FWA members honoured at SJA Awards night
FWA members Paul Hayward, Jonathan Liew, James Olley, Danny Taylor and John Richardson collected prizes for their outstanding work at the Sports Journalists' Association's annual awards night on Monday.
Hayward of the Telegraph won the Sports Writer of the Year award for the fifth time while last year's winner, the Guardian's Taylor, was named Football Writer of the Year for the fourth year running.
The Independent's Liew, who sits on the FWA National Committee, was voted Sports Columnist of the Year, to follow up on his Young Journalist of the Year award in 2011. Olley of the Evening Standard missed out on the Regional Journalist of the Year award, which he had won in 2015 but then collected the Scoop of the Year trophy for his exclusive story that the FA were considering selling Wembley stadium.
Finally John Richardson was perhaps the most popular winner on the night when he was named Sports News Reporter of the Year for his brilliant work at the Sunday Mirror.
Mark Demuth, head of sport at ITV and another FWA member, also collected the award for ITV's coverage of Royal Ascot, and the Doug Gardner Award for an outstanding contribution to sports journalism went to Barry Davies, the sports commentator.
The Daily Mail was voted Sports Newspaper of the Year, and the Mail online won the best website award.
More than 600 guests packed the Park Plaza Westminster for the ceremony, and a full list of winners can be found at the SJA website http://www.sportsjournalists.co.uk
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