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It’s an auspicious date for sport in Sussex. For once Friday 13th brought lots of luck for the 15 deserving winners of the Sussex Sports Awards 2009!

Held in the Oxford Suite at the Hilton Brighton Metropole from 7:00pm, the evening was hosted by Derek Redmond, one of GB’s greatest 400m runners ever. Our World Gold Medalist Master of Ceremonies was probably one of the most unlucky yet determined athletes ever, when famously during the Barcelona Olympics his hamstring snapped during the semi finals. Derek, who was a medal favorite, struggled to his feet and hobbled the remaining 250 meters with his father in a scene that has become one of the most enduring in modern Olympic history.

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Following on from last year’s success with over 1000 votes for the Sports Personality and the Young Sports Personality of the Year awards we opened up the ’Rix & Kay Solicitors Club of the Year’ to the public vote for the very first time! From Thursday 22 November to Tuesday 3 November (6pm), members of the public were invited to vote for the Sussex ‘Club of the Year’ 2009. We received over 800 votes for the category!

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Photo: All the 2008 Winners at the Sussex Sports Awards

The list of shortlisted nominees for all 15 categories will be announced today for the 2009 Sussex Sports Awards.

With record-breaking number of nominations this year, our judges have had a huge task on their hands! Thank you to all those who entered this year’s awards. The awards have been supported by a whole range of Sussex sporting professionals, volunteers, coaches, workplaces, teams and clubs - from the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the newest!

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Entries to the 2009 Sussex Sports Awards are now closed - and the Sussex County Sports Partnership (SCSP) is pleased to announce that this year we have had a record-breaking number of nominations! Thank you to all those who entered this year’s awards. The awards have been supported by a whole range of Sussex sporting professionals, volunteers, coaches, workplaces, teams and clubs - from the largest to the smallest and the oldest to the newest!

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We are delighted to announce that the Sussex Sports Awards 2009 will return to the Hilton Brighton Metropole on Friday 13 November and will be hosted by Olympic Medallist, ex GB Swimming Captain and BBC Sports Broadcaster, Steve Parry!

Nominations are now open until 13 October 2009. So if you know of a worthy candidate for one of our 15 categories - don’t delay, nominate today!!

Nomination packs are now available with full details including the categories, criteria and guidelines for nominating - to download your copy please visit: http://www.sussexsport.org/run-sport/formtest/

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The new-look SCSPT website is now fully operational after having experienced a number of unexpected technical problems. We worked closely with developers NixonMcInnes, to rectify the problems and took the opportunity to amend the design and layout of the site, following feedback from our users.

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