SPORTS AWARDS: Taylor and Monaghan looking good for another gong as the voting hots up

Two winners in last year’s Peterborough Telegraph Sports Awards are on course to strike again.
Rob Taylor (left) pictured after winning last year's Sportsman of the Year prize.Rob Taylor (left) pictured after winning last year's Sportsman of the Year prize.
Rob Taylor (left) pictured after winning last year's Sportsman of the Year prize.

World kick-boxing champion Rob Taylor, who runs a thriving martial arts club in the city called TASK (Taylor’s Academy of Sport Karate), won the Sportsman of the Year prizelast year.

And he’s putting up a great defence of the title. Once again he’s getting loads of votes from the local martial arts brigade and is battling it out at the top of the leaderboard with Peterborough Lions rugby star Tom Lewis. Swimmer Myles Robinson-Young and athlete Phil Martin are also doing well.

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And Taylor could be on for a double celebration as he’s also polling well in the Coach of the Year category. He faces strong opposition there from football’s Jon Harrison (Netherton United) and Andy Furnell (Yaxley FC).

Last year's Junior Sportswoman of the Year  winner Amelia Monaghan.Last year's Junior Sportswoman of the Year  winner Amelia Monaghan.
Last year's Junior Sportswoman of the Year winner Amelia Monaghan.

Amelia Monaghan, the British swimming champion from City of Peterborough Swimming Club (COPS), landed the Junior Sportswoman of the Year award last year and this time round is setting the pace in the Sportswoman of the Year voting.

Pushing her hard at the moment is her COPS clubmate Kenzie Whyatt.

Two former winners of the coveted Sports Personality of the Year accolade - boxing’s Kevin Sanders and martial arts guru Clifton Findley - are both starting to attract votes for the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ian Parker from martial arts is also a strong contender there.

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It’s still Netherton United and Yaxley FC mounting the biggest challenge for Team of the Year honours although the Peterborough Panthers speedway team have started to get some support in the last couple of days. And Rob Taylor’s TASK club are up there challenging as well.

Mark Baines is going well in Footballer of the Year.Mark Baines is going well in Footballer of the Year.
Mark Baines is going well in Footballer of the Year.

Netherton United stalwart Mark Baines and Peterborough United Ladies star Jess Driscoll have suddenly come into the reckoning for the Footballer of the Year award, and there’s a ding-dong battle going on between Northern Star pair Dylan Enright and Lewis Sharpe and Posh Academy youngster Luca Christoudias for the Junior Footballer of the Year award.

Peterborough City Rowing Club’s British champion Alice Mason is doing well in Disabled Achiever of the Year and in Unsung Hero there’s strong support for Peterborough Rugby Club’s Simon Potter.

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Jess Driscoll is another player doing well in Footballer of the Year.Jess Driscoll is another player doing well in Footballer of the Year.
Jess Driscoll is another player doing well in Footballer of the Year.

Voting closes on February 14

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