The votes have been counted, and recounted by our judges for the first ever BBC Cornwall Sports Award. Hundreds of you voted through the BBC Cornwall website, and also via a special phone voting service set up especially for this Award. It was a close finish but we can reveal that the winner is young sailor Rosie Chapman from Hayle.
 | | BBC Cornwall's Sports Award Winner 2006 |
The impressive win rounds off a highly successful time for Rosie. Recently she won gold at the ISAF Grade 1 CORK Regatta in Canada beating all the male sailors. Rosie also came through some difficult races at Eastbourne, Weymouth, Whitsable and Chew Valley Lake to eventually qualify for the World ISAF Games in Cassis in Portugal next year. Rosie has done all this after battling back from a knee injury - she has also set her sights on a place in the Beijing Olympics squad. The BBC Cornwall website has produced a brand new film featuring Rosie. Click on the link below to watch it: We also made a film with Rosie earlier this year. Click on the link below to enjoy our archive footage: BBC Radio Cornwall's Alex Full went to Rosie's house in Hayle to announce the win. Click on the link below to hear the audio: Unsung Hero Jenny Worth, from Launceston, has been chosen as the BBC Sports Unsung Hero 2006 for the South West. The 51-year-old will rub shoulders with the UK's best-known sports stars and legends at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year show at the NEC, Birmingham on Sunday 10 December. The award, supported by Tesco this year, is designed to recognise and applaud the work of people behind the scenes who give their time on a voluntary basis to ensure someone else gets the chance to take part in the sport they love.
 | | Jenny Worth with Victoria Graham |
Jenny has been running junior table tennis for 16 years at Launceston College. Between 15 and 25 children with ages ranging from 10 and 17 turning up every Thursday night. She also runs Lawhitton Badminton Juniors through the winter on Wednesday nights, where the junior turnout varies year on year from 10 to 20 juniors. Jenny has been running this for 20 years. For the last 15 years she has run the after school badminton club at Launceston College on Friday evenings. This runs from 3.15pm for approximately 30 secondary school children. Jenny then follows this with the East Cornwall Badminton League, which has teams from Launceston, Liskeard, Camelford and Callington competing. She normally finishes at 8.30 to 9.00pm. During the summer Jenny has a quieter time running the Launceston Tennis Club junior section. This takes place on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for between 12 and 25 children aged between 4 and 16 years old. Jenny's son, Kevin, nominated his mother for the award saying: "Over the last 20 years my mother has coached and mentored literally hundreds, possibly thousands of local children, all voluntarily and all with just the help of the odd helpful parent. For these years of service, not just to one club but to three, and to the local school, and the fact that she is still going strong at the age of 51, I think that she should be the BBC Sports Unsung Hero for 2006." Well done to Jenny. | 
