30 Sep ASIAN FOOTBALL AWARDS 2013 – LAUNCH RECEPTION
Bigday Photography are honoured to be on board as event photographers for the Asian Football Awards 2013.
Back in March early this year The Houses of Parliament saw a number of high-profile guests attend the 2013 launch of the second annual Asian Football Awards in a grand ceremony. The event, hosted by Inventive Sports saw nominations officially open for the awards set to be hosted at Wembley Stadium on 8th October 2013.
Asian Football Awards Founder Baljit Rihal opened proceedings at the Houses of Parliament by saying, “This year’s awards promise to be yet another meaningful statement of intent for the Asians in Football cause. We are proud to be able to bring to you a bigger and better awards ceremony, which aims to honour those that are paving the way for Asians in Football. The football organisations have given us greater support and we aim to leverage this by continuing our quest to showcase Asian role models within the UK football industry.”
The Awards see Goals Soccer Centres as their headline sponsor, along with a strong contingent of supporting football organisations including; The FA, Kick It Out, The PFA, Show Racism The Red Card and Sporting Equals.
The Asian Football Awards (AFA) aim to improve the awareness of the positive impact made by Asians within the UK football industry and to engage with organisations and individuals to help increase participation levels.
The hosts for the Asian Football Awards evening will be BBC Asian Network presenter Noreen Khan and Sky Sports News presenter Dharmesh Sheth, while the judging panel includes representatives from The FA, The PFA and Kick It Out, as well as the chief executive officer of International Airlines Group, Willie Walsh, the BBC Sport presenter Manish Bhasin and Amit Bhatia, the vice-chairman of Queens Park Rangers FC.
List of nominees for 2013 Asian Football Awards
PLAYER (Sponsored by GOALS Soccer Centres)
Danny Batth (Wolverhampton Wanderers FC)
Michael Chopra (Blackpool FC)
Neil Taylor (Swansea City FC and Wales)
YOUNG PLAYER (Sponsored by Sky Ex)
Jhai Dhillon (Stevenage FC)
Adil Nabi (West Bromwich Albion FC)
Malvind Benning (Walsall FC)
Josh Shama (Oxford United FC)
UP & COMING PLAYER (Sponsored by Pinder Reaux Solicitors) Dylan Lall (Brighton & Hove Albion FC)
Samir Nabi (West Bromwich Albion FC)
Yan Dhanda (Liverpool FC)
SOUTH-EAST ASIAN PLAYER (Sponsored by Korea Foods)
Ki Sung-Yueng (Swansea City FC and South Korea)
Shinji Kagawa (Manchester United FC and Japan)
Kim Bo-Kyung (Cardiff City FC and South Korea)
NON-LEAGUE PLAYER
Jey Siva (Wealdstone FC)
Jasbir Singh (Solihull Moors FC)
Adnan Ahmad (Droylsden FC)
Netan Sansara (Boston United FC)
Aman Verma (Stockport County FC)
MEDIA (Sponsored by fc business magazine)
Bobbie Chahal (Soccer AM – Sky Sports)
Reshmin Chowdhury (BBC Sports)
Jason Mohammad (BBC Sports)
Ravit Anand (Football Exclusives – non-League)
Amar Singh (Evening Standard)
INSPIRATION
Irfan Kawri (Wigan Athletic FC scout / coach / mentor)
Punjabi Wolves (Wolverhampton)
Kashif Siddiqi (Northampton Town FC / KSF Foundation, west London)
Sab Bham (Salaam Peace, east London)
Akeel Tahir (Manchester United Deaf Team)
ASIAN TEAM (Sponsored by Getty Images)
Albion Sports FC (Bradford)
FC Leytonstone (east London)
Indian Gymkhana FC (SSH) (west London)
Sporting Khalsa (West Midlands)
Mahal FC (Birmingham)
Khalsa Football Academy (Bedfordshire)
Sporting Bengal United (Mile End, east London)
Punjab United Wolves (Wolverhampton)
WOMAN IN FOOTBALL
Mehrun Ahmed (Football Unites Racism Divides)
Saddiqa Shan (Coventry University)
Manisha Tailor (Coach / Brentford FC Scout & Rachel Yankey Football Programme)
Samana Fazel (All Sports Women)
Ayesha Abdeen (Muslim Women’s Sport Foundation)
BEHIND THE SCENES – MEDICAL
Sangi Patel (Queens Park Rangers FC)
Shabaaz Mughal (Tottenham Hotspur FC)
Imran Alam (Clyde FC)
Zaf Iqbal (Liverpool FC)
BEHIND THE SCENES – ADMINISTRATION (Sponsored by Premier)
Harj Hir (Leicester City FC)
Abu Nasir (Liverpool FC)
Naz Ali (Accrington Stanley FC)
Samir Singh (Arsenal FC)
COACH (Sponsored by Currencies 4 You)
Rehan Mirza (Pro-10 Soccer Academy, Nottinghamshire)
Judan Ali (Head of Elite Development – Chinese Taipei)
Pav Singh (Leeds United FC)
Kam Uppal (West Bromwich Albion FC)
Bal Singh (Khalsa Football Academy, Bedfordshire)
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT (Sponsored by borro)
Salaam Peace (east London)
Sport Esprit Academy
Chelsea Asian Star
Muslim Women’s Sport Foundation
Khalsa Football Federation
UNSUNG HERO (Sponsored by Shampan Group)
Butch Fazal (Chair National Asians in Football Forum)
Abdal Ullah (President Stepney FC, east London / founder of Safer Neighbourhood Tournament / councillor)
Resham Basra (Managed Guru Nanak Gurdwara team in Bedford) Mesba Ahmad (London Tigers)
Mohammed Shahnawaz (Founder of Pakistan International 11 / FootballPakistan.com)
Only one week away from the main event, we look forward to capturing the moments and sharing with you all.
Credit to Chris Punnakkattu Daniel for allowing us to use part of his writeup
Read more at http://www.chrispd.de
