The Wheelpower Awards, now a fixture on the disability sport calendar, celebrate the many levels of development and success enjoyed and aimed for year on year.
The first of the awards, Junior Male Achievement, went to Daniel Lucker, an outstanding young wheelchair racer, while the Junior Female Achievement was awarded to Laurie Williams, from wheelchair basketball.
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Wheelchair Sports Awards 2009
Williams, 17, a fantastic talent, was a member of the Great Britain’s Women’s Team and helped them to win a bronze medal at the European Championships at Stoke Mandeville in August this year. Both awards were sponsored by CLM, one of the delivery partners of the 2012 Games, and were presented by Gemma Goulder of CLM.
There was no mistaking the confidence displayed by the award winner of the Best Female Newcomer, Jean Guild, (shooting), who insisted she not only wanted a medal at London 2012, but wanted nothing less than gold. Certainly, one to watch out for.
The Individual Male Achievement award went to the superb racer Mickey Bushell, who improves year on year. Ric Cassell from the British Wheelchair Racing Association collected the award on his behalf.
Coach of the Year went to Steph Trill, from wheelchair tennis. Trill has overseen the success at the Paralympic Games in Beijing for the Quad Tennis Team, followed up by success this year when the team took the gold medal at the Invacare World Team Cup Tennis in Nottingham.
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