Motors looking for inspiring sports heroes

When it comes to sporting heroes many people will name celebrities and sports stars like Brian O’Driscoll and Richie McCaw, but what about the people who tirelessly help their local sports team by bringing water down for half time? Or organising events and matches for everyone to play at? Being a small scale sports team doesn’t mean that sporting heroes are not present and that’s the message Motors.co.uk want to get out there.
This year Motors.co.uk are carrying on their Most Deserving Campaign by looking for the Most Deserving Sporting Hero. The Most Deserving Campaign has been going since 2011, when Motors first began their search for the Most Deserving Local Hero, since then they’ve searched for Most Deserving Student and the Most Deserving Business which were all a great success.
For top rugby union player Jonny Wilkinson, it was his dad who got him, and his brother Mark ‘sparks’ Wilkinson, into the sport as he himself was a keen player. Jonny played a lot with his brother Mark as well, who also went on to become a professional rugby player. Although, as Jonny continued to play, Mark went on to become a coach and eventually Head Conditioning Coach at Newcastle.
The Prize
This year’s prize is a Vauxhall Zafira 1.6i five door used car which has plenty of room for transporting equipment around to matches or practice and enough seats to take the team, or most of the team, to their matches.
Not only will the winner receive the car, they will also get a donation of £250 to their sporting cause. This money can go towards improving the team facilities or clubhouse, new equipment or even buying new kits to keep the team spirit alive.
The biggest prize of all is winning the impressive title of Motors Most Deserving Sporting Hero.
Nominations
Nominations closed on the 15^th of June and from the 16^th of June, until the 20^th, a panellist of judges whittled the applications down to five finalists. The finalists were announced on the 23^rd of June and their stories are up to the public to vote on who they think are the Most Deserving Sporting Hero. Voting will close on the 11^th of July and the winner will be announced in the week commencing July 14^th 2014.