Sky Sports wins four categories at British Sports Journalism Awards
Tuesday 23 February 2016 12:48, UK
Sky Sports won in no less than four categories at Monday night's SJA British Sports Journalism Awards.
The Sports Journalists' Association host the annual awards with nominations open to all sports writers, contributors to national, regional or weekly newspapers - as well as specialist sports magazines, news agencies and websites.
Sky Sports collected an impressive four awards - from six nominations - with Sky Sports Cricket winning three of them.
And the winners are...
Best Broadcast Sports Presenter - Ian Ward
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Ian Ward picked up Best Broadcast Sports Presenter for his work with our Sky Sports Cricket department. Head of Cricket Bryan Henderson, accepted on his behalf with a note from Ian.
He said: "As anyone who has worked in front of camera knows - we have the easy job. It is the people behind the camera that do the hard yards.
"I will be forever grateful to the Sky Sports Cricket department. There are so many people I would like to thank for their help in my transition from cricketer to presenter."
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Multi-Media Sports Package - Sky Sports Ashes
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Broadcast Sports Commentator - Martin Tyler
Martin Tyler was described by the judges as "the voice of football".
Other nominations:
- Broadcast Sports Presenter - Jeff Stelling
- Laureus Sports Website of the year - SkySports.com