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A night of celebration at the 2025 Let’s Get Moving Melton Awards

Lets Get Moving Melton Awards 2025

It was a night filled with celebration at the Let’s Get Moving Melton Awards.

The awards, now in their second year, were created to recognise groups or individuals within the community who should be celebrated for their commitment to sports, physical activity and healthy lifestyle across the borough.

The event, held on Friday 24 January at the Stockyard, was hosted by master of ceremonies, Adam Whitty from BBC Radio Leicester. Guests were able to enjoy an evening of festivities, including an amazing performance from Performing Stars, as well as recognising the winners and nominees for the 15 awards.

This year’s awards received a total of 205 nominations for incredible people within the community, which were narrowed down to a shortlist by representatives from the Melton Sport and Health Alliance ahead of the event.

Jake Betts, Organiser of the Let’s Get Moving Melton Awards, said: “Thank you to everyone who got involved and nominated, we were overwhelmed by how many we received. Every single nominee was so deserving, it made it incredibly hard to whittle down to a shortlist for the event. Well done to all our nominees and a big congratulations to the winners, you should all be proud of what you’ve achieved.”

The winners celebrated over the course of the evening ranged from sporting successes to members of the community who inspire and demonstrate that sports and physical activity can be accessible to all.

Awards were presented to:

  • Let's Get Moving School Award - Captain's Close Primary School
  • Primary School Team of the Year - Brownlow Primary School Year 5/6 Dodgeball Team
  • Secondary School Team of the Year - Priory Belvoir Academy Year 11 Netball
  • Junior Team of the Year - Mowbray Rangers FC U16's Lions
  • Junior Club of the Year - Melkham Girls Rugby Club
  • Junior Sportsperson of the Year - Jinny Kettell
  • Let's Get Moving Young Hero Award - April Brooks
  • Team of the Year - Asfordby Amateurs LG&I Women's 1st Team
  • Group/Club of the Year - Melton Mowbray Tennis Club
  • Melton Inclusive Sport Physical Activity (MISPA) Person of the Year - Colin Wagstaff
  • Active Mums Club Award - Victoria Laxton
  • Sportsperson of the Year - Emma Gardner
  • Let's Get Moving for Health Award - Matt Parker Wooding
  • Let's Get Moving Hero Award - Emma Ansell
  • Let’s Get Moving Outstanding Contribution Award - Yvonne Makins

Alongside the award presentation, the evening was filled with inspirational stories from local Let’s Get Moving Champions and from the nominees who have all dedicated themselves to sports, physical activity and health within the Melton community.

The first award of the evening was the Let’s Get Moving School award, which was awarded to Captain's Close Primary for their increased participation in sport or physical activity, nurturing the positive impact being active has had on their students, their education, health and wellbeing.

Mrs Willcock, Headteacher of Captain’s Close Primary School, said: “I think it’s a massive success for our children to be represented and recognised for this achievement. Onwards and upwards, it’s just the start.”

On winning the Let’s Get Moving Hero Award, which celebrates the leaders of physical activity in our local area, Emma Ansel said: “I just think it’s been inspirational to feel part of such a strong community of sports providers because you forget. We all work self-employed or on our own doing what we do and then you come here and see all these stories and that’s been really lovely.”

The celebrations continued throughout the event as nominees and winners came to the stage and gave their speeches.

Leah Radford, Asfordby Amateurs LG&I Women's 1st Team Manager and winners of the Team of the Year Award, said: “It’s an incredible evening to listen to all the stories and all the different sports happening in town. You get very centralised on just your sport and your team and it’s lovely to come here tonight and listen. It’s a fantastic evening and I really hope the guys that put it on continue to do it.”

Additional details about the winners and nominees can be found at www.melton.gov.uk/leisure-health-and-community/community/lets-get-moving-melton-awards and more information about the Let’s Get Moving Melton Champions can be found at: www.active-together.org/letsgetmovingchampions

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For more information please contact: communications@melton.gov.uk

For photos of the event, visit: lgmmelton.soarphoto.co.uk/

Thank you to those who sponsored the Let’s Get Moving Melton Awards:

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