Oakdale’s Luke Carpenter has been awarded the Community Coach of the Year Award for Children and Young People at this year’s UK Coaching Awards. The award recognises his dedication to delivering lively and engaging sessions for gymnasts in the local community, as well as his support for the development of young leaders within his club.
The UK Coaching Awards is a national celebration event, regarded as the most prestigious within the coaching community and created to honour the remarkable contributions coaches make – from delivering high quality and technical coaching, to supporting participants both physically and mentally.
Luke initially started out as a plumber before making the switch to coaching, and has been recognised for his willingness to learn and develop. Drawing from his own childhood experiences, Luke concentrates on enhancing the self-confidence of those he coaches. Additionally, Luke is at the forefront of nurturing the next wave of dedicated coaches, offering support to a team of young leaders by collaboratively planning sessions and consistently providing encouragement.
Whether he is coaching in a school, club or pre-school environment, his club have commended him for recognising the need to adapt to ensure that participants can experience their own success, and leave sessions wanting to come back and do more.
Overwhelmed to be announced as an award winner, Luke reflected:
“It is an absolute honour to achieve this award, it is unbelievable and to be recognised for all of the work that we do is just fantastic.
“A great coach is someone who listens to each individual separately and actually do the sport. It doesn’t matter if it isn’t related to gymnastics, it is about listening to them and what they want to do.
“Inspiring people is what great coaching is all about.”
With previous award winners including Sarina Wiegman, Jane Figueiredo, Judy Murray, and Ben Stokes’ coaching chain, the awards are seen as one of the most prestigious within the coaching community, recognising the contributions coaches make to their participants lives and their impact within the wider coaching world – including outstanding coaches like Luke who continue to play a vital role in supporting the well-being of the nation.
UK Coaching’s CEO Mark Gannon congratulated Luke on his award, and for the profound coaching contribution that saw him honoured as part of the annual celebration:
“I would like to extend a huge congratulations to Luke on his fantastic work which we are very proud to recognise by presenting him with a UK Coaching award. Luke, and all our winners and finalists should be extremely proud of what they have been able to achieve. Great coaches change lives, tackle inequalities, and help build communities, and continue to be the essential conduit to getting our nation more active.
“It is so important that we celebrate great coaching and acknowledge the tireless work our amazing coaching community deliver to support individuals on their own unique sporting journey. Luke is one of the nation’s outstanding coaches for 2023 who has changed so many lives through their dedication and creativity in making sport and physical activity accessible for even more people.
Find out more about this year’s winners and the awards by heading to www.ukcoaching.org/uk-coaching-awards.
Oakdale’s Luke Carpenter has been awarded the Community Coach of the Year Award for Children and Young People at this year’s UK Coaching Awards. The award recognises his dedication to delivering lively and engaging sessions for gymnasts in the local community, as well as his support for the development of young leaders within his club.
The UK Coaching Awards is a national celebration event, regarded as the most prestigious within the coaching community and created to honour the remarkable contributions coaches make – from delivering high quality and technical coaching, to supporting participants both physically and mentally.
Luke initially started out as a plumber before making the switch to coaching, and has been recognised for his willingness to learn and develop. Drawing from his own childhood experiences, Luke concentrates on enhancing the self-confidence of those he coaches. Additionally, Luke is at the forefront of nurturing the next wave of dedicated coaches, offering support to a team of young leaders by collaboratively planning sessions and consistently providing encouragement.
Whether he is coaching in a school, club or pre-school environment, his club have commended him for recognising the need to adapt to ensure that participants can experience their own success, and leave sessions wanting to come back and do more.
Overwhelmed to be announced as an award winner, Luke reflected:
“It is an absolute honour to achieve this award, it is unbelievable and to be recognised for all of the work that we do is just fantastic.
“A great coach is someone who listens to each individual separately and actually do the sport. It doesn’t matter if it isn’t related to gymnastics, it is about listening to them and what they want to do.
“Inspiring people is what great coaching is all about.”
With previous award winners including Sarina Wiegman, Jane Figueiredo, Judy Murray, and Ben Stokes’ coaching chain, the awards are seen as one of the most prestigious within the coaching community, recognising the contributions coaches make to their participants lives and their impact within the wider coaching world – including outstanding coaches like Luke who continue to play a vital role in supporting the well-being of the nation.
UK Coaching’s CEO Mark Gannon congratulated Luke on his award, and for the profound coaching contribution that saw him honoured as part of the annual celebration:
“I would like to extend a huge congratulations to Luke on his fantastic work which we are very proud to recognise by presenting him with a UK Coaching award. Luke, and all our winners and finalists should be extremely proud of what they have been able to achieve. Great coaches change lives, tackle inequalities, and help build communities, and continue to be the essential conduit to getting our nation more active.
“It is so important that we celebrate great coaching and acknowledge the tireless work our amazing coaching community deliver to support individuals on their own unique sporting journey. Luke is one of the nation’s outstanding coaches for 2023 who has changed so many lives through their dedication and creativity in making sport and physical activity accessible for even more people.
Find out more about this year’s winners and the awards by heading to www.ukcoaching.org/uk-coaching-awards.
