Last night, Thursday 3 April, saw Arundel Lido support the 2025 Young Person’s Sporting Awards by hosting a celebration evening for all entrants in this year’s awards. This year, founding sponsors Arundel Town Council and Arundel Post Office were joined by Chichester Hockey Club to fund the four main awards in a scheme designed to help support young people in Arundel passionate about sport with the many financial demands.
Congratulations to the winners, who are all demonstrating great passion and achievement in their chosen sport:
Primary
Theo Harrison, awarded £200 for swimming
Tallulah Moorhouse, awarded £100 for football
Secondary
Jemima Guiel, awarded £200 for gymnastics
Charlie Wood, awarded £100 for golf
Highly commended
Caoimhe Godsmark (swimming), Elliot Jenkins (football), Henry Riordan (swimming and water polo), Matthew Kelly (football) and Phaedra Godsmark (swimming).
Tony Hunt, Mayor of Arundel, said:
“The judges were impressed by this year’s applications – not only with the range of sports that Arundel’s young people enjoy, but also by their passion and the commitment shown by the hours they dedicate to their training. It was clear that everyone enjoys their sport, really liking the thrill of competing and winning, but also are showing considerable maturity to recognise the need to deal with disappointment, for example when facing injury, learning new skills or taking on new challenges. By having that passion for sport, all our 2025 entrants are all already winners.”
All placed entrants received a medal and voucher for a family swim session at Arundel Lido. They also were put in to a draw to receive further prizes of memberships or coaching sessions to inspire and encourage them to have fun trying a new sport or to further their skills in their chosen sport. These were generously donated by some of Arundel’s sporting organisations including Arundel Lido, Arundel Lawn Tennis Club, Arundel Castle Cricket Club and Chichester Hockey Club.
The Arundel Young Person’s Sporting Award scheme supports the mission of Sport England which is “to invest in sport and physical activity to make it a normal part of life for everyone in England, regardless of who you are”.
📷 Nigel Cull
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