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	BBC Sports Personality of the Year - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The award is organised by the BBC and is voted for by the public, and was conceived by the BBC producer Paul Fox.
		It is the most prestigious all-sport award in British sport, and is held towards the end of the calendar year.
		The only people to win the award twice are the boxer Henry Cooper and the Formula One drivers Nigel Mansell and Damon Hill.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BBC_Sports_Personality_of_the_Year (261 words)

	Tanni Grey-Thompson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In 2000 she was awarded the Helen Rollason Award for her performance at the 2000 Summer Paralympics, and was given the OBE for services to sport.
		In 2001, she was given an honorary degree by Loughborough University, awarded Doctor of Technology, having previously graduated from the university ten years earlier, with an honours degree in Politics and Social Administration.
		In the 2005 New Year's Honours List, her continuing services to Disabled Sport were rewarded with the honour of Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
	www.secaucus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Tanni_Grey-Thompson (260 words)

	Salon Obituary \| BBC anchor Helen Rollason dies at 43 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		BBC sports anchor Helen Rollason, who won admiration and respect for staying on the air during her two-year battle with cancer, died Monday at age 43.
		Rollason died at her home in Essex surrounded by family and friends, according to her agent, Sue Knight.
		After Rollason was diagnosed with colon cancer two years ago, doctors gave her three months to live.
	www.salon.com /people/obit/1999/08/09/rollason/print.html (362 words)

	Helen Rollason Heal Cancer Charity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Heroes for Helen is a challenge to raise £1,000 or more to help us continue to help others on their journey with cancer.
		Each team (or individual) who completes the challenge is awarded an engraved glass paperweight, a Certificate of Achievement and their name recorded in a leather-bound Heroes for Helen record book.
		Helen Rollason sash, T-shirt or baseball cap to wear while fundraising.
	www.helenrollason.org.uk /helens_heroes.php (350 words)

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		Holmes, who won both the 800m and 1500m events in Athens, was presented with the award by London 2012 bid chief Sebastian Coe.
		Memories of Athens also dominated the Team of the Year award, which was claimed by Team GB's victorious coxless four.
		Seven-year old Kirsty Howard was honoured with the Helen Rollason Award, after showing incredible courage and determination to raise money for other children.
	www.london2012.org /en/news/archive/2004/december/2004-12-13-09-50.htm (364 words)

	Guardian \| Awards fete athletes' feats
		Presenting the Good Housekeeping outstanding achievement award to Holmes, editor-in-chief of the magazine, Lindsay Nicholson, said the 34-year-old athlete had been honoured more for her dogged determination than for her athletic achievements.
		Mary Kayitesi Blewitt, who lost 50 members of her family in the Rwandan genocide and went on to become the founder of the Rwandan Genocide Survivors Fund, was honoured with the Pilkington award.
		The Frink award she was given yesterday is added to a list of other distinctions: an MBE, the Helen Rollason award for courage and bravery in sport at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2002.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5036796-103690,00.html (556 words)

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		Holmes received the outstanding achievement award after winning gold medals in both the 800m and 1,500m at the Olympic Games in Athens.
		Tomlinson, who has raised almost £1m for charity since she was diagnosed with incurable cancer four years ago, received the Frisk award for achievement through personal hardship.
		Tomlinson was awarded an MBE in 2002, and received the Helen Rollason award for bravery in sport at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2002.
	www.london2012.org /en/news/archive/2004/october/2004-10-12-12-00.htm (361 words)

	BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards
		Britain's most prestigious sports award, the BBC Sports Personality of the Year was on Sunday night settled after a week of hotly contested discussion in the national papers.
		As well as her runner's up prize, Ellen was awarded the Helen Rollason Award for 'outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity', presented to her by Tanni Grey-Thompson, Britain's heroic paralmypics athlete.
		Whilst Ellen was unable to attend the Awards Presentation, as she was competing in the Transat Jacque Vabre, a live link-up took place to her boat Foncia.
	www.sailing.org /?id=je9F406B&MenuID=&Tkn=21221549 (401 words)

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		The awards, which will be broadcast live on BBC One on Sunday night, will celebrate a memorable year for British sport.
		The Sports Personality and Team of the Year awards will be decided by viewers of the programme, who will be invited to vote by phone, text and interactive digital TV.
		The evening will also feature awards for Overseas Personality of the Year, Coach of the Year, Young Personality of the Year, a Lifetime Achievement award, Unsung Hero of the Year and the Helen Rollason Award for courage in the face of adversity.
	www.london2012.com /en/news/archive/2004/december/2004-12-10-11-45.htm (338 words)

