Forden’s Commonwealth Games star Andy Davies has been named as Montgomeryshire’s Senior Sports Personality of the Year.
The marathon runner, who lectures at Newtown College, will be representing Wales in Australia soon, but took time out of his schedule to pick up the award at The Hafren (pictured).
The accolades, which are co-ordinated by Powys County Council’s Sports Development Team, recognise and celebrate sporting success of local individuals and teams in sport at all levels. The event was sponsored by McDonalds, Newtown, for the fifth year running.
Over 45 nominations were received for the latest awards, which saw the accolades go to:
Junior Team of the Year: Llanidloes British Show Jumping
Senior Team of the Year: Llanfyllin Squash Team
Young Sports Leader: Tayla Trigg
Volunteer of the Year: June Jones
Coach of the Year: Paul Herdman
Club of the Year: Hafren Cycling Club
Disabled Sports Personality of the Year: Ryan Cook
Junior Sports Personality of the Year – U12’s: Halle Vaughan
Junior Sports Personality of the Year – U14’s: Carrie Jones
Junior Sports Personality of the Year – U18’s: Fergus Stephens
Senior Sports Personality of the Year: Andy Davies
Services to Sports Awards were also presented to three individuals to recognise their outstanding contribution to sport. They were: Angela Morris, John Billington and Sue Bonsal (pictured).