Barrow-in-Furness’s Georgia Stanway has had another fantastic football season. She adorned our screens this Summer as the whole nation was gripped to the TV to watch the mighty Lionesses play Spain in the final of the World Cup.
A key member of the England squad for a number of years, Georgia played every game during the 2023 World Cup.
Georgia currently plays professionally for German side, Bayern Munich, one of the top clubs in Europe. Earlier this year, she was nominated for the Female Ballon D’or, the highest individual accolade in world football.
Georgia picked up the prestigious Sports Personality of the Year award at this year’s Cumbria Sports Awards.
The awards winners, have all been announced over the course of this week on BBC Radio Cumbria Mike Zeller at Breakfast and on social media.
Organised by Active Cumbria, the awards recognise the successes of teams and individuals from around the county who are involved in sport.
Richard Johnston, Chair of Cumbria Sports Awards Judging Panel said;
“In this, the forty-fourth year of the Cumbria Sports Awards the judging panel are once again overwhelmed by the number and quality of nominations.
“Every year, we hear of new names and their outstanding achievements, and the awards provide an opportunity to showcase the incredible range of great sporting talent in the county. It’s never an easy task deciding on the winners.
“We would like to congratulate not only our incredible winners but all of this year’s nominees. As always, there was some fierce competition with so many great nominations, and we had well over 100 separate individuals and teams put forward. Many of the categories were almost impossible to judge with so many great nominations.
“I’d like to thank our Judging Panel for their time, and everyone who took the time to submit a nomination.”