	The Scotsman - UK - Wilkinson caps a dream year after winning Sports Personality award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		There was only ever going to be one winner of the award from the moment last month when the England stand-off drop-kicked the goal in the last seconds of extra-time to beat Australia 20-17 and win the World Cup in Sydney.
		The award was presented by her mixed doubles partner Leander Paes, who is recuperating from a brain lesion, and with whom she won a record-equalling 20th Wimbledon title earlier this year.
		The Helen Rollason award, presented for outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity, was awarded to ex-boxer Michael Watson.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=1375212003 (689 words)

	i-uk.com Feature Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The award was presented to Ian by Sir Vivian Richards.
		The Helen Rollason Award, presented for outstanding courage and achievement in the face of adversity, was awarded to Kirsty Howard.
		The Unsung Hero Award honours an individual who has given their time and talents for free to enable others to participate in sport.
	www.i-uk.com /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1006977151843&a=KArticle&aid=1101394284580 (524 words)

	Nominations for Sportswoman of the Year 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The CCPR is actively promoting the ‘Unsung Heroine’ Award which is dedicated to people who work behind the scenes to make a difference.
		This award will be made to women working in areas such as coaching or administration.
		They are under no illusions that many of you are working with women who have contributed enormously to their field with little or no recognition.
	www.british-gymnastics.org /cms/publish/printer_338.shtml (108 words)

	RTÉ.ie Sport - Redgrave named Sports Personality of the year
		Redgrave admitted he was honoured to have been named as the winner of the award in his last year in international competition.
		The achievements of Redgrave and his Olympic team-mates, along with those of the Paralympic squad, were recognised as the teams were jointly named as team of the year, with Pinsent accepting the accolade.
		Welshwoman Grey-Thompson claimed the Helen Rollason Award, for the sportsperson who had been deemed to show the most courage, as well as third place in the main event.
	www.rte.ie /sport/2000/1211/redgravecs.html (878 words)

	Rollason in tears at news of her award
		HELEN ROLLASON, the BBC sports reporter who is fighting cancer, said yesterday that she burst into tears on learning that she had been awarded an MBE.
		Rollason, 43, the first female presenter on BBC's Grandstand, has provided inspiration for others through her cheerfulness and by repeatedly confounding doctors' expectations of how long she would live since first being diagnosed with the disease in 1997.
		She recently learned her cancer has spread from her colon to her liver and lungs, but convinced the BBC she was well enough to work.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/06/12/nhons612.html (183 words)

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		Look up BBC Sports Personality of the Year Helen Rollason Award on HighBeam™ Research.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=BBC+Sports+Personality+of+the+Year+Helen+Rollason+Award (337 words)

	Kelly Holmes wins BBC Sports Award
		Receiving the award, Matthew Pinsett paid tribute to Alex Partridge who was forced out of the team following an injury and said "his time would come".
		The Lifetime Achievement Award this year went to former county and England cricketer Ian Botham in recognition of his major sporting achievements.
		Nine-year-old Kirsty Howard was presented with the Helen Rollason award for her achievements with the Kirsty's Appeal campaign which raises money for sick children.
	www.4ni.co.uk /nationalnews.asp?id=36075 (325 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Special Events \| Sports Personality \| Redgrave voted Britain's best
		Redgrave, who announced his retirement on his return from the Olympics, admitted he was delighted to have won the award for the first time.
		Redgrave also shared in the first award of the night, as the British Olympic and Paralympic athletes won the Team of the Year award for their combined efforts in Sydney.
		He was presented with his award by motor racing legend Jackie Stewart, who praised his "remarkable" year and paid tribute to Button's "mind-management" skills.
	newsimg.bbc.co.uk /sport1/low/in_depth/2000/sports_personality/1064725.stm (581 words)

	Sport Development Centre - Loughborough Univeristy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The awards ceremony marked a double celebration for the region, with Ellen MacArthur, from Whatstandwell in Derbyshire, taking the major prize, ‘Sportswoman of the Year’.
		At the awards ceremony, Steph Cook won the Helen Rollason Award for Sporting Inspiration.
		In 1998 Donna Kellogg was awarded the prize for her outstanding contribution to badminton, and previous to that Jenny Tranfield (former Sport Scholar in squash) also claimed the title.
	www.lboro.ac.uk /sport/sdc/newsboard/georginaswofyear.htm (299 words)

	Sports Stories - Jonny Wilkinson awarded BBC Sports Personality
		To most it came as no surprise that he was the most likely candidate to pick up the prestigious BBC Sports Personality of the year award for 2003.
		But to the man himself the award came as a huge surprise.
		Paula Radcliffe was third in the polls for the top award.
	www.nightimeuk.com /pubindex/9980148749094.html (342 words)

	Coach Award (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The BBC SportsPersonality of the Year award has been given to one British sportsperson each year since 1954.
		The award is voted for by the public.
		As well as the main award there are currently seven other categories.
	www.therfcc.org /coach-award-313595.html (66 words)

