British Cycling has received nominations in three categories for this year’s UK Coaching Awards.
The awards represent the pinnacle of the coaching industry, and honour sports coaches and organisations who “have demonstrated outstanding success over the past 12 months”.
Great Britain Cycling Team head coach, Iain Dyer, has been shortlisted in the High Performance Coach of the Year category, following the stunning success which British riders enjoyed in this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Games.
He said: “I’m really honoured to be nominated and really proud to be a British Cycling coach in amongst those other nominations. It’s a very nice thing for me but I think more than anything else I’m just part of a great coaching team here at British Cycling and I’m really just representative of everybody that’s been part of the performances we’ve seen this year.”
GB's Iain Dyer "proud" to be nominated for High Performance Coach of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards.
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In recognition of both its elite and grassroots success, British Cycling has also been nominated in the National Governing Body of the Year category – an award which it won in 2013 and 2015, while Jessie Ansell is shortlisted for the Heather Crouch Young Coach of the Year award.
That particular award was one of three won by British Cycling at the corresponding ceremony in 2015, and last year’s winner, Andrew Pink, has recently taken up a new role within the organisation as para-cycling foundation coach.
British Cycling’s director of coaching, education and development, John Mills, said: “British Cycling is delighted to be shortlisted for the NGB of the year for the fourth year running.
"This recognition highlights the fantastic work of all the team in Coaching and Education to support coaches to deliver the best experience for their riders whilst consistently enabling the development of riders for the hugely successful Great Britain Cycling Team.
“The coach education programme has developed over the last four years to keep pace with modern technology and learning principles and is continuing to see unprecedented demand for its world leading training courses and resources.
“It is also fantastic to see the efforts of Jessie Ansell recognised. We have a really successful pathway for Young Volunteers and Jessie epitomises this. Her passion and enthusiasm for cycling is second to none and despite her young age Jessie’s contribution to the sport has been outstanding.”
The 2016 UK Coaching Awards will be held on November 29.
