The Prince’s Trust, England Basketball, British Triathlon and eight London boroughs are represented in the shortlist for awards at the forthcoming Balfour Beatty London Youth Games Hall of Fame awards evening.

The annual ceremony - which takes place at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 9 September – recognises the achievements of volunteers, coaches and organizations that have contributed to the success of the 2010 London Youth Games, as well as inducting former competitors into the Hall of Fame.

The inaugural event last year saw Christine Ohuruogu - athletics, Luol Deng – basketball, Linford Christie - athletics, Mark Hunter – rowing, Steve Backley – athletics and Dervis Konuralp – disability swimming all inducted.

They will be joined in the Hall of Fame by several other world class names this year, among them is England and Man Utd footballer Rio Ferdinand who was recently filmed accepting his award.

Though Ferdinand cannot be present due to football commitments, several other Olympic, Paralympic and World medalists will attend to collect their awards in person.

Minister for Sport Hugh Robertson has also confirmed his attendance. There will be much to celebrate on the evening, as the Sport England-backed event attracted over 50,000 participants for the first time ever in 2010.

AWARDS NOMINEES

JUBILEE CUP
The Jubilee Cup is awarded annually to the individual or group deemed to have made the greatest overall contribution to the London Youth Games year.

NOMINEES
GAMESFORCE TEAM LEADERS (pictured)
The London Youth Games Foundation young volunteer arm GamesForce trained a total of nine people to be team leaders and play senior roles in the delivery of the London Youth Games across 25 event days this year. In total they co-ordinated a team of around 200 other volunteers, who contributed over 3000 hours of their time to sport in London.

JON TRAIN – BRITISH TRIATHLON
John is the Regional Development Manager for Triathlon in London. He is instrumental in supporting the incredible growth of the aquathlon event in the London Youth Games, which has risen by 60% in two years and includes teams from 31 of 33 London boroughs.

Some of his work includes organising sub-regional competitions as part of the Balfour Beatty Sporting Pathways programme to nurture interest in the sport and develop talent at grass roots level.

COMMUNITY PARTNER IN ASSOCIATION WITH SPORT ENGLAND
The Community Partner in association with Sport England is awarded to the group or organisation that has worked most effectively with the London Youth Games to help meet its core objectives.

NOMINEES
LONDON BASKETBALL
Basketball has become one of the Blue Riband events of the London Youth Games. It is a key competition for developing the sport not just throughout the boroughs, but for the nation as a whole. Currently 40% of the GB starting line-up are former London Youth Games competitors.

England Basketball’s Development Manager Steve Alexander has also worked with the London Youth Games Foundation to recruit and develop the next generation of volunteers via a young officials course and mentoring programme.

PRINCE’S TRUST
Princes Trust worked together with London Youth Games Foundation to deliver the first Get Into Events programme this year.

Targeting young people not in employment, education or training and gave them the opportunity to gain qualifications and experience through intensive training and a work placement at the London Youth Games.

Through the dedication of the Princes Trust staff, the programme was developed and delivered in a short timescale and with a successful outcome with work opportunities being identified immediately for some of the participants.

WILLESDEN VOLLEYBALL CLUB (BRENT)
In a sport with very few competitive opportunities, Willesden Volleyball Club have been successful at recruiting, coaching and ultimately achieving success for Brent.

Three years ago there didn’t have a girls’ team, now they are contenders and narrowly missed out on a finals place. The boys have also gone from strength to strength and this year placed third overall.

COACH OF THE YEAR
The Coach of the Year award is given to the coach from a London borough who is deemed to have made the greatest contribution to their borough’s success in 2010.

NOMINEES
KEIR APPERLEY (HACKNEY)
Keir started the Hackney Cycling Club three years ago and since then, the borough have won cycling gold in 2009 and 2010.

By sheer dedication, he has helped a large number of young people to not only try a new sport, but become the best in London. He works with schools, delivers evening and weekend training sessions and even overseas training camps.

RUDI HARRIET (HOUNSLOW)
Rudi Harriet is a driving force for basketball in the borough, coaching and managing the Mini Games team as well as the Boys’ Team. He was responsible for forming the Clubmark accredited Feltham Warriors. In 2010, the Boys’ Basketball team not only reached the finals for the first time ever, but won gold.

