Pidgeon
IN LINE FOR TOP AWARD
City
athlete Emily Pidgeon is in line to win a top national sports award. The
15-year-old Gloucester Athletic Club runner has been nominated on the
short-list for the Most Promising Newcomer Award at the prestigious Sunday
Times Sportswoman of the Year Awards ceremony
Pidgeon, along with Somerset swimmer Stacey Tadd and yachtswoman Hannah
Mills, has been invited to the prize ceremony at the Park Lane Hotel in
London on November 26.
Pidgeon's nomination is a reflection on her emergence as one of Britain's
most talented young female athletes.
"We are obviously pleased and it is very
flattering," said coach David Farrow.
"But a nice occasion like this has to be
tinged with just a little caution as there is always a slight concern over
too much too soon as this age."
Under Farrow's careful guidance Pidgeon is already an English Schools'
champion at cross country and on the track.
This summer she became the youngest distance runner to represent Great
Britain when she was selected for an U20s match in Italy.
Both girls will get the chance to rub shoulders with a wide range of
sporting celebrities , including those on the shortlist for the Sportswoman
of the Year award.
That shortlist of 10 includes runners Paula Radcliffe and
Kelly Holmes.