Lisa Davies "Sports personality of the Year" Jonathan Potter "Young Citizen of the Year"

Jonathans Potter and Lisa Davies

At a special ceremony attended by local dignitaries, two members of the Cheshire Academy won prestigious awards at the 2004 Crewe and Nantwich Mayors Oscars.

Jonathan Potter aged 21 was voted "Young Citizen of the Year". A prodigious sportsman Jonathan has a long history of competition success and although only 21 years old he is already a veteran competitor.

He first competed nationally at the UK Special Olympic games in Portsmouth during 1997, and again at the National games in Cardiff in 2001. His debut on the European Stage was as part of the GB Special Olympics Athletics team which competed in Austria during 2002.

At the World championship level Jonathan was a key member of the British Gymnastics Team which competed at the World Special Olympic Games in Dublin during 2003.

Jonathan has been a member of the Cheshire Academy since 1995 and first attended as part of a class from a local Special Needs School.

Jonathan Potter-"Young Citizen of the Year"

"Both the Mayor and the Mayoress are great fans of Cheshire Academy and principally the work it carries out with Special Olympics.

They were asked to light the full size Olympic Flame which stands in front of the Cheshire Academy in Crewe just prior to the Jonathans departure to the World Special Olympic Games. They were most impressed and delighted with all the athletes selected to compete at the games and were overjoyed at seeing the fist full of medals they returned with when the games were concluded. They were enthusiastic with the work that Jonathan was doing locally and especially struck by his happy and cheerful personality.

Jonathan Potter will hold the title for the year and will be given the opportunity to meet new people and demonstrate the tremendous enthusiasm and self confidence that characterises every aspect of his work within the Academy.

Lisa Davies-winner of the 2004 Mayors Oscar and title 'Sports Personality of the Year'

Lisa Davies has made her mark in the field of Sports Acrobatics. She partners Michael Taylor who is a wheelchair user and the partnership is almost single-handedly responsible for raising the profile of Wheelchair Sports acrobatics in GB.

Lisa and Michael demonstrate some of the most exciting and technically difficult disabilities routines yet constructed and they have developed a very precise and dynamic style. The have won national titles at every wheelchair level possible from Wheelchair Level A through to Wheelchair level C.

In 2003 Lisa Davies won gold at the North West Regional novice pairs competition fighting off stiff regional competition and winning high praise for the creative and precise routines that she demonstrated.0

During 2003 Lisa Davies also won the Regional Tumbling competition at National 2 level . She went on to the National Championships at Fenton Manor and beat every tumbler in the UK to win the National 2 Tumbling competition.