The Leader of the House of Commons, Chris Grayling MP, attended as Chief Guest at the packed out London Tigers Annual Awards Ceremony in Porchester Hall, London with over 500 people on Wednesday 28th October 2015. The event celebrated the achievements of London Tigers members, coaches, volunteers and staff, with over 100 awards given out on the day to a diverse range of people from different nationalities, age and background and from across the London boroughs of Ealing, Westminster, Brent, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Camden.
Special guests at the event included Anne Main MP, Bob Blackman MP, Karen Buck MP, Paul Scully MP, the Mayors of Brent, Redbridge and Ealing, and the Deputy High Commissioner of Bