THE Herald’s Doug Gillon was among a handful of Scots entries to be highly commended at an awards ceremony celebrating the best of UK sports journalism.
Gillon was highly commended in the Regional Writer category of the Sports Journalism Awards 2014, run by the Sports Journalists’ Association of Great Britain, while Hazel Irvine was a highly commended in the Broadcast Sports Presenter category.
They were joined by photographer, Ian MacNicol (highly commended in the Sports Portfolio category) and by Edinburgh University student, Alex Walker (highly commended in the David Welch Student Sports Writer category).
The SJA Sports Newspaper of the Year prize went to the Daily Mail. Until recently, the paper’s sports editor was Les Snowdon, former Scotland on Sunday editor and now editor of the Scotland edition of The Times.
The winners and highly commended list reads as follows:
SJA Sports Writer of the Year 2014
Martin Samuel – Daily Mail
SJA Sports Photographer of the Year 2014
Adrian Dennis – AFP
SJA Sports Newspaper of the Year 2014
Daily Mail
SJA Doug Gardner Award for services to sports journalism
Mike Ingham
Broadcast Sports Presenter
Winner: Eleanor Oldroyd – BBC Radio 5Live
Highly Commended: Gary Lineker – BBC Sport
Highly Commended: Hazel Irvine – BBC Sport
Broadcast Journalist
Winner: Mike Costello – BBC Radio 5Live
Highly Commended: Alison Mitchell – Freelance
Highly Commended: Ronald McIntosh – Freelance
Television Sport Live Broadcast
Winner: Commonwealth Games – BBC Sport
Highly Commended: Football World Cup – BBC Sport
Highly Commended: Aviva Premiership Final 2014 – Sunset and Vine
Radio Sport Live Broadcast
Winner: Commonwealth Games – BBC Radio 5Live
Highly Commended: Football World Cup – talkSPORT
Highly Commended: Tour De France – BBC Radio Leeds
Television Sports Documentary
Winner: The Crazy Gang – BT Sport
Highly Commended: MOTD at 50 – BBC Sport
Highly Commended: An Ordinary Hero – BT Sport
Radio Sports Documentary
Winner: Kick Off Mental Health – talkSPORT
Highly Commended: Rumble in the Jungle – BBC Radio 5Live
Highly Commended: Pendleton : Mind of a Cyclist – BBC Radio 5Live
Highly Commended: 3.59.4 – BBC Radio Oxford
Best Special Package
Winner: Daily Mirror – Cheltenham
Highly Commended: The Times – For the Good of the Game
Highly Commended: Racing Post – World Cup Betting Guide
Laureus Sports Website
Winner: Guardian
Highly Commended: Telegraph
Highly Commended: BBC Sport
Specialist Sports Website
Winner: Sporting Intelligence
Highly Commended: Project Babb
Highly Commended: Boxing News
Sports Scoop
Winner: Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert – Sunday Times
Highly Commended: Matt Lawton – Daily Mail / Mail on Sunday
Highly Commended: Paul Hayward – Telegraph
Ladbrokes Specialist Correspondent
Winner: Paul Mahoney – Freelance
Highly Commended: Alan Lee – The Times
Highly Commended: James Corrigan – Telegraph
Investigative Sports Reporter
Winner: Heidi Blake and Jonathan Calvert – Sunday Times
Highly Commended: Owen Gibson – Guardian
Highly Commended: Nick Harris – Mail on Sunday
Sports Columnist
Winner: Martin Samuel – Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Matthew Syed – The Times
Highly Commended: Patrick Collins – Mail on Sunday
Sports Feature Writer
Winner: Paul Hayward – Telegraph
Highly Commended: David Walsh – Sunday Times
Highly Commended: Donald McRae – Guardian
Sports News Reporter
Winner: Matt Lawton – Daily Mail/Mail on Sunday
Highly Commended: Martyn Ziegler – Press Association
Highly Commended: Nick Hoult – Telegraph
Cricket Writer
Winner: Mike Atherton – The Times
Highly Commended: Vic Marks – Guardian / Observer
Highly Commended: Sclyd Berry – Telegraph
Football Writer
Winner: Henry Winter – Telegraph
Highly Commended: Daniel Taylor – Guardian / Observer
Highly Commended: Rory Smith – The Times
Rugby Writer
Winner: Stephen Jones – Sunday Times
Highly Commended: Steve James – Telegraph
Highly Commended: Mick Cleary – Telegraph
Regional Writer
Winner: Jon Colman – CN Group
Highly Commended: Doug Gillon – The Herald, Glasgow
Highly Commended: Mark Douglas – Newcastle Chronical and Journal
Young Sports Writer
Winner: James Gheerbrant – BBC Sport / The Times
Highly Commended: Jack Gaughan – Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Adam Crafton – Daily Mail
David Welch Student Sports Writer
Winner: Mark Critchley, City University London
Highly Commended: Peter Fielding, Pates Grammar School, Cheltenham
Highly Commended: Alex Walker, Edinburgh University
Sports Picture
Winner: Matthew Lewis – Getty Images
Highly Commended: James Maloney – Trinity Mirror
Highly Commended: Steve Etherington – Freelance
Sports Portfolio
Winner: Adrian Dennis – AFP
Highly Commended: Lee Smith – Action Images
Highly Commended: Ian MacNicol – Freelance
Specialist Sports Portfolio
Winner: Gareth Copley – Getty Images
Highly Commended: Ed Whitaker – Racing Post
Highly Commended: Steve Etherington – Freelance
Sports News Picture
Winner: Graham Chadwick – Daily Mail
Highly Commended: Dylan Martinez – Reuters
Highly Commended: Henry Browne – Action Images
