PEOPLE are being urged to submit nominations for sports awards before Friday.

Middlesbrough Borough Council is searching for the best young sports personality, best coach and best team, for its Middlesbrough Sports Personality of the Year awards.

Winners will receive a bursary to help with training and equipment.

For young sports people there are two classes - 13 years and under and 14 to 17. All must have represented a Middlesbrough school, club or organisation. Coaches must be nominated by a club, pupil, school or fellow coach and teams must have played for organisations in the town.

Nomination forms are available from the council's sports development team, on (01642) 515626 or 515628, and must be returned by Friday.