	::: u.tv ::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		She won the award from rower Matthew Pinsent, who was second, and England cricketer Andrew Flintoff, third.
		Another top award in the BBC1 show - Team of the Year - went to the Great Britain Olympic men`s coxless four rowers for their success in Athens.
		Helen Rollason Award (for courage in the face of adversity) - Terminally ill nine-year-old Kirsty Howard, whose charity, Kirsty`s Appeal, has already raised £3m for sick children.
	www.utvinternet.com /newsroom/indepth.asp?id=19087&pt=s (296 words)

	icBerkshire - Queen honours cancer campaigner
		Mrs Tomlinson was awarded the MBE after completing a number of high profile challenges for charity, including two marathons, two triathlons, the UK half ironman triathlon and a bike ride from John o'Groats to Land's End.
		She has raised more than £387,000 since she began her challenges two years ago and has already won a number of high profile awards including the Special Recognition award in the Yorkshire Awards and the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards.
		She also won the same award at the Sportswoman of the Year Awards and an Outstanding Achievement Award at the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Sport Awards.
	icberkshire.icnetwork.co.uk /0100news/nationalnews/content_objectid=13498142_method=full_siteid=50102_headline=-Queen-honours-cancer-campaigner-name_page.html (379 words)

	Brave Helen is a Hero of Endeavour (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This week, when she accepted her Hero of Endeavour award at the Brentwood school, no one could be forgiven for thinking the award might just have the edge!
		Helen, 42, of Kelvedon Hatch, is still waging a desperate long-term battle against terminal cancer.
		She said she was "very, very honoured and very, very privileged" by the award, presented by head teacher Peter Pryke, for "personal achievement and courage''.
	www.thisisessex.co.uk /essex/archive/1998/11/20/NEWS20ZM.html (236 words)

	Guardian \| Lack of ramp mars athlete's glory
		Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson has got used to receiving awards in recognition of her outstanding sporting ability, but a simple oversight by the BBC denied her the chance of collecting her latest accolade in front of an audience of millions.
		She also won last night's special accolade, the Helen Rollason award, for outstanding achievement in the face of adversity.
		She was presented with the award by last year's winner, racehorse trainer Jenny Pitman.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4104115-103690,00.html (434 words)

	HEAL Cancer Charity - Helen Rollason Appeal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Partygoers helped raise more than £1,500 for the Helen Rollason Cancer Care Centre Appeal when a Canvey Island businesswoman and her staff staged a fundraising barbecue.
		Now she and her colleagues have just received the Hero for Helen award from the Appeal, which has branches in Shannon Way, Canvey, and London Road, Leigh-on-Sea.
		The award - a glass-engraved paperweight - is given to a person or a group of people, who promise to raise £1,000 or more for the charity.
	www.healcancercharity.org.uk /appeals/2004/oct_plumbers.htm (330 words)

	uka : Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Now in their 16th year, The Sunday Times Sportswomen of the Year awards play an integral part in the sporting calendar, celebrating the inspirational achievements and special contribution made by women right across the sporting field.
		Those nominated will be celebrated at a glittering awards lunch at the Park Lane Hotel in Piccadilly on Wednesday 26 November.
		All other categories, including awards for individuals, teams and unsung heroes, will be decided by the Sunday Times judging panel.
	www.ukathletics.net /vsite/vcontent/content/news/0,10869,4854-130891-132199-25426-100042-news-item,00.html (257 words)

	Her name is Helen
		American who was the FIRST stuntwoman when she doubled for Helen Holmes in the long running serial The Hazards of Helen which began in 1914
		FIRST actress to win both a supporting award as well as a major acting Oscar when she won the award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Airport in 1970.
		Helen was a scientist researching into the chemical and physical properties of chocolate for the Mars company in Slough.
	web.ukonline.co.uk /m.gratton/Names/Helen.htm (1173 words)

	Sportswomen of the Year Awards 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Once again the CCPR is actively promoting the ‘Unsung Heroine’ Award which is dedicated to women who work behind the scenes to make a difference.
		This award will be made to women working in areas such as coaching or administration and we would be extremely grateful if you could start thinking about making suitable nominations.
		We are under no doubt that many of you are working with women who have contributed enormously to their field with little or no recognition and we recognise it is these people who keep sport and recreation alive.
	www.barla.org.uk /News/news.asp?NewsId=425 (211 words)

	Jane Tomlinson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		She has received a range of honours in recognition of her fund raising work.
		In December 2002, she was awarded the Helen Rollason Award at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.
		She was recognised with a MBE in the Queen's Birthday honours list in June 2003, and received an honorary doctorate from Sheffield Hallam University.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jane_Tomlinson (164 words)

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