Following the great response that was given to the first event at Derby, it became apparent that the tournament formula was a winner and would run again. Therefore, Diane was looking to introduce a new element to the event and thought of a sportsmanship award, which was introduced in 1996.
Voting slips are issued to all competitors and they are asked to nominate a person involved in the tournament (but not necessarily a bowler) whom they think personifies 'Sportsmanship'.
From the Leeds 2000 event, the voting rule was changed. It was the Tournament Committee who would decide the winner as it was thought they would have an overall better perspective. However, bowlers are still invited to submit suggestions which is taken into account.
Previous Winners - Good Sport Award
2005 – WIGAN – FRED MILLER
2006 – HAVANT – ANDY FRASER
2007 – STIRLING – THE A TEAM
2008 – GRAVESEND – THE MARSHALL FAMILY
2009 – WASHINGTON – GEOFF RENS
2010 – WELLINGBOROUGH – NIK PARRY
2011 – MACCLESFIELD – SELWYN MORGAN
2012 – NORWICH – SIMON WHITEHOUSE
2013 – AIRPORT – SIMON DAVIS
2014 – STILLORGAN – DAVID O'BRIEN
1995 – DERBY - N/A
1996 – BURTON - DIANE JOYCE
1997 – BUSHBURY - NATALIE JOYCE
1998 – BLACKPOOL - GARY MARCUS
1999 – COVENTRY - PETER ADCOCK
2000 – LEEDS - STUART JAAP
2001 – SHEFFIELD - TRISH TUCKER
2002 – CARLISLE – NATHAN BLAKE
2003 – NOTTINGHAM – ROB WILLIAMS
2004 – PARIS – WILMA SUSTINS
2015 – NUNEATON - AMBER HARDY
2016 - PETERBOROUGH - MARK MCQUEEN
2017 - DUNSTABLE - MARK SPURWAY
2018 - WIGAN - LINDA SPURWAY
2019 - TILBURG - YEHBUTZ