BURY Metro Sports Forum have started their search for the borough's sportspeople of the year, and the public are invited to nominate their choices for the various categories.

There will be awards for the sportsman and sportswoman of the year, disabled sportsperson, young sportsman and sportswoman and veteran category and a host of other awards.

Nominations must be in by December 31, 2004 and a Gala Presentation Evening - in conjunction with Bury Metro Sports Development - will be held at Bury Town Hall's Elizabethan Suite on Friday, February 11, 2005.

For further details contact Sylvia Davenport on 0161-761 7206 or Cyril Jones on 0161-723 2627.