Nominate Oldham's sporting heroes

ROLL OF HONOUR . . . flashback to last year's winners at the Oldham Sports Awards with Olympic gymnast Beth Tweddle (middle, left)

DON'T miss out on your last chance to nominate your local sporting hero for the 2017 Oldham Sports Awards.

The great and the good of the borough's sporting fraternity will converge at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on Friday, September 22.

This year, marks the 15th annual award ceremony.

The event allows people from different sporting backgrounds to unite as a community and appreciate each other's efforts in order to help improve the local area, while congratulating and celebrating the accomplishments of the borough's biggest sporting heroes.

Winners from the Sport's Awards - there are nine categories - will go on to represent the borough at the Greater Manchester Sports Awards in November.

Oldham hockey player Nicola White, part of the Great Britain team which clinched gold at the Rio Olympics in 2016, is the guest of honour.

Event sponsors include: Oldham Council, The Oldham Evening Chronicle, New Image, Oldham Community Leisure, Stoller Charitable Trust, Yelloway and the First Choice Homes Oldham

Tickets are priced at £15 per person, which includes a three-course meal for the evening.

For nominations and tickets, contact Kim Humphrey's at kim.humphreys@oldham.gov.uk or telephone (0161) 770 4051.