The amazing individuals and organisations who have been shortlisted in the national stage of the Cloudathlete Pride of Table Tennis Awards are revealed today.
Awards will be presented in 12 categories as we honour those who have helped people to enjoy and achieve in table tennis across the country.
Four of the categories – Tees Sport Coach of the Year, Bounce Club of the Year, Cloudathlete Volunteer of the Year and Young Volunteer of the Year have regional winners who were announced earlier this month.
The national shortlists for those and the eight other categories have now been announced.
All those shortlisted will be invited to the Cloudathlete Pride of Table Tennis Awards dinner on Saturday 22 March during the Mark Bates Ltd Senior National Championship in Nottingham, where the winners will be announced.
The shortlisted nominees are:
Bounce Club of the Year
Kelham Island TTC
Stilton TTC
Graham Spicer TTC
Tees Sport Coach of the Year
Jan Johns (Crewe Central TTC)
Hussein Juma (Kenton TTC)
Nick Davidson (Bristol TTA)
Contribution to Table Tennis
David Arnold
Steve Bessant
Norman Philbey
Great Northern Warehouse Inspirational Story of the Year
Andrew Cassy
Adam Sharp
Bly Towmey
Bounce League of the Year
Brighton TTL
Stroud & District TTL
Southport TTL
Level the Table Award
Andrew Cassy
Jan Johns
Craig Mehew
Lifetime Achievement Award
Dave Graham
Peter Baldwin
Harmesh (Harry) Jutle
Cornilleau Partner of the Year
Mencap – Our Active Community project
Highfield Community Centre
Tees Sport School of the Year
St Just Primary
Robert Mellors Primary
Patcham High School
Technical Official of the Year
Nico Caltabiano
Margaret Welch
Sheila Walshe
Cloudathlete Volunteer of the Year
Peter Leahy
Andy Chapman
Clare Kelly
Young Volunteer of the Year
Anees Khan
Zygis Kaminskas
Kaiser Williams
There are a few awards left without a naming partner so if anyone would like to partner with us on our most prominent awards programme, please contact Andrew Wilesmith.