Nominations open for BBC Young SPOTY

30 Sep 2016

The nominations for the BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year Award have opened and we are calling on you nominate our young sportsmen and women.

The winner will be revealed at the annual BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards which will be head in Birmingham at the Genting Arena on Sunday 18 December.

Previous aquatics winners have included Ellie Simmonds, Josef Craig and Tom Daley.

Nominees must have been 17 or under on 1 January 2016 and nominations close on Friday, 11 November.

We have seen outstanding performances from our young stars including Paralympic Champion Ellie Robinson and Rio silver medallist Abby Kane, diver Lois Toulson making her Olympic debut in Brazil and European junior swimming champions Freya Anderson and Tom Derbyshire.

You can nominate by downloading and filling in this form and emailing it to sports.personality@bbc.co.uk or posting it to YOUNG SPOTY 2016, 3rd Floor, Quay House, MediaCityUK, Salford Quays, M50 2QH.

Nominees must have been 17 or under on the 1 January 2016 and nominations close on Friday, 11 November 2016.