Sport and recreation sector recognised in 2014 New Year's Honours list

Following the announcement of the New Year Honours list last week, the Sport and Recreation Alliance has compiled a list of all our members and others within the wider sport and recreation sector who have been honoured.

We at the Alliance would like to congratulate and thank all those honoured for their fantastic service to the sector – and the sheer number of those on the list is testament to the great work that has been performed over the past year right across the sector.

Order of the British Empire

Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire

Dame Gillian Lynne, Choreographer – for services to dance and musical theatre.

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Carlos Acosta Quesada CBE – for services to ballet.
David Bernstein CBE – lately Chair, Football Association. For services to football.
Adrianne (Anne) Jones CBE – for services to tennis.

Officers of the Order of the British Empire

David Bedford OBE – for services to athletics and charitable fundraising.
Martin Coyd OBE – for services to rugby league.
Bryan Drew OBE QPM – lately Director, UK Football Policy Unit, Home Office. For services to policing in sport.
Lady Patricia Hobson OBE – for services to ballet and philanthropy.
Shona Malcolm OBE – Disability Athletics Development Officer. For services to athletics.
Geoffrey Miller OBE – National Selector, England Cricket Team. For services to cricket.
Keith Oliver OBE – Chair, Cricket Scotland. For services to cricket.
Bruce Ropner OBE – Vice-President, British Bobsleigh. For services to bobsleigh, particularly youth training.
Prof Peter Sonksen OBE – for services to anti-doping in sport.
Sue Tibballs OBE – lately Chief Executive, WSFF. For services to sport.
Prof Gregory Whyte OBE – for services to sport, sport science and charity.
Rachel Yankey OBE – Professional Footballer. For services to football, particularly the Women’s and Youth Games.
Fiona Young OBE – Chief Executive, Disability Snowsport UK. For services to disability sport.

Members of the Order of the British Empire

Karen Atkinson MBE – Netball Player and Coach. For services to netball.
Dr Don Cameron MBE Founder and Managing Director, Cameron Balloons. For services to Design and Manufacturing.
John Barrie MBE – for services to badminton.
Peter Bennion MBE – Assistant Commissioner, St John Ambulance Training. For voluntary service to St John Ambulance in the West Midlands.
Louise Brearey MBE – Head, London 2012 Games Team, Health and Safety Executive. For services to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games and voluntary service to young people in Essex.
Maria de Assis Carreiro MBE – Artistic Director, Royal Ballet of Flanders. For service to dance.
Robert Colhoun MBE – Honorary Secretary, Alpha Badminton Club, Lisburn. For services to badminton in Northern Ireland.
Terry Cordery MBE – for services to the Dorset Fire Fighters Charity, Dorset Schools’ Football Association and to the community in Ferndown, Dorset.
Stuart Cummings MBE – lately Match Officials Director, Rugby Football League. For services to rugby league.
Brian Dickinson MBE – President, British Disabled Fencing Association. For services to wheelchair fencing.
Michael Dooling MBE – for services to athletics in Merseyside.
Michael Duffield MBE – President, Plymouth and Devon Schools Sailing Association. For services to sailing.
Melvyn Evans MBE – for services to crown green bowling.
Lynda Fairbrother MBE – Chair, Women’s Technical Committee, British Gymnastics. For services to gymnastics.
Paul Foster MBE – for services to bowls.
Jeffrey Gardner MBE – Director, Berkshire Youth and Vice President, National Boys and Girls Club. For services to young people.
Lucy Hodges MBE – for services to blind sailing.
Susan Hough MBE – Chief Executive, Dorset County Football Association. For services to women’s and disability football.
Roger Hurrion MBE – County Vice President, Grater London South West Scouts. For services to young people.
Rosemary Jordan MBE – Volunteer, Riding for the Disabled. For services to people with disabilities in Northern Ireland.
Malcolm Kielty MBE – for services to wheelchair rugby league.
James Little MBE – Honorary Librarian, the All England Club, Wimbledon. For services to tennis.
Liv Lorent MBE – Founder and Artistic Director, balletLorent. For services to dance.
Christine MacPhee MBE – for services to Scottish highland dancing.
Dominic Mahony MBE – for voluntary services to modern pentathlon.
Joseph McAree MBE – lately Chairman, Dungannon Swifts Football Club. For services to sport and to the community in Northern Ireland.
Katy McLean MBE – for services to women’s rugby.
Roger Merton MBE – for services to London youth (the Federation of London Youth Clubs), football and the community in Hertfordshire.
Jason Morgan MBE – Chief Executive, Charlton Athletic Community Trust. For services to football in the community.
Janet Paterson MBE – Director of Olympic Relations, British Olympic Association. For services to sport.
John Pickup MBE – for voluntary services to community cricket.
Gwilym Price MBE – National Director of Sport, Independent Schools Association. For services to education and sport.
John Roberts MBE – for services to athletics and to the community in Oswestry, Shropshire.
Bisakha Sarker MBE – for services to south asian dance in Merseyside.
Mark Shearman MBE – Photographer. For services to sports photography.
Quinton Shillingford MBE – for services to boxing and young people.
Avril Spriggs MBE – for voluntary service to gymnastics.
George Stevenson MBE – Member, Ulster Branch, Tennis Ireland. For services to tennis in Northern Ireland.
Jane Whetnall MBE – Co-Founder, Cheshire Academy of Integrated Sports and Arts. For services to disability sport.

