Thu 19th January, 2012
University of Bedfordshire student Lizzie Harrison has been awarded Sky Sports Young Coach of the Year.
Lizzie, who is studying for a Bachelor of Education in Primary Education at the Bedford campus, was presented with her award at a glittering ceremony at Lords Cricket Ground in London by Essex and England cricketer Ravi Bopara.
She is a Level Two England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) coach with Burton Latimer Cricket Club and the Northamptonshire girl’s under-17 squad. Lizzie coached Latimers’s under-15 girl’s side to victory in the National Club Finals last year.
Director of Sport, Professor John Brewer, said: “I congratulate Lizzie on her achievement as she joins the many rising stars from the University of Bedfordshire.”
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