Levon De SilvaThe 3rd annual Oxfordshire Sports Awards took place at the Kassam Stadium on 7 November 2008. The winners were unveiled in front of 270 guests, including 36 finalists, 9 Olympians and 2 Paralympians.
The guests were treated to an inspirational speech by Anna Hemmings, two times Olympian and six times world champion, and a host of local Olympic and Paralympic athletes who were congratulated on their successes in Beijing earlier in the year. But it was 13 year old, Levon De Silva, who stole the show with a performance of his European Championship Street Dance.
Steve Williams (pictured below), Gold Medallist in the Men's Coxless Fours in Beijing was awarded Sportsman of t
he Year. The other award winners were: City of Oxford Junior Women's Coxless Four (Junior Sports Team of the Year); Men's 1st Team of Banbury Hockey Club (Sports Team of the Year); Tim Hampson (Coach of the Year); Wallingford Rugby Club (Club of the Year); Caitlin Williams (Junior Unsung Hero); Imogen Shaylor (Young Sportsperson of the Year); David Kuester (Veteran Sportsperson of the Year); Claire Scott (Extreme Sportsperson of the Year); Graham Kiff (Disabled Sportsperson of the Year); Lesley Williams (Unsung Hero); and Claire Lasko (Sportswoman of the Year).The amount of dedication and talent at the Kassam Stadium that evening was overwhelming. It was the best awards yet and I was very proud to own it. As you will hav
e seen in the title of this post, I will no longer be organising the Oxfordshire Sports Awards as I am leaving the Oxfordshire Sports Partnership next month to take on a new challenge as Business Development Manager with a cancer charity. Roger Cowdrey, very kindly presented me with a beautiful bunch of flowers and I was delighted to go out on a high!!
Thank you to everybody for making the evening so special.
