Netball West Midlands 65th Anniversary Goalden Globe Awards 2015

The Netball West Midlands' 65th Anniversary Goalden Globe Awards was held at Aston Villa and what a fantastic evening of netball celebration it was.

Well done to all our amazing volunteers, whether you won an award or not. Particular congratulations to the Birmingham winners:

• Muriel McNally Award: Dayl Dufrane of Linden
  
• Grassroots Official Award: Ian Fuller

Well done to both Dayl and Ian.

Other Awards: 

• Teacher Award - Sarah Davies of Higham Lane
  
• Grassroots Coach - Elaine Gale
  
• Young Volunteer Award - Paige Jackson
  
• Outstanding Club Award - West Brom
  
• Unsung Hero - Shirley Hall of LMR Rugby
  

VIPs on the evening included Janet Wrighton MBE, Colette Thomson MBE, Jo Adams, CEO of England Netball, and Regional Board Members incl Ann O'Rourke and Karen Seleshe. 

Also receiving awards from Birmingham were:

• CAPS Clubs Accreditations over the year: Sparkhill, Sutton Royals, Sutton Town, BAI and Elmdon.
  
• U14 Regional League Runners Up: Parkside (Winners West Brom)
  
• U14 Regional Players Player, Sophie Shipway of Elmdon
  
• U16 Regional League Winners: Sutton Royals (Runners Up Yendys)
  
• U19 Regional League Runners Up: Linden (Winners Henley)
  
• Runners Up of Regional Division 1: Parkside (Winners Leamington)
  
• Winners of Regional Division 2: Sutton Town (Runners Up Yendys)
• Regional Division 1 Players of the Year, Tracy Banner of BAI and Nicky Hounslow of Parkside.

Here are a few photos from the evening.  
More formal ones can be viewed soon at http://www.netballwestmidlands.co.uk/