The Pride of Formby awards was an emotional night to remember

Oct 25, 20173 min read

Friday 13th October, was the second year of the Pride of Formby Awards organised by Formby Parish Council. It was a huge success that has now become an annual event to recognise our unsung heroes of Formby.

The event was held at Gild Hall in Formby with guest presenters David Fairclough, John Parrot MBE, Alex Dickenson and the Mayor of Sefton together with Compare Neil Newton who kept the whole event ticking along nicely.

The Mundo Afrika Choir opened the nights awards.

It was a night to honour both our young and older generation for all that they have done for the community and others and the reasons why they won were truly outstanding.

A spokesperson from Formby Parish Council said: "We would like to thank all our sponsors and supporters of the event who have sponsored the night and trophies awarded to our heroes in our local community. Local business supporters were Formby Bubble, sponsors of the awards included Formby Flooring Ltd., Ian Cockbain Wealth Management, DAL Technical Services Ltd, Red Star Brewery, Cafe D'Art, Colette Gunter, The Moss, Formby Tool Hire, Harord Electrical Ltd, Star Swimming Academy, B&B Construction (Formby) Ltd and Woodwards Wine Bar."

The winners were:

Community Group Award was won by the Gild Hall Snooker Academy

Sponsored by Formby Parish Council

Presented by the Mayor of Sefton

All the winners had a story to be told and left some of the audience very emotional and some in tears. It was both an emotional but yet rewarding night.

We would like to thank everyone who put forward nominations and if your nomination did not win this year then please put them forward next year. All nominations were worthy winners in their own right an we only wish we could have given them all an award but then it would not have left anyone for next year to be nominated so look out for next years Pride of Formby's Awards and nominate your unsung hero.