Isle of Man Sports Awards will take place this evening.
The annual ceremony will celebrate the achievements of the Island’s top athletes, teams and coaches in front of hundreds of sports fans, at the Villa Marina.
The shortlist for the 2023 IoM Sports Awards:
Sportsman of the Year
- David Mularkey – Athletics
- Matthew Rennie – Boxing
- Bevan Rodd – Rugby Union
- Joe Yeardsley – Motor Sport
- Jed Etchells – Motor Sport
- Ryan Cringle – Motor Sport
- Joel Watterson – Swimming
Sportswoman of the Year
- Nikki Arthur – Athletics
- Rachael Franklin – Athletics
- Sarah Astin – Athletics
- Sarah Webster -– Athletics
- Yasmin Ingham – Equestrian
- Erika Kelly – Athletics
- Lizzie Holden – Cycling
- Becky Storrie – Cycling
Disability Sportsperson of the Year
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- Darren Kennish – Darts
- Duncan Watterson – Special Olympics
- Zoe Lambie – Special Olympics
- Sean Roberts – Special Olympics
- Adam Shuttleworth – Special Olympics
Sports Administrator of the Year
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- Joy Gough – Archery
- Petra Atchison – Athletics
- Sarah Redmond – Jiu-Jitsu
- Niamh Goddard – Hockey
- Brenda Crellin – Motor Sport
- Sue Webster – Netball
- George Peach – Motor Sport
IoM Ambassador of the Year
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- Sam Brand – Cycling
- Yasmin Ingham – Equestrian
- Richard ‘Milky’ Quayle – Motor Sport
- Ana Dawson – Golf
- Mark Cavendish – Cycling
Sports Coach of the Year
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- John Whitlow – Athletics
- Sally Green – Cricket
- Paul Nuttall – Hockey
- Conrad Roberts – Jiu-Jitsu
- Michael Owen – Motor Sport
- Lisa Grant – Powerlifting
- Lee Holland – Swimming
Under 21 Sportsman of the Year
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- Corrin Leeming – Athletics
- Regan Corrin – Athletics
- Sam Perry – Athletics
- Carl Hartmann – Cricket
- Isaac Batty – Mountain Bike
- Nino Ontoy – Taekwondo
- Jay Pearson – Motor Sport
Under 21 Sportswoman of the Year
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- Lydia Morris – Athletics
- Lucy Barnett – Cricket
- Ruby Oakes – Cycling
- Kaytlyn Adshead – Motor Sport
- Bonnie Papper – Motor Sport
- Sienna Dunn – Hockey
Veteran Sportsperson of the Year
- Sarah Webster – Athletics
- Hayley Curtis – Jiu-Jitsu
- Lesley Sleight – Archery
- Chris Horton – Judo
- Orran Smith – Athletics
- Lorna Gleave – Athletics
Sports Team of the Year
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- IoM Women’s Cricket Team
- Corinthians Football Women’s Team
- IoM Boys U16 Hockey Team
- IoM Women’s Netball Team
- IoM 4×100 Men’s Relay Swimming Team
Olympic snowboarder Zoe Gillings-Brier will be the guest of honour.
Gillings-Brier is the first and only British snowboarder to compete at four Winter Games, with her best result seeing her reach the final of the boarder-cross event in 2010 in Vancouver.
She retired from competition soon after fighting back from serious injury to compete at the PyeongChang Games in 2018, and now runs a training academy for aspiring skiers and snowboarders in Austria.
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