101 coaches are the best!
Congratulations to Simon Briggs, Ice Skating coach, the winner of our 'Coach, you're the best' competition, and to the other 100 coaches that have been nominated. The tremendous response we've received to this campaign is testimony to the dedication, commitment and inspiration these coaches provide.
More than 9,000 people took the opportunity to say “thank you” to their coach for helping them to become better at their sport, win a medal or for just making sport fun.
The final top ten:
To see the full list or to find your Coach, use the drop down list on the right.
This is not the end of ‘Coach, you're the best’ - more details will follow and so watch this space!
Nomination by Finlay Lincoln of Pegasus Gymnastics Club I would like to nominate Ionut Trandaburu for “Coach, you’re the best” because there are 500 people in our gymnastics club and he cares about every single member and wants all of … Continue reading
I would like to nominate Alex, gymnastics coach, as he is an inspiration, not only to the gymnasts but other coaches around him. His successes such as 2010 World Champion Acrobatic gymnast and member of Britain’s Got Talent Winners Spelbound … Continue reading
The name of the coach I would like to Nominate is Melissa Anderson (Valleys Gymnastics Academy). Melissa is the director and head coach for Valleys Gymnastics Academy in Crumlin, previously Ebbw Vale. She volunteers all of her time to coach and … Continue reading
Gymnastics coach; Claire is patient whilst being very firm with gymnasts. She set realistic targets and also knows their limits. And she does have fun driving them home from comps with music blarring!! Martine Storey
I would like to nominate Allison Thain the head coach at Teesvalley Gym Club and Question Display Team. I think she deserves this award because she has built up both clubs from scratch alone and now both are successful and … Continue reading
I nominate Gerry Drew from CMO Bowmen following her support over the last 9 months – I took up archery in May 2011. After helping me to successfully complete my beginners course Gerry has continued to support and advise, and … Continue reading
Sally Austen is an amazing gymnastics coach! She teaches my daughter and son gymnastics every Saturday morning. They have been attending for just over a year. My son now 7, has also joined a boys group on Friday evenings … Continue reading
I would like to noiminate Sue Preston, she is an air pistol coach for GB Junior Pistol Squad. Sue has a lot of experience in shooting for her country and uses this to encourage juniors. Sue has been my coach … Continue reading
I would like to nominate my archery coach Steph Gill of Deer Park Archers, because she is simply AWESOME. I am 11 years old, and started archery 1½ years ago. Since then Steph has coached me to Under 12 National … Continue reading
I would like to nominate Sandra Walsh of Glasgow School of Sport. She has coached at city of Glasgow gymnastic club for over 12 years and gives up every weekend to ferry the children to Inverclyde Sports centre for squad … Continue reading
