlisted for the Contribution to Physical Activity Award
Off the Bench, Lincolnshire Netball and the University of Lincoln Students’ Union have all been shortlisted for County Sports Organisation of the Year
Adam Evans from the University of Lincoln, and Sharon Sivakumaran from Cherry Willingham Community School have been shortlisted for Sports Educator of the Year
Vic Newman, from Bracebridge Heath Cricket Club, and Anne Bolton, from Lincolnshire Cricket Leagues, have been shortlisted for Sports Volunteer of the Year
Lincolnites swept the Coach of the Year award with Navaz Sutton (Volleyball), Stuart Turner (Cricket) and Rose Townsend (Trampolining) all shortlisted
Lincoln Cannons Volleyball Club and Lincoln Roses Hockey Club have been shortlisted for Sports Club of the Year
Diver Donald Sutherland and cricketer Jim Marshall have been shortlisted for Veteran Sportsperson of the Year
Shot putter Lee Cupit from Coleby has been shortlisted for Young Disabled Sportsperson of the Year
Courtney Limb, a football player from South Hykeham, has been shortlisted for Young Sportswoman of the Year
Olympian Rob Tobin has been shortlisted for Sportsman of the Year
Olympians Georgie Twigg, Casey Stoney and Lizzie Simmonds have been shortlisted for Sportswoman of the Year
Gerry Wilson from Bracebridge Heath Cricket Club has been shortlisted for the Lifetime Achievement Award
Tickets for the November event costing £50 are available from Lincolnshire Sports Partnership. The night includes a three-course meal and Wine Reception.
To book, contact Marc on 01522 585580 or email him.
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A 38-year-old man from a North Lincolnshire village charged with murder will face an eight-day trial later this year.
Emergency services were called at 4.23am on Saturday, July 2 to reports that a man was seriously injured on South Parade in central Doncaster.
The 28-year-old victim was taken to hospital but was sadly pronounced dead a short time later.
A post-mortem examination found that he died of injuries to his head, chest and abdomen.
Formal identification of the victim is yet to take place, South Yorkshire Police said earlier this week.
Steven Ling, 38, of Park Drain, Westwoodside in North Lincolnshire, has been charged with murder and was remanded in custody to appear at Doncaster Magistrates Court on Monday, July 4.
Ling later appeared at Sheffield Crown Court on Tuesday, July 5 for a plea and trial preparation hearing.
No pleas were entered during the hearing, but an eight-day trial was set for November 28, 2022. Ling has now been remanded into custody until the next hearing.
The Lincolnite went on a ride-along with a Lincolnshire Police officer from the force’s Roads Policing Unit (RPU), which aims to disrupt criminals’ use of the roads and reduce the number of serious and fatal accidents.
The team will support the county response including local policing, neighbourhood policing and criminal investigation too.
Operations first began in Grantham in January this year and started in Louth earlier this week with a sergeant and nine PCs based in both locations.
The Lincolnite went out on a ride-along with PC Rich Precious from Lincolnshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
PC Rich Precious has been a police officer for 22 years after joining the force in 2000 and he recently rejoined the Roads Policing Unit, working out of Louth.
PC Precious, who also previously worked as a family liaison officer for road deaths for 16 years, took The Lincolnite out in his police car to the A1 up to Colsteworth and then back to Grantham. He described that particular area as “one of the main arterial routes that goes through Lincolnshire”.
PC Rich Precious driving down the A1 up to Colsterworth. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Speaking about the new Roads Policing Unit, he said: “It’s intelligence led policing, it’s targeted policing in areas that have been underrepresented in terms of police presence, on the roads certainly, over a number of years.
“We’re hoping that the development of this unit will help address that balance, and look towards using the ANPR system to prevent criminals’ use of the road, and to identify key areas or routes where there’s a high percentage of people killed or seriously injured on the road, what we commonly refer to as KSI.
PC Precious is helping to keep the roads safer in Lincolnshire. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
When asked if he thinks the new team will help reduce the number of serious and fatal accidents in the county, he added: “That’s what the the unit designed for. Sadly, in Lincolnshire our road network does seem to incur a number of those KSI accidents year on year, and we need to reduce that.
“I’ve worked additionally in my roles as a family liaison officer on road death for 16 years, so I’ve seen first hand the impact that road death has on families and victims families.
“I know it’s important that we try and reduce those because, it’s very sad to see how a fatal road traffic collision can affect a family and the victims of that family.”
Marc Gee, Inspector for Lincolnshire Police’s Roads Policing Unit. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
Marc Gee, Inspector for the Roads Policing Unit, told The Lincolnite: “Every day there will be officers on duty from both teams and they’ll cover the whole county or the county’s roads.
“Eventually, we’ll have nine police cars and we’ve got six motorbikes. We’ll be utilising them with as many officers as we can every day basically to make our roads safer and enforce against the criminals who feel like it’s okay to come into the county and use our road for criminal purposes.”
Lincolnshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner Marc Jones at the launch of the force’s Roads Policing Unit. | Photo: Steve Smailes for The Lincolnite
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