Beth nominated for Times Sports Woman of the Year!

Beth has been nominated for the Times Sports Woman of the year for 2010. The results will be announced in the Times newspaper on Sunday 28th November 2010!

The 6 finalists

Beth Tweddle
She might be one of the oldest competitors on the circuit but, in a sport where teenagers are expected to prosper, the 25-year-old Liverpudlian continues to defy the stereotype. Last month at the artistic world championships in Rotterdam, Britain’s most decorated gymnast won gold on the uneven bars, her third world title in four years

Jessica Ennis

Her priorities this year were the world indoor championships in Doha in March and the European athletic championships in Barcelona four months later – and the 24-year-old heptathlete from Sheffield, the poster girl for the London 2012 Olympics, did not disappoint, with gold medals in both events

Amy Williams
After a daring final run on the dangerous Whistler sliding track, the 28-year-old skeleton rider from Bath secured Team GB’s only medal at the Winter Olympics in February – thus becoming Britain’s first individual champion for 30 years and the first woman to win a solo Olympic gold medal in the winter months since Jeannette Altwegg in Oslo in 1952

Fran Halsall
To outshine the likes of Rebecca Adlington and Gemma Spofforth takes considerable effort but the 20-year-old from Southport achieved that this year, winning a combined total of 10 medals – three gold, five silver and two bronze – at the European swimming championships in Budapest and at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi

Emma Pooley
The 28-year-old from Norfolk emerged from the shadow of Nicole Cooke with a stunning victory at the UCI road world championships in Melbourne. Her victory in the 22.9km time trial was the first by a British female cyclist. In May, Pooley also became the first Brit to win the Tour de L’Aude, the biggest stage race in women’s road racing

Maggie Alphonsi
A number of impressive performances and hard-hitting tackles at the women’s rugby World Cup finals established the 26-year-old England flanker as the world’s leading female international player