The Physical Education Faculty at QEGS was delighted to host the 2023/24 Sports Awards ceremony to share the award winners for this academic year. The annual awards event, held at Ewood Park Football Stadium earlier in the month, recognised performance, commitment, improvement, and excellent playing attitudes shown across the school year.
The audience enjoyed a musical performance by Sixth Form students Jenson Gibson and Toby Saxty, as well as a captivating vocal performance from Year 7 pupil, Amber Beech.
QEGS welcomed special guest speaker Andrew Procter. Andrew had a wonderful football career making 440 appearances for Accrington Stanley, Preston North End and Bury FC and is the 3rd highest appearance maker for Accrington Stanley where he spent the majority of his playing career. Andrew then pursued a career in physiotherapy and is now the 1st team physiotherapist at Blackburn Rovers FC. Andrew spoke about his education, career and life after football which guests found inspiring and motivating.
We would like to thank Andrew for giving up his time to attend our event.
The Awards
The winners for each category were announced:
Netball Review of the Year presented by Ms Caville and Year 13 students Sasha Dar.
Under 12’s Netball Awards
Players’ Player – Lucy Stephens
Manager’s Player – Eliza Kelly
Under 13’s Netball Awards
Players’ Player – Millie Tyer
Manager’s Player – Nayah Wardingley
Under 14’s Netball Awards
Players’ Player – Sabba Faissel
Manager’s Player – Maleeha Khan
Under 15’s Netball Awards
Players’ Player – Ava Kelly
Manager’s Player – Sude Yalcinkaya
Senior Netball Awards
Players’ Player – Eve Jenkins
Manager’s Player – Haajar Ahmed
Club Player of the Year
Swimming – Joseph Analoui-Smith
Girls Football – Millie Tyer
Table Tennis – Abdul Hadi
Table Tennis – Grayson Walsh
Multi skills club Year 7 – Sarhan Waqas
Multi skills club Year 8 – Eshal Ahmad
Waterpolo – Sam Pickup
Young Volunteer Awards presented by Mr Brierley
Jenson Gibson
Water Polo & Swimming lunchtime extra curricular
Swimming support with primary lessons
Football Review of the Year presented by Mr Hindle and Year 13 student Oliver Jenkins
Under 12’s Football Awards
Players’ Player – Haarith Patel
Manager’s Player – Blake Lund
Under 13’s Football Awards
Players’ Player – Stanley Sidebottom
Manager’s Player – Shamil Patel
Under 14’s Football Awards
Players’ Player – Ameer Akhtar
Manager’s Player – Daanish Hussain
Under 15’s Football Awards
Players’ Player – Alex Ashraf
Manager’s Player – Aaron Keigher
Senior Second X1 Football Awards
Players’ Player – Fahad Mohammad
Manager’s Player – Jibreel Hussain
Senior First X1 Football Awards
Players’ Player – Oliver Jenkins
Manager’s Player – Amar Shabaz
Swimming Review of the Year presented by Ms Ellis
Under 12’s Swimming Awards
Players’ Player – Ayaan Yousaf
Manager’s Player – Amber Beech
Under 13’s Swimming Awards
Players’ Player – Ben Brown
Manager’s Player – Niamh Lambert
Under 14’s Swimming Awards
Players’ Player – Harry Boaler-Swift
Manager’s Player – Liam Machowski-Bailey
Under 15’s Swimming Awards
Players’ Player – Daniel Saunders
Manager’s Player – Ava Anderson-Shaw
Senior Swimming Awards
Players’ Player – Ewan Saunders
Manager’s Player – Omar Juma
Cricket Review of the Year presented by Mr Brierley
Under 12’s Cricket Awards
Players’ Player – Rohan Gupta
Manager’s Player – Leo Hyde
Under 13’s Cricket Awards
Players’ Player – Jack Dunstan
Manager’s Player – Cam Stephens
Under 14’s Cricket Awards
Players’ Player – Hamza Amin
Manager’s Player – Zain Khokher
Under 15’s Cricket Awards
Players’ Player – Jaya Asal
Manager’s Player – Moin Rehman
Senior Cricket Awards
Manager’s Player – Isaac Blackburn
QEGS High Achiever Awards
Blackburn With Darwen Town Honours
Isaac Ashraf (football)
Millie Tyer (Football)
Jack Dunstan (football)
Ameer Akhtar (football)
Sami Butt (football)
Sahil Ifthikar (football)
Husan Malik (football)
Cameron Stephens (cross country)
Lancashire & regional
Lancashire swimming County Championships – Omar Juma
Lancashire swimming County Championships – Dana Juma
Regional & National swimming qualifiers – Daniel Saunders
Special Recognition Awards
Blackburn Rovers FC- Isaac Ashraf
Lucy Stephens – Manchester Thunder
Eliza Kelly – Manchester Thunder
Congratulations to all of our winners and all those who have achieved success on a county, regional and national stage.
“Thank you to all staff, parents and pupils for their ongoing support for the Physical educational faculty, I am excited for what 2024/25 has in store for us” – Mr Brierley
