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The BBC London Sports Awards 2008

On Sunday 7th December 2008, BBC LONDON revealed the 15 winners of this year's BBC London Sports Awards. Here is the list of this year's winners and you can listen to the Awards show again by clicking on the links below. You can also see a gallery of some of the winners clicking on the gallery link:

2008 Winners

BBC LONDON 2008 SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (shortlist of 4): 
Lawrence Dallaglio
Bradley Wiggins
James Degale
Christine Ohuruogu
WINNER: BRADLEY WIGGINS

BBC LONDON 2008 OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO LONDON SPORT
(shortlist of 3): 
Mark Ramprakash - Surrey cricketer
Lawrence Dallaglio - London Wasps & England rugby
Vic Akers - manager of Arsenal Ladies FC
WINNER: LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO - London Wasps and England rugby

BBC LONDON 2008 BEST SPORTING MOMENT (shortlist of 5):
Mark Ramprakash reaching 100 first class centuries
Middlesex winning the Twenty20 cup
Tottenham Hotspur winning the Carling Cup
Christine Ohuruogu winning the 400 metres at the Beijing Olympics
London Wasps winning Rugby's Guinness Premiership
WINNER: MIDDLESEX WINNING THE TWENTY20 CUP

BBC LONDON 2008 FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR (shortlist of 3):
Frank Lampard - Chelsea
Cesc Fabregas - Arsenal
Neil Harris - Millwall
WINNER: FRANK LAMPARD - Chelsea

BBC LONDON 2008 YOUNG FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR (shortlist of 3):
Victor Moses - Crystal Palace
Theo Walcott - Arsenal
Nathan Elder - Brentford
WINNER: THEO WALCOTT - Arsenal

BBC LONDON 2008 CRICKETER OF THE YEAR (shortlist of 3):
Mark Ramprakash - Surrey
Tim Murtagh - Middlesex
Ed Joyce - Middlesex
WINNER: TIM MURTAGH - Middlesex

BBC LONDON 2008 RUGBY PLAYER OF THE YEAR (shortlist of 3):
Lawrence Dallaglio - Wasps
Danny Care - Harlequins Rugby Union
Rob Purdham - Harlequins Rugby League
WINNER: LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO - Wasps

BBC LONDON 2008 ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (shortlist of 3):
James Degale
Christine Ohuruogu
Tim Brabants
WINNER: CHRISTINE OHURUOGU

BBC LONDON 2008 PROFESSIONAL TEAM (shortlist of 3):
Middlesex county cricket club
Lakeside Hammers speedway team
Chelsea football club
WINNER: MIDDLESEX COUNTY CRICKET CLUB

BBC LONDON 2008 NON PROFESSIONAL TEAM (shortlist of 3):
Richmond Rugby Union team
AFC Wimbledon
London Blitz American football team
WINNER: AFC WIMBLEDON

BBC LONDON 2008 LONDON MANAGER (shortlist of 3):
Neil Warnock - Crystal Palace FC
Andy Scott - Brentford FC
IAN McGeechan London Wasps
WINNER: ANDY SCOTT - Brentford FC

BBC LONDON 2008 DISABLED ATHLETE (shortlist of 3):
Tom Aggar
David Weir
John Cavanagh
WINNER: DAVID WEIR

BBC LONDON 2008 RISING FEMALE:
Tin Tin Ho, Aged 10, table-tennis player from Paddington

BBC LONDON 2008 RISING MALE:
George Lee, Aged 13, Taekwondo, from Lewisham

UNSUNG HERO:
Edna Harrison from Croydon who runs Evergreens 50+ Activity Group in Carshalton

Short listing for Awards

BBC sports staff in London compiled a shortlist of candidates for each award. These were put to a BBC panel, comprised of BBC staff and sports people from across London, who decided the overall winners.

On this year’s panel the judges were: Mike Lawrence, Phil Parry and Billy Reeves (all BBC London Sport Journalists), Steve Ashton (BBC London Regional Advisory Council Member) and Matthew Porter (Chief Executive Leyton Orient FC and Matchroom Sports).

Rising Male and Rising Female:
The winners have achieved a high standard of performance throughout 2008 and are both aged 18 years or under on 31st December 2008. This Award was supported by Sport England which agreed the nominees and winners with BBC London Sports Staff.

Unsung Hero Award:
The public were invited to nominate their Unsung Heroes however the nominations closed on the 31st October 2008.