BBC SPORTS PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR AWARDS

At long last, here’s a chance to get the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award away from the usual mainstream sports. Tough little yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur caught the nation’s imagination and has an outside chance of winning this. So get on along to the BBC website at the address below and register your vote! OK, so she’s not a windsurfer, but it’s in the right ballpark. And if we can get a yachtie in to the awards this year, the chances are certainly a lot higher that we could get a windsurfer up there in following years…

To register your vote click here