And the nominations are...

Last week's Herts Sports Awards was great for the team, the club, and the game in general - but for all the effort those winning the awards put in they would never have won anything without one thing... someone to nominate them for the award.

This year its easier than ever to put forward a nomination for our "local" awards The Comet Sports Awards 2008. Go to this page - http://www.thecomet.net/sportsawards/comet/pages/categories.aspx - and you can nominate anyone online. The categories are:

• Sports Personality of the Year 
  
• Team of the Year 
  
• Service to Sport 
  
• Coach of the Year 
  
• Club of the Year 
  
• Youth Achievement (Boys) 
  
• Youth Achievement (Girls)
  
• Veteran Achievement 
  
• The Paul Pearce Disability Award 
  
• Youth Team of the Year 
  
• School of the Year 
  
• School Unsung Hero 
  

All you need to do is say why they should win the award, in 300 words.

If you think a friend or someone associated with the team (or the team as a whole!) deserves an award then it'll only take five minutes to make sure that they are considered. Don't assume that someone else will do it, apart from anything else it won't do any harm if they are nominated several times.

And while you are about it, why not put someone forward for the BBC "Unsung Hero" award? If you reckon that Dave Sharp or Mike or Heather or someone deserves a bit of recognition for the work they do then here is your chance. The competition will be tough, but the only way to ensure that no-one in the club wins is if no-one nominates anyone.

(BTW - note that for the Comet award the nominee must live in North Herts, Stevenage or Mid Beds and also that the BBC awards are based on TV regions, so if you wanted to nominate anyone living south of roughly Stevenage you'd have to nominate them for the London award, not East).