Volleyball England Annual Awards
To serve and celebrate the Volleyball Community
Volunteers are the driving force of everything that we do, and our sport would simply not exist without them.
The Annual Awards are an effort to recognise outstanding contributions and express heartfelt gratitude to all the volunteers for their dedicated time and effort in fostering a welcoming and vibrant volleyball community!
The Awards include people and clubs from across the volleyball community, including coaches, referees, HEVOs and other volunteers, recognizing those working at budding clubs and Junior grassroots level, right through to Super League and international competitions.
If you have any questions about the Annual Awards, please do not hesitate to reach out to us on membership@volleyballengland.org.
Annual Awards winners 2025
| Category | Winner | Club |
| Universal Services Coach of the Year - Adults | Luke WIltshire | Southampton Volleyball Club |
| Coach of the Year - Children & Young People | Caitliln Walsh | Lincoln Cannons Volleyball Club |
| Young Coach of the Year | Sam Sorsky | SideOut Beach Volleyball Club |
| Referee of the Year | Hiroko Turner | Richmond Volleyball Club |
| Young Referee of the Year | Evelyn Lee | Durham University Volleyball Club |
| Volunteer of the Year | Marcin Pawlowski | The Volleyball Project |
| Young Volunteer of the Year | Benjamin Merry | Essex Rebels Volleyball Club |
| Serena Morten Inclusion Award | Elaine Brown | Leeds Gorse Volleyball Club |
| Deep Dish HEVO of the Year | Joelson Santy | University of Nottingham Volleyball Club |
| Huck Nets Club of the Year | Brazukas Universe Volleyball Club | - |
| Contribution to Volleyball | Navaz Sutton | Lincoln Cannons Volleyball Club |
| Unsung Hero | Nicholas Hitt | Ivybridge Community College |
| Peter Wardale Memorial Award | Gillian Harrison |
Volleyball's inspiring heroes celebrated at Annual Awards 2025
Coach Ian Legrand Inducted into the Dr. Don Anthony MBE Hall of Fame
You can catch up on the Annual Awards livestream here.
Interviews from some of the Award winners can be found here.
Peter Wardale Memorial Award
The Peter Wardale Memorial Award is the highest accolade which can be given to a volunteer. The recipients of this Award are shortlisted by members of the Heritage Project working group, and the winner is selected by the Board. This is awarded to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to volleyball.
Roll of Honour
- 2000 – Ron Richards
- 2001 – Dudley Williams
- 2002 – Roman Parashchak
- 2003 – Dan Dingle
- 2004 – Neville Lewis
- 2006 – Ian Berry
- 2007 – Freda Bussey (pictured)
- 2009 – Don Anthony
- 2012 – Brian Stalker
- 2013 – Richard Callicott
- 2014 – Gordon Neale
- 2015 – Paul Bohannan
- 2016 - Keith Nicholls
- 2019 - The Bello Family
- 2020 - Janet Inman
- 2022 - Nick Shaffery
- 2023 - Ken Edwards
- 2025 - Gillian Harrison