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Sports Personality of the Year 2010 and Paralympian Caroline Maclean launched the 2011 St Edmundsbury Sports Awards on Monday night.

Caroline, who plays for the Great Britain women's wheelchair basketball squad and has competed in Paralympic Games in Sydney, Athens and Beijing, joined representatives of Haverhill sports clubs and sponsors of the awards.

The St Edmundsbury Sports Awards are run each year by Abbeycroft Leisure to recognise outstanding sporting achievements made by sports men, women and juniors throughout the year and to celebrate the huge amount of work that takes place within sport in the borough of St Edmundsbury.

The award scheme is open to all sports enthusiasts and volunteers who are affiliated to a club within St Edmundsbury, part of a school team in the borough of St Edmundsbury or reside within St Edmundsbury borough.

Nominations can now be made on the Abbeycroft website at www.acleisure.com and the closing date is midnight on August 14.

There are 12 categories to enter. Awards are made for: Sports Personality of the Year, Young Sports Personality of the Year, Unsung Hero, Lifetime Achievement, Triumph Over Adversity, Coach of the Year, Contribution to Disability Sport, Young Community Volunteer of the Year, Club of the Year, Senior Team of the Year, Junior Team of the Year, and School of the Year.

A glittering awards ceremony for 300 guests will take place on Sunday, September 11, at Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centre to celebrate the successes of St Edmundsbury’s sporting stars.

Winners of the St Edmundsbury Sports Awards then go on to the Suffolk Sports Awards in October hosted by Suffolk Sport. If they are successful there they could be put forward for BBC East Sports Awards.

To nominate a sports person or team for the awards visit www.acleisure.com to complete your nomination online or to download and print a nomination form.

You can also pick up a form from Haverhill or Bury St Edmunds Leisure Centres. To find out more about nominating a club or individual telephone sports development officer Michelle Banfield-Curran on 07983 641196 or email mbc@acleisure.com.