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East Midlands Sports Personality of the Year

The finalists are:

Cricketer Stuart Broad (Leicestershire)
Swimmer Ross Davenport (Derbyshire)
Cricketer Monty Panesar (Northamptonshire)
Golfer Lee Westwood (Nottinghamshire)

Voting closed at midnight on Friday 24 November.

Everyone who called in got the chance to win a pair of tickets for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year Awards which this year comes from the NEC in Birmingham with Sue Barker and Gary Linekar. 

The other nominations for 2006 are:

Sportswoman of the Year

• Donna Kellogg badminton (Derbyshire)
• Mel Marshall swimming (Lincolnshire)
• Caitlin McClatchey swimming (Northamptonshire)

Sportsman of the Year

• Stuart Broad cricket (Leicestershire)
• Ross Davenport swimming (Derbyshire)
• Nathan Robertson badminton (Nottinghamshire)

Football Achievement of the Year

• Colin Calderwood (Northampton Town and Nottingham Forest)
• Jamie Forrester (Lincoln City)
• Darren Stride (Burton Albion)

Junior Sportswoman of the Year

• Becky Downie gymnastics (Nottingham)
• Sian Edwards athletics (Northamptonshire)
• Ellie Koyander skiing (Derbyshire)

Junior Sportsman of the Year

• Joe Buckland figure skating (Nottingham)
• Gavin Evans table tennis (Newark)
• Billy Spooner golf (Lincolnshire)

Disabled Sportswoman of the Year

• Natalie Blake weightlifting (Newark)
• Sally Reddin athletics (Lincolnshire)
• Jane Stidever swimming (Leicestershire)

Disabled Sportsman of the Year

• Alan Crowther rowing (Derby)
• Danny Greaves athletics (Leicestershire)
• Richard Whitehead multi-sport (Nottingham)

Coach of the Year

• Tim Boon cricket - cricket - Leicestershire County Cricket Club
• Colin Calderwood - football - Northampton Town and Nottingham Forest
• Andy Wood - badminton - Derbyshire

Sport England Community Coach

• Chris Martin canoeing (Derbyshire)
• Mark Roberts ice hockey (Nottingham)
• Tracy Whittaker-Smith gymnastics (Northamptonshire)

Brian Clough Breakthrough Award

• Rebecca Addlington swimmer (Nottinghamshire)
• Lisa Dobriskey athlete (Leicestershire)
• Lewin Nyatanga football (Derbyshire)

Team of the Year

• Duffield Squash Club
• Leicester Ladies Hockey
• Leicestershire County Cricket Club