Medallist of the Order of the British Empire

Hilary Baker BEM – Assistant Scout Leader, 3rd Southgate Scout and Guide Group. For services to young people.
Roger Baker BEM – Group Scout Leader, 3rd Southgate Scout and Guide Group. For services to young people.
Margaret Bisset BEM – Head Coach, Meadowbank Gymnastics Club. For services to gymnastics.
Pamela Cottle BEM – President, West Gloucester Girl Guiding Division. For services to children and young people.
Geraldine Duggan BEM – Vice-Chair, Belfast Lough Sailability. For services to sailing and people with disabilities in Northern Ireland.
Sheena Edwards BEM – for services to the Girl Guides and to the community in Kilcreggan, Argyll and Bute.
Graham Fenney BEM – Chair, Rainford Rangers Junior Football Club. For services to grassroots and youth football in St Helens.
Gordon Findlay BEM – for services to the Boys’ Brigade in Dundee.
Eric Flack BEM – for services to tennis and to the community in Drumchapel and Blairdardie, Glasgow.
Theresa Fuoco BEM – for voluntary service to swimming and the community through the Surrey Dolphins Swimobility, Woking.
Clive Gritten BEM – JP Scout and Duke of Edinburgh Award Scheme Volunteer, Norfolk. For services to children, young people and the community in Norfolk.
Judith Haughton BEM – lately Captain, 2nd Oldham Girls’ Brigade Company. For services to children and young people.
Beryl Horton BEM – Club Leader and Secretary, CREST. For voluntary service to disability sport in East Staffordshire.
Martin Izzard BEM – for services to golf through the Northamptonshire County Golf Partnership.
Margaret Jaffé BEM – founder, Northern Dance Centre. For services to dance.
Jasvir Jassal BEM – Vice-Chair and Coach, Concorde Rangers Football Club and Charity Campaigner. For voluntary service to community football in Middlesex.
Gwyn John BEM – for voluntary services to grassroots football in Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan.
Alison Mackie BEM – for services to Falkirk Ladies Football Team.
James Neill BEM – for services to scouting and young people in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Dorothy Norton BEM – for voluntary service to Stalybridge Celtic Football Club.
Margaret Peverley BEM – Chair, Mid-Somerset Riding Club. For voluntary services to equestrianism.
Margaret Rigby BEM – Member, Chorley Trefoil Guild. For services to the Girl Guides in Lancashire.
Dr Albert Robinson BEM – for voluntary service to the scout movement in Northern Ireland.
Geoffrey Russell BEM – for services to scouting, charity and to the community in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
Leslie Savage BEM – Higher Executive Officer, Finance and Commercial Directorate: Estates, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to DWP Estates and the Scout Association.
Dr William Scott BEM – for service to the scouting movement in Lanarkshire.
Ruth Trueman BEM – for services to Drumcree Girls’ Brigade, Northern Ireland.
Teresa Walton BEM – Website Developer, Leicester, Northants and Rutland Army Cadet Force. For voluntary service to the Army Cadet Force.
Bernard Warriner BEM – for voluntary service to the Lake District Ski Club.
Derek Webster BEM – Tournament Manager, Great Yarmouth Festival of Bowls. For services to bowls and charity in Great Yarmouth.
Brian Wiggins BEM – for services to amateur swimming in Oxfordshire.
David Wilkins BEM – for services to the community, particularly to scouting and the Holme Valley Mountain Rescue Team in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
Walter Williams BEM – for voluntary service to community and youth sport in Oxfordshire.
Eleanor Wright BEM – Member, Manchester and Cheshire District, St John Ambulance. For voluntary service to St John Ambulance.