Royal Marines Sports Awards: Kyle Shaw-Tullin named Sports Person of the Year

The Royal Marines have celebrated the best sports people to come from the corps in 2024.

Boxer Kyle Shaw-Tullin, who has been nominated for the Young Sports Person award at the Royal Navy Sports Awards, was crowned Sports Person of the Year after a terrific 12 months.

The rugby team were honoured with the Team of the Year award, while Colour Sergeant Andrew Godfrey won the Sports Administrator award for his work with Royal Marines Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu.

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There was three lifetime achievement awards during the event at Commando Training Centre Royal Marines, while Colour Sergeant Joe Maynard won the Services to Sport award.

Some 200 athletes from across the corps were in attendance, and this year’s VIP was Honorary Colonel Victoria Pendleton CBE, who took part in a Q&A formatted interview hosted by Major Chris Abrams.