{"id":20089,"date":"2017-01-16T11:40:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-16T11:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=20089"},"modified":"2017-01-16T11:40:38","modified_gmt":"2017-01-16T11:40:38","slug":"sir-mo-farah-dame-jessica-ennis-hill-lead-nominees-short-list-bedsas-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/16\/sir-mo-farah-dame-jessica-ennis-hill-lead-nominees-short-list-bedsas-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Sir Mo Farah & Dame Jessica Ennis Hill: Lead Nominees Short List BEDSAs 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

S<\/span>ir Mo Farah and Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill lead an impressive shortlist at the 3rd Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards.<\/p>\n

Sir Mo Farah, the 2 time double Olympic gold medalist for 5000 and 10000 metres, leads an impressive group of sportsmen and women nominated for the third Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards (BEDSAs).<\/p>\n

The awards, which are now in their third year, are organised by Sporting Equals, the national partner of Sport England and advisors to the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Sponsored by Lycamobile, the world\u2019s largest mobile virtual network operator, the Awards are leading the way in recognising and celebrating sporting excellence within Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.<\/p>\n

Sir Mo will go to \u201chead to head\u201d with Saracens and England second row forward, Maro Itoje, Olympic Taekwondo silver medalist, Lutalo Muhamad and two time Olympic rower and gold medal winner at the Rio Olympics, Mohamed Sbihi, for the coveted Sportsman of the Year award.<\/p>\n

Commenting on his first ever nomination at the Lycamobile BEDSAs Mo Farah said, \u201cI am proud to be nominated alongside a great group of sportsmen and women in what was an amazing year for British sport.”<\/p>\n

Densign White, Sporting Equals Chairman and three time judo Olympian, commenting on this year’s awards said “We are delighted by the quality of our shortlist for the 2017 BEDSAs and looking forward to celebrating all that is good in BAME sport at the Hilton Park Lane with Sir Lenny Henry and our esteemed sporting guests.”<\/p>\n

The finalists for Sportswoman of the Year award feature London 2012 Olympic gold medalist, Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill, Nicola Adams, the 2 time Olympic boxing champion, Kadeena Cox, the Rio Paralympic gold medalist and Olympic Hockey Gold medalist and recent “I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here” contestant, Sam Quek.<\/p>\n

Allirajah Subaskaran, Chairman of Lycamobile said: \u201cI would like to congratulate all those shortlisted for this year\u2019s BEDSAs. This list of nominees represents an impressive collection<\/p>\n

of Black, Asian and minority ethnic sportsmen and women, all of whom deserve celebrating for their substantial contribution to sporting excellence in the UK.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lycamobile BEDSAs are supported by Sport England, UK Sport, The Tennis Foundation, Youth Sport Trust, England Athletics, The Armed Forces, Mind and Spirit of 2012.<\/p>\n

The award categories are as follows:<\/p>\n

Lycamobile Sportsman of the Year Award
\nSportswoman of the Year Award
\nSport England Community Sports Project of the Year Award
\nYouth Sport Trust Young Sports Person of the Year Award
\nUK Sport Inspirational Performance of the Year Award
\nEngland Athletics Coach of the Year Award
\nThe Unsung Hero Award in association with the Armed Forces
\nTennis Foundation Special Recognition Award
\nMind Wellbeing Award
\nSpirit of 2012 Connecting Communities Award
\nSporting Equals Lifetime Achievement Award<\/p>\n

This year’s judges include former Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and England footballer Sol \"frank-bruno\"<\/a>Campbell, former Olympic athletes Derek Redmond and Jason Gardner MBE, Surrey and England batsman Mark Butcher, UK Sport CEO Liz Nicholl, Leicestershire County Cricket Club CEO Wasim Khan MBE, Paralympic shot putter Vanessa Daobry and Channel 4 Paralympics host, Ade Adepitan MBE.<\/p>\n

The elite 2016 shortlists include the following.<\/p>\n

Lycamobile Sportsman of the Year Award
\n<\/strong>Sir Mo Farah – Athletics
\nMohamed Sbihi – Rowing
\nMaro Itoje – Rugby Union
\nLutalo Muhammad – Taekwando
\nSportswoman of the Year Award
\n<\/strong>Nicola Adams – Boxing
\nKadeena Cox – Para Cycling and Athletics
\nDame Jessica Ennis-Hill – Heptathlon<\/p>\n

Sam Quek – Hockey<\/p>\n

England Athletics\u00a0 Coach of the Year Award
\n<\/strong>Chris Hughton – Football
\nOttis Gibson – Cricket
\nSunil Birdy – Boccia<\/p>\n

Youth Sport Trust Young Sportsperson of the Year Award
\n<\/strong>Haseeb Hameed – Cricket
\nHarleen Kaur – WMKF Kick Boxing
\nAlice Tai – Para Swimming<\/p>\n

UK Sport Inspirational Performance of the Year Award<\/strong>
\nKadeena Cox – Para Cycling and Athletics
\nRuqsana Begum – Muay Thai Kick Boxing
\nAzeem Rafiq – Cricket<\/p>\n

Previous winners of the Lycamobile BEDSAs include Denise Lewis, Lewis Hamilton,\u00a0 Dame Jessica Ennis Hill, Moeen Ali and Frank Bruno.<\/p>\n

Sir Lenny Henry will host the 3rd Lycamobile British Ethnic Diversity Sports Awards at the London Hilton Park Lane Hotel on Saturday March 18th.<\/p>\n

For latest news on the upcoming awards and to get involved follow @BEDSAofficial and #BEDSA2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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