Cycling coach Sutton wins award

Sutton won Commonwealth Games cycling gold for Australia in 1978

British Cycling's Shane Sutton has been named coach of the year at the UK coaching awards in London.

The 51-year-old played a key role at the Olympics and World Championships.

Sutton was also one of seven winners of the high-performance coach of the year award along with swimmer Rebecca Adlington's coach Bill Furniss.

British Swimming was named governing body of the year and Tom Daley's coach Andy Banks earned the performance development coach of the year prize.

Golf coach John Jacobs and Baroness Sue Campbell were presented with the lifetime achievement award and and recognition of outstanding contribution to sport and coaching awards respectively.

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UK Coaching Awards 2008 Winners:

Coach of the Year:

Shane Sutton (cycling)

Young Coach of the Year:

Duncan Parniss (hockey)

Lifetime Achievement Award:

John Jacobs OBE (golf)

Recognition of Outstanding Contribution to Sport and Coaching:

Baroness Sue Campbell CBE

High Performance Coach of the Year:

Jenny Archer (Paralympic athletics), Bill Furniss (swimming), Chris Gowers (sailing), Jurgen Grobler (rowing), Billy Pye (Paralympic swimming), Shane Sutton (cycling), Bob Torrance (golf)

Performance Development Coach of the Year:

Andy Banks (diving)

Participation Coach of the Year:

Darren Barton (rowing)

The Coaching Chain: The Appreciation of Coaching Award:

Linda Bennett, Ian Negus, Glenn Smith & Bill Furniss (coaches of Rebecca Adlington)

Children's Coach of the Year:

Gordon Fearn & Martin Tilling (Nottinghamshire Play Sport)

Coach Educator of the Year:

John Mills (cycling)

Governing Body of the Year:

British Swimming

Coaching Environment of the Year:

Leeds Metropolitan University

Agency in Support of Coaching:

Coaching Highland

Coaching Intervention of the Year:

Coaching Communities Project as part of the Sports Pathways to Employment Programme, managed by Sports Structures in partnership with Sandwell MBC.