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Your Champions 2011: We reveal our local winners

THE Chronicle is delighted to announce the local winners in our Trinity Mirror/ScottishPower Your Champions awards.Read

Your Champions 2011: Miles of Smiles chairman in running for award

A VOLUNTEER who has helped send dozens of sick, disabled and under privileged children on the holiday of a lifetime is in the running for a Your Champions award.Read

Your Champions 2011: Boughton grandmother recognised for years of fundraising with award nomination

A BOUGHTON grandmother who has devoted years to helping others has been nominated for the Your Champions volunteer award.Read

Your Champions 2011: Worker who provides support for families of Dale Barracks soldiers nominated for award

A NEWTON woman who provides a vital support service for families of Dale Barracks soldiers has been put forward for Champion of the Year.Read

Your Champions 2011: Lache Animal Sanctuary volunteers nominated for team award

DEDICATED animal-lovers who turn out in all weather to look after abandoned horses and donkeys at a Chester sanctuary have been nominated for the Your Champions team award.Read

Your Champions 2011: Dedicated young volunteer put forward for award by proud parents

A YOUNG woman who gives up almost all of her free time to help others has been nominated for a Your Champions award by her proud parents.Read

Your Champions 2011: Tip Top Productions nominated for keeping theatre in Chester alive

A PRODUCTION company which has fought to keep Chester’s theatrical tradition alive has been nominated for the team award.Read

Your Champions 2011: Blacon Tea Dance organisers Doreen and Edith nominated for team award

EVERY Tuesday without fail Doreen Disley and Edith Cartwright give Blacon’s elderly a much-needed chance to keep fit and catch up with friends.Read

Your Champions 2011: Chester fundraiser who has supported local hospice for 30 years in line for award

ALMOST three decades of tireless support for a local hospice have put a Chester fundraiser in line for Your Champions Volunteer of the Year.Read

Your Champions 2011: Helsby Golf Club Powered Wheelchair Appeal committee up for team award

GOLFERS who have dedicated decades to raising more than £1m for the North West’s disabled children have been nominated for a Your Champions team award.Read

Your Champions 2011: Poppy seller Anne Hallows nominated for volunteer award

COME wind or rain, poppy seller Anne Hallows has taken to the streets of Chester every year since 1947 to raise funds for the Royal British Legion.Read

Your Champions 2011: Chester dad nominated for raising thousands for Claire House Hospice after it cared for his dying daughter

A CHESTER dad, who has spent the past year raising funds and awareness for the hospice that cared for his dying daughter, has been nominated for a Trinity Mirror/ScottishPower Your Champions Award 2011.Read

Your Champions 2011: Friends of the Millennium Greenway founder nominated for Person of the Year award

A VOLUNTEER who has spent more than a decade battling to preserve a Chester pathway is the latest Your Champions nominee.Read

Your Champions 2011: Parents of young girl with rare syndrome nominated

NATALIE and Peter McKeown balance part time jobs with caring for their young daughter – and still find time to support the local hospice that makes such a difference to their lives.Read

Your Champions 2011: Young football star nets an award nomination

A CHESTER footballer who netted a silver medal at this year’s Special Olympics in Athens is in the running for a Your Champions award.Read

Your Champions 2011: Chester man nominated for giving kidney to father

A CHESTER man has completed a 34-mile sponsored walk just a year after undergoing an organ transplant – joined by the brave son whose kidney donation gave him a new lease of life.Read

Your Champions 2011: Marathon man John Jennings nominated in Champion of the Year category

HE’S a permanent fixture on treadmills in local supermarkets, has run dozens of marathons for charity and has even raced horses and trains.Read

Your Champions 2011: Saltney youngster who won Child of Courage award is nominated in Young Champion category

A FOOTBALL-MAD youngster will be travelling to Disneyland Paris with Chronicle-backed charity Miles of Smiles after winning a Child of Courage award.Read

Your Champions 2011: Last year’s overall Chester winner encourages people to nominate

A COURAGEOUS teenager who was named Champion of Champions in the 2010 Trinity Mirror Cheshire/ ScottishPower Your Champions awards is supporting our latest search for a hero.Read

Your Champions 2011 launches

THE Chester Chronicle is delighted to announce the return of our Your Champions awards, and the search begins this week for the unsung heroes and heroines of our community.Read