A near 70-strong field will battle it out for honours in the 2019 Angus Sports Personality of the Year awards.
The close of nominations saw a total of 68 individuals, teams and clubs nominated across the nine categories in the Angus Alive scheme.
An independent selection panel will convene next week to draw up the shortlist and winners, with Forfar’s Reid Hall set to once again host the glittering awards ceremony on March 13.
International bowler Darren Burnett was the 2018 Sports Personality of the Year.
The 2019 roll of honour comprises:
Nominees are – Club Volunteer of the Year Award: Carly McConnachie, Kirriemuir Netball Club; Dayna Ireland, Brechin Beavers Swimming Club; Derek Trail, Brechin Buccaneers/ Forfarshire CCC; Ewen Matthew, Kirriemuir Golf Club; Grant Hutchison, Brechin Buccaneers/ Guthrie Park Table Tennis; Laura Sturrock, Angus Netball Club; Lesley Hadden, Brechin Beavers Swimming Club and Maureen Evans, Special Olympics Tayside.
Coach of the Year: Darren Logan, Tayside Musketeers; Gary Nisbet, Forfar Amateur Swimming Club; Kay Gauld, Special Olympics Tayside; Lorna Whike, Arbroath St Thomas Swimming Club; Niamh Donnelly, Special Olympics Tayside; Steve Oakley, Tayside Musketeers; Tam Bruce, Montrose Community Trust and Catriona McLean, Special Olympics Tayside.
Outstanding Commitment Award: Dave McGregor, Arbroath School of Martial Arts; Doreen Buchan, Forfar West End/ Lochside Boys Football; Evelyn Smith, Tayside Special Olympics; Gary Hewitson, Strathmore Cricket Club; Grant Hutchison, Brechin Buccaneers/ Guthrie Park Table Tennis; Ken McKenzie, Arbroath St Thomas Swimming Club; Michael Louden, Montrose Flyers and Ronald Milne, Forfar Road Runners.
School Sports Volunteer of the Year Award: Becky Findlay, Northmuir Primary School; Beth Steele, Forfar Academy; Ethan Russell, Carnoustie HS/ Woodlands PS; Hope Stewart, Woodlands PS, Karolina Frankowski, Brechin HS; Lorna Valentine, Arbroath Primary Schools; Viv Donnachie, Whitehills PS, Ian Lockhart, Monifieth HS; Caroline Campbell, Montrose schools and Susan Cameron, Southesk PS.
Sports Personality of the Year: Chris Bonnar, Grove Menzieshill Hockey Club; Lana Cheyne, DHF Gym Brechin; Sandy Mitchell, Lamborghini Squadra Course/ Barwell Motorsport/ Wayne Taylor Racing and Sophie Smith, Arbroath St Thomas Swimming Club.
Sports Personality of the Year Award for People with a Disability: Bill Fairweather, Special Olympics Tayside; Ciara Roulston, Webster’s HS/ Triathlon Scotland Academy Squad; Sarah Anderson, Special Olympics Tayside; Beth Grieg, St Thomas Swimming Club, Mary Simpson, Michael Berrie and William Ford, all Special Olympics Tayside.
Young Sports Personality of the Year: Amber Thomson, Skyake Kickboxing; Ben Hudson, Tennis; Euan Duguid, Strathmore Silverbacks Rugby League; Inca Maguire, Forfar Young Curlers; James Craik, Curling Team Whyte; Lana Cheyne, Brechin High School/ DHF Gym Brechin; Rory Gifford, dinghy sailing High School of Dundee; Sophie Smeaton, Loraine Waddell School of Highland Dancing and Samuel Knight, Monifieth HS/ Grove and Menzieshill Hockey Club.
Club of the Year: Brechin Beavers Swimming Club, Brechin Buccanners, Brechin Rugby Football Club, Carnoustie Rugby Club, Montrose Triathlon Club, Montrose Flyers, Montrose Rugby Club, St Thomas Swimming Club, Strathmore Cricket Club, Tayside Musketeers and Abbey Bowling Club.
Team of the Year: Montrose Girls U15’s Football, Strathmore Silverbacks Rugby League and St Thomas Swimming Club 2nd Division.
Tickets are on sale from www.angusalive.scot/tickets and an early bird offer runs until January 27.
