SAPCA Awards 2024 Finalists Announced

The Sports and Play Construction Association is delighted to reveal the finalists for the SAPCA Awards 2024. The finalists in the six categories reflect the new focus of the awards: to highlight the importance of high‑quality sports and play construction to those who benefit from it the most – the people and communities who are the end users of the facilities that our members help design and build.

The finalists are:-

SAPCA Person of the Year

Jamie Blamire, Director, Sportex Group

Mark Waite, Sales Director, TigerTurf

SAPCA Young Person of the Year

Connor Freeman, Shift Supervisor, TigerTurf

Thomas Ray, Project Manager, Midstream Lighting

Large Sports or Play Project of the Year (over £350k)

Sports Labs – FAREPlay Stepford Community Sports & Leisure Park, Glasgow

Blakedown Sport and Play – Shoreditch Park Sports Hub, Hoxton, Hackney, London

Small Sports or Play Project of the Year (under £350k)

Playinnovation – Silwood Street Ball Court Zone and Pocket Park Play Area

Synthetic Turf Management – MUGA construction - Lancing Preparatory School, Hove

Product of the Year

Lumosa - Lumosa Touch (app‑based floodlight control system)

Redexim - Verti‑Top TTB (maintenance equipment innovation)

Sustainability Award

Lumosa - Lumosa Touch (app‑based floodlight control system)

Redexim - Verti‑Top TTB (maintenance equipment innovation)

The winners will be announced at the SAPCA Awards Dinner on 29th February, which will take place after the SAPCA Conference held at the Mattioli Woods Welford Road stadium in Leicester.

Commenting on the finalists, SAPCA chief executive, Richard Shaw, said: “We want to thank all member companies that submitted entries for the SAPCA Awards 2024. There was a large number of submissions and I want to thank the judging panel for shifting through, assessing and ultimately deciding on the finalists.

“As previously announced, the SAPCA Awards 2024 will highlight the social value generated by the facilities our members create. This is important because, to make the case for increased funding for facilities, we need to show how our projects deliver outcomes in health, education and social cohesion. SAPCA members already know and recognise this, as they see it 'on the ground' through their work. Our mission, now, is to demonstrate this to the wider world too.

“The move to highlight the social value is part of a long‑term strategy to grow the impact and recognition of the SAPCA Awards. While SAPCA’s core mission is focused on the technical standards and quality of construction projects, we also want to celebrate the positive impact that the facilities created by SAPCA members make in communities across the UK.”

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