Sports Awards 2025

The Cambridge University Sport Service were delighted to welcome guests from across Cambridge’s colleges and clubs, and those from further afield including friends and family.

The event was hosted by Director of Sport, Mark Brian, with the awards being announced by; Pro-Vice Chancellor for Education & Chair of Sports Committee, Bhaskar Vira, incoming RFU President, Deborah Griffin, CURUFC Director of Rugby & Senior Member of the Blues Committees, Scott Annett, and Senior Tutors and Committee Members, Victoria Harvey and Jane Greatorex.

It was also a pleasure to welcome back previous Sports Personality of the Year winner, Jack Murphy, to present this year’s award.

The award winners themselves were selected by a panel of senior University staff, with the exception of the Sporting Moment of the Year category, which was decided by an audience vote in the build-up to the event! 

Discover this year's shortlisted nominees and winners below, and relive the day in our full news story.

Newcomer of the year

Shortlistees 

  • Cosmo Celesini - Downing, CU Taekwondo Club
  • Esme McCarthy - Lucy Cavendish, CU Amateur Boxing Club 
  • Prithvi Singh - St Edmund’s, CU Squash Rackets Club 
  • Sophie Moore - St John’s, CU Swimming and Water Polo Club 

Winner

  • Lauren Airey - Emmanuel, CU Modern Pentathlon

Club of the year

Shortlistees 

  • CU Cheerleading Society 
  • CU Clay Pigeon Shooting Club 
  • CU Modern Pentathlon Club
  • CU Table Tennis Club 

Winner

  • CU Association Football Club

College team of the year

Shortlistees 

  • King's College Tennis 
  • Pirton Rugby Union Team (Combined Girton, Pembroke & Churchill) 
  • Selwyn College Mixed Netball
  •  St John’s Newnham Hockey Team

Winner

  • Downing Table Tennis

Sporting moment of the year

Shortlistees 

  • Cai La Trobe-Roberts - CU Association Football Club
  • Calum Brown - CU Hockey Club
  • Rob Tombs - CU Mixed Lacrosse Club

Winner

  • Men’s Volleyball

Sports club personality of the year

Shortlistees 

  • Ali-Mae Brown - Fitzwilliam, CU Rugby Union Football Club
  • Cecilia Shang - Murray Edwards, CU Dance Competition Team 
  • Jude Borgan, Newnham, CU Taekwondo Club

Winner

  • Tads Ciecieski-Holmes - Wolfson, CU Modern Pentathlon

Sports person of the year

Shortlistees 

  • Adham El Shazly - Clare Hall, CU Taekwondo Club
  • Freya Moody - Newnham, CU Women's Lacrosse
  • Marc Theberge - Darwin - CU Baseball Society
  • Will Lowden - Fitzwilliam, CU Cycling Club

Winner

  • Jan Helmich - Trinity Hall, CU Rowing Club

Team of the year

Shortlistees 

  • Blues Baseball, CU Baseball Society 
  • Competitions Team, CU Mountaineering Club
  • Women’s A Team, CU Clay Pigeon Shooting Club
  • Women’s Blues, CU Lawn Tennis Club

Winner

  • Women’s Cross Country A Team - CU Hare & Hounds

Unsung hero

Shortlistees 

  • Freya Taylor - Sidney Sussex, CU Cycling Club
  • Oliwia Kicek - Selwyn, CU Fencing Club  
  • Sophie Harrington - Darwin, CU Association Football Club 
  • Spencer Lee Boya - King’s, CU Amateur Boxing Club

Winner

  • Emma Paterson - Gonville and Caius, CU Mixed Lacrosse

Outstanding Contribution

Winners

  • Lucy Xu - Pembroke, Taekwondo Club
  • Sam Grimshaw - Girton, Hockey Club
  • Georgina Quayle - Homerton, Modern Pentathlon and Swimming and Water Polo Cllub
  • Ben Rhodes - Jesus, Touch Rugby Club
  • Izzy Howse - Robinson, Netball Club
  • Ksenija Belada - Peterhouse, Volleyball Club
  • Izzy Winter, Clarissa’s Campaign for Cambridge Hearts
  • Jess Reeve, Clarissa’s Campaign for Cambridge Hearts