Summary
GOLFER Lauren Taylor was named Young Sports Personality of the Year at the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards. The 17-year- old became the youngest winner of the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship at Royal Portrush in its 112-year history in June before competing alongside the professionals in the Women's British Open at Carnoustie. In a year when the absence of any sportswomen on the shortlist for the main award has made headlines, the final three for the young sports personality award were all female, with Taylor beating swimmer Eleanor Simmonds and cyclist Lucy Garner.
The Helen Rollason Award for outstanding achievement went to former Grand National winner Bob Champion, who triumphed at Aintree on Aldaniti in 1981 two years after he had been diagnosed with testicular cancer.See the full content of this document
Extract
Young Award Goes to Taylor
After ret...
See the full content of this document
Sponsored links
