Awards Evening 2005

2005 Athletic Union Awards Evening

This event, held at Walsall Campus on Wednesday 11th May was attended by over 100 people. Our special guests to present the awards were Prof. Craig Mahoney (Dean SSPAL) and Mike Chamberlain (Director of Sport).

Nominations and award winners for each category are listed below:

Individual Achievement Winners

Men's Badminton - Steven Lee
Men's Basketball - Robin Hall
Women's Basketball - Joanna Barnes
Men's Football 2nds - Ian Dawson
Men's Football 1sts - Craig Smith
Women's Hockey - Nicola Owen
Netball 1sts - Helen Thompson
Netball 2nds - Kerry Walker
Men's Rugby - Mike Corcoran
Men's Tennis - Bogdan Gheoca
Track & Field - Mark McEvoy

Captain's Colours

Aikido - Alex Hughes
Men's Badminton - Gormak Sunder
Men's Basketball - Robin Hall
Women's Basketball - Dawn Hall
Men's Cricket - Ali Choudhry
Men's Football 1sts - Dave Newsome
Men's Football 2nds - Mark Bell
Women's Football - Becky Anckorn
Frisbee - Sam Rey
Women's Hockey - Marissa Flothmann
Men's Hockey - Andy Thackray
Netball 1sts - Natalie Smith
Netball 1sts - Julia Mansell
Men's Rugby - Rob Tierney
Tennis - Chris Morris
Men's Track & Field - John McLaren
Women's Track & Field - Joanne Brooke
Women's Volleyball - Anne Wittig

Half Colours Awards

• Kris Parsons (Men's Basketball - National League)
• Ezran Little (Men's Basketball - National League)
• Robin Hall (Men's Basketball - National League)
• Dawn Hall (Women's Basketball - National League)
• Anna Morris (Women's Basketball - National League)
• Carolina Zato (Women's Basketball - National League)
• Christina Xiques (Women's Basketball - National League)
• Marissa Flothmann (Women's Hockey - National League)
• Albert Foresythe (Judo - Regional Gold Medallist)
• Mike Corcoran (Men's Rugby - County Squad selection)
• Stewart Holder (Men's Rugby - County Squad selection)

Full Colours Awards

• Eszter Dalnoki-Nagy (Women's Basketball - represented English Universities Basketball & won gold at the British Universities Championships)
• Terri Dunning (Swimming - swims for GB & won gold at the BUSA National Championships for the 100m Fly by breaking the championship record in the heats and finals)
• Jonathan Turner (Trampolining - won bronze at the BUSA National Championships)
• Neil Raybone (Pool - achieved a place in the semi-finals at the BUSA National Championships)

Social Club of the Year

Nominations:

• Men's Rugby Club
• Netball Club

Winner:

• Men's Rugby

Coach/Instructor of the Year

Nominations:

• Nick O'Leary (Men's Basketball)
• Simon Fisher (Women's Basketball)
• Andy McKnight (Men's Football)
• Shaun Galloway (Track & Field)

Winner:

• Simon Fisher (Women's Basketball) - led the Women's Squad to promotion two years running, now in BUSA Premier League for 2005-06

Sports Club of the Year

Nominations:

• Basketball Club
• Track & Field Club

Winner:

• Basketball Club - Women won their leage & gained promotion into the BUSA Premier League for 2005-06 season. Men's BUSA team finished 3rd in the league and Men's National League team finished 4th in the league after their first year in Division 3.

Sports Woman of the Year

Nominations:

• Eszter Dalnoky-Nagi (Women's Basketball)
• Terri Dunning (Swimming)

Winner:

• Terri Dunning (Swimming) - smashed the BUSA Long Course Championship record for 100m Fly twice to take the gold medal. Swims for GB & the City of Birmingham.

Sports Man of the Year

Nominations:

• Jonathan Turner (Trampolining)
• Brian Jenkins (Triathlon)
• Albert Foresythe (Judo, Track & Field, Karate)

Winner:

• Albert Foresythe (Judo, Track & Field, Karate) - a great all rounder, representing the university at national championships in all these sports. Took a regional gold medal at the Judo championships and placed 14th in the Shot at BUSA Athletics championships.