Table Tennis Player Crowned Canary Wharf Sports Personality of the Year 2015 – 12.02.16

Canary Wharf Group is delighted to announce the winner of this year’s Canary Wharf Sports Personality of the Year, 16-year old Tin Tin Ho whose impressive table tennis achievements have wowed the judges.

Tin Tin was crowned at a ceremony at Canary Wharf’s East Wintergarden last night, amid fierce competition from a remarkable array of nominees. Three local sporting groups were also recognised for their achievements during 2015. These were cheerleading team Ascension Eagles Serenity, Poplar Blackwall & District Rowing Club and the Bangladesh Football Association.

At the 2015 Table Tennis National Championships, Tin Tin won three gold medals in the Under 21 singles, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles, and won a silver medal in the Women’s Singles, narrowly missing out on the ‘grand slam’.

Tin Tin kept a 100% record in the team event at the European Youth Championships in Bratislava, ranked in the last 32 (Singles) and last 16 (Girls Doubles) at the French Youth Open, won the Junior and Senior Middlesex Team gold at the County Premier, won gold at the ESTTA London East (Singles) and in February, at the Czech Youth Open, she won silver (Girls Doubles).

Canary Wharf Group’s Head of Community Affairs, Zakir Khan said:  “Congratulations to all the fantastic nominees and winners of this year’s Canary Wharf Sports Awards. These awards give well deserved recognition to the achievements of local people in their chosen sports.

Special congratulations to Tin Tin Ho , our Sports Personality of the Year 2015. Some of our previous winners have gone on to represent their country in their chosen sport and we hope Tin Tin  will do the same.”

This is the fifteenth annual Canary Wharf Sports Personality of the Year Awards and Canary Wharf Group is proud to have invested in sport in the surrounding area of London for over 20 years as part of its commitment to fostering social and economic development.

The awards encourage sporting excellence and participation in this area of London. The event was attended by over 300 local sports people and administrators as well as a range of local dignitaries, including Tower Hamlets Deputy Speaker of the Council Rajib Ahmed  and ex-England cricketer and winner of Strictly Come Dancing, Mark Ramprakash.

Winners on the evening were:

• Sports Personality of the Year: Tin Tin Ho, Table Tennis

• Junior Team of the Year: Ascension Eagles Serenity

Ascension Eagles Serenity is the AEC’s special needs team consisting of six young people with a range of disabilities who train together once a week. In July 2015 the team members competed in a National Cheerleading Championship event, excelling beyond all expectations to come away National Champions.

• Senior Team of the Year: Poplar Blackwall & District Rowing Club

The winners are all members of the Poplar Blackwall & District Rowing Club Masters rowing squad, the team competed at the World Masters Championships held in Belgium where between them and their partners they won a total of three gold medals.

• Group Achievement Award: Bangladesh Football Association

Bangladesh Football Association (BFA) delivers 11 different sports projects and engages over 3,000 people, bringing social and community benefits. As well as sports projects, the group also delivered an FA Level 1 and FA Referee coaching course to train the next generation of coaches and referees for the game. It has given many local young people the opportunity to move into paid employment.

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