OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT (sponsored by Daniel Robinson & Sons) – Peter Scarlett, for 61-year service to Bishop’s Stortford rugby club plus service as co-founder and director of employment support charity Kickstart and the Rotary Club of Bishop’s Stortford.
SPORTS PERSONALITY (sponsored by Tees Law) – Winner: Ashley Sutton, British Touring Car Championship winner for third time. Highly commended: Alan Hazell, Bishop’s Stortford Community Football Club fixtures secretary and Covid officer.
CHARITY CHAMPION (sponsored by Mullucks) – Winner: Citizens Advice East Herts. Highly commended: Bishop’s Stortford Food Bank.
JOHN TURNER MEMORIAL AWARD (sponsored by Stortford Indie) – Joint recipients: Cllr Mike Wood, long-serving town, district and county councillor and South Mill Arts trustee and volunteer, and Ray Greenwood, Bishop’s Stortford Community Football Club lead coach.
CUSTOMER SERVICE (sponsored by Bishop’s Stortford BID) – Winner: Humphreys Butchers. Highly commended: Amelia Rose Beauticians.
BUSINESS PERSONALITY (sponsored by Nockolds) – Winner: Michelle Brace, The Wheatsheaf publican. Highly commended: Jackie & Perry Colman, Hair by Elements & Urban Spa.
GREEN AWARD (sponsored by Golf World Stansted) – Winner: Simon Baker, Save Our Stort. Highly commended: David Clarke, for work on The Firs, National Trust, Countryside Management Service and Friends of Southern Country Park.
YOUNG SPORTS PERSONALITY (sponsored by Stort Chemicals) – Winner: Emma Jones, 19, cricketer with South East Stars and Oval Invincibles. Highly commended: Luke Dunham, 13, tennis player and 5k runner.
CHILD OF COURAGE (sponsored by David Lee Estate & Letting Agents) – Aaron Sandhu, 13, for bravery, resilience and community spirit after suffering a stroke at the age of 8.
COMMUNITY CHAMPION (sponsored by London Stansted Airport) – Winner: Zara Skidmore, for Operation CommUNITY. Highly commended: Janet Bellingham, for High Wych Scarecrow Festival and other events.
YOUNG CARER (sponsored by Rotary Club of Bishop’s Stortford) – Cameron Kephalas, 11, for looking after his younger brother Connor, 7, who has Down syndrome.
PERSON OF COURAGE (sponsored by Rayden Solicitors) – Beth Purvis, aka Bowel Warrior, national campaigner for better diagnosis of bowel cancer.
UNSUNG HERO (sponsored by Genmar) – Winner: Dr Sian Stanley, of Church Street Partnership and Stort Valley & Villages Primary Care Network, for heading Bishop’s Stortford FC vaccination centre. Highly commended: Birchwood High School’s ‘Team PPE’ for supplying over 12,000 items of personal protective equipment at the start of the Covid pandemic.