Nominations for the 2015 UK Coaching Awards now open

Seen some excellent coaching this year? Now's your chance to nominate the coach responsible for an Award!

The UK coaching awards honour sports coaches and coaching organisations who have demonstrated outstanding success over the last year. The event raises the profile of coaches and the role they play in encouraging participation, performance and excellence. Previous winners include the most successful coaches from a wide variety of sports.

Awards are made following a public nominations process and decision by an expert judging panel. There are eight award categories for coaches and three for awards in support of coaching, plus the overall title of UK Coach of the Year. That means there's a category for every aspect of coaching, from those volunteers working at a local level in the community right through to coaches working with our national teams.

Nominations opened this week and we are encouraging all of our partners to ensure that nominations are made for coaches across all sports and from all backgrounds.

Find out more about the categories, which include awards for volunteers working at a local level in the community through to coaches working with our national teams, and make your nominations via the sports coach UK website.

The closing date for nominations is Saturday 26 September.

The winners will be announced at a glittering event in Manchester on Tuesday 1 December.