TEN new sports scholarships from the Basingstoke Sports Trust were announced at the awards.

The 10 recipients will join more than 50 athletes already on the scheme and will get free use of the Sports Centre in Festival Place.

The awards went to Carl Buttle (rugby), Holly Croxford (athletics), Leanne Ganney (ice hockey), Mikaela Howell and Rebecca Jane (football), Andrew Pett (hockey), David-Roy Wood (gymnastics), David Shepperd (biathlon and swimming), Sam Sleap (decathlon) and Ella Trueman (basketball).

In addition, more than 100 local athletes have picked up cheques from Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council and these were handed out through the Local Sports Council.

The grants have been awarded to the following sports people:
Basketball and bi and triathlon (under-18 ladies) - Jenna Waite
Swimming and bi and triathlon (senior ladies) - Michelle Matson
Athletics and judo (under-18 ladies) - Thalia Laing
Swimming and biathlon - (under-18 men) Kieran Maynard; (senior ladies) Laura Hook
Squash and Badminton (under-18 men) - Milo Rapacioli
Athletics - (under-18 ladies) Rebecca Curtis-Harris, Holly Croxford, Jessica Sandwell, Jessica Clement, Rebecca Butler; (under-18 men) Sam Sleap, Sam Starr, Nick Bates, Duncan Stevenson, Andrew Clement, Gavin Berry, Tom Fright, Jack Graham, Christopher Ladhams, Tom Sycklemoore, Thomas Cropp; (senior ladies) Sarah Bolton, Rebecca Sleap; (senior men) Mark Berridge, Ben Hazell, Andy Blow, Jayson Richards
Badminton - (under-18 ladies) Rhian Jenkins
Basketball - (under-18 ladies) Ella Trueman, Grace Trueman; (under-18 men) Joe Snelgrove; (senior ladies) Caroline Turner
Biathlon - (under-18 ladies) Bethan O'Brien, Rohan Maynard, Hannah Parker, Charlotte Coxhead; (under-18 men) David Shepperd; (senior ladies) Caroline Slimin
Bowls - (under-18 ladies) Georgina Heath; (senior ladies) Claire Spreadbury
Chess - (under-18 men) Oliver Smith
Cricket - (under-18 men) Adam Rouse, Darren Rouse, Matthew King, Scott Addyman; (senior men) Mitchell Stokes
Darts - (senior men) Graham Barnes
Diving - (senior men) Tom Owens
Fencing - (under-18 men) Ben Peggs; (senior men) Steven Bateman
Futsal - (senior men) Luke Williams
Football - (under-18 ladies) Rebecca Jane; (under-18 men) Josh Toomer, Michael Wright; (senior ladies) Mikaela Howell
Gymnastics - (under-18 ladies) Chantelle Wilson, Kerry Collisson, Nicole Mohan, Amber Tydeman, Gemma Tydeman, Kim Hopper, Alicia Hughes-White, Tanisha Clayton, Yasmine Taite, Lucy Mantel, Elise Nunn; under-18 men) Ben Carter, Alex Rawson, Lee Rawson, Daniel Lannigan, Jordan Lucas, Samual Lucas. (senior men) David-Roy Wood, Charles Uezzell, Peter Sycklemoore
Hockey - (under-18 men) Andrew Pett, Scott Warriner, Steven Wilkins, Luke Holdcroft
Ice Hockey - (under-18 ladies) Michaela Walker, Nats Aldridge, Leanne Ganney; (under-18 men) Ryan Watt, Charles Stockford; (senior men) Matt Jordan; (senior ladies) Leah White
Ice Skating - (under-18 ladies) Laura Freeman, Rachael Powell; (under-18 men) Charles Howard-Jones; (senior ladies) Antoinette Hempel
Judo - (under-18 ladies) Marissa Laing, Sian Laing
Netball - (under-18 ladies) Katy Davis, Emily Goodenough, Joanna Ash; (senior ladies) Hattie Brooks
Powerlifting - (senior ladies) Jean Maton; (senior men) George Carter, Pete Bedford, Andy Bonner,
Rugby - (under-18 ladies) Elisabeth Richards, Alicia McComish, Megan Horwood, Stephanie Prior; (under-18 men) David Rees; (senior men) Karl Buttle
Swimming - (under-18 men) Josh Clinch, Alex Pullen; (senior men) Brendan Giltinane
Tae Kwon Do - (under-18 ladies) Colleen Reilly; (under-18 men) William Dinsdale
Table Tennis - (under-18 men) Jonathan Evans
Tennis - (under-18 ladies) Rachel Whiteside, Stephanie Catlin; (under-18 men) Matthew Waissen, Jack Waissen, Ross Catlin, Luke Miles
Ten Pin Bowling - (under-18 men) Ashley Iacona
Triathlon - (under-18 ladies) Jade O'Brien; (senior men) Aaron Harris
Volleyball - (senior men) Craig Richardson