ADAM WADEY (BROMLEY)
A newly-qualified PE teacher, Adam made a significant contribution to Bromley’s disability teams at the 2010 London Youth Games by engaging with pupils who had not previously taken part in sport and succeeding.

Utilising £5k from the Balfour Beatty Sports Development Grants with Capital 95.8FM Help a London Child, he helped deliver free weekly swimming lessons for some children with special needs, some of whom had never even been in a leisure centre previously. He also managed the Disability Athletics and Adaptive Indoor Rowing Team, with the borough winning bronze in the former.

GAMESFORCE VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
GamesForce is the young volunteer arm of the London Youth Games. Over 200 16-25 year olds contributed their time during the 2010 season. The GamesForce Volunteer of the Year will go to the person identified to have made the most significant contribution throughout the London Youth Games 2010 season.

NOMINEES
PERRE DANIELS (CROYDON)
Once a competitor at the London Youth Games, Perre joined the Princes Trust ‘Get into Events’ course in the ten days leading up to the finals. Her notable commitment and persona saw her act as liaison to our VIPs. Throughout her experience she was a trustworthy and dedicated volunteer which has helped her achieve her goals.

JACK MONTOYA (FULHAM)
Jack first got involved with London Youth Games by completing his Boccia officials qualification. From there on he showed huge commitment and versatility in whatever task, even turning his hand successfully to be a photographer with the media team.

ADEDAMIMOLA OYEGUNSEN (LEWISHAM)
Dami was an enthusiastic and individual volunteer who always threw herself at new challenges and came up with innovative new ideas. Her commitment to GamesForce was fantastic. She listened intently, was reliable to complete the task set ahead and set the example to others in the team

VOLUNTEER
The Volunteer of the Year award is to recognise the contribution of an individual over the age of 25 from one of the 30 sports or from the 33 London boroughs that has made the greatest voluntary contribution to the Games this year.

NOMINEES
MARK NELSON-GRIFFITHS (FENCING)
Competition Director for fencing, who coped brilliantly with a change of venue, taking the sport to a hub weekend at Redbridge, where it was a focal point of the day’s action. The quality of the competition is now higher than it has ever been in terms of equipment, format and officiating.

LINDSAY SARTORI (NETBALL)
Consistently delivers a high quality competition that was rated by borough team managers as the best organised sport of the whole of the London Youth Games competition programme. The netball competition runs exactly to time with strong officiating and is a blueprint for a quality youth sports experience.

KEITH SLEAFER (BEXLEY)
Keith has been coaching and managing the Bexley trampoline team every year since the first ever London Youth Games in 1977, dedicating literally thousands of hours to the borough team. Thanks to the enjoyable environment he has created he has sustained young people’s involvement in sport.

Many former athletes have gone on to become assistant coaches and team managers with the club. This year, the team – under Keith – had the joy of winning a medal for the first time ever, collecting team bronze.

BALFOUR BEATTY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
As part of the Balfour Beatty Employee Engagement Scheme, over 50 staff members volunteered hundreds of hours of their support to the 2010 London Youth Games season, this awards recognises the individual deemed to have made the biggest contribution.

NOMINEES
KATIE ASHTON
Katie was a very dependable volunteer who actively encouraged other people to get involved in the London Youth Games. Katie advertised and promoted the London Youth Games internally and co-ordinated an enthusiastic team to help at the Mini Games Sports Hall Athletics.

LIAM DUFFY
Liam bought his previous volunteer experience to the Disability Athletics and was an excellent role model for both volunteers and young competitors. His encouragement and enthusiasm lifted the field area whilst officiating in the Javelin and added to the efficient running of the competition.

NICOLA LIVESLEY
Nicola fully embraced the opportunity to volunteer, attending GamesForce training before the events before volunteering at the Mini Games and Saturday’s finals. She has since reported back to her team about the opportunity to get more involved in 2011.

GORDON RITCHIE
Gordon assisted with the Cricket Finals, Regatta and Athletics Finals – all very different types of competition. He was a highly reliable and enthusiastic member volunteer in his second year of committing a significant amount of time to the London Youth Games.