So thank you to whoever-it-was who nominated me for the Service to Sport award at this year's Comet Sport Awards. I am up against John Drew (current President of Herts RFU and heavily involved in the game for many years) and Ken Charles (chair of Sport North Herts and senior basketball official for many years as well) so you could say that the competition is a shade tough! And that is before I have to worry about the requirement to dress "smart"...
Admittedly my competition is not quite as tough as that for Sports Personality, an award which in the past might have been something that, say, guys in the 1st XV might have aspired to win but which it is now not even worth entering unless you are a national household name with at least one world title. Such is the standard that sports stars from this area have set in recent years that with Lewis Hamilton taking on Vicki Pendelton it is practically a re-run of the BBC Sports Personality Award!
Overall, it has to be said that rugby does rather well. As well as me and John Drew, Stevenage RFU are up for three awards, Hitchin for one, as is Ryan Arbon of the England Deaf rugby team - there are probably others. At a quick look through the list I cannot see that any other sport even comes close.
So if anyone fancies a free buffet I can probably get a few more tickets, though the fact that the drink is not free at this one may perhaps limit its appeal in some cases. But you never know, Lewis might turn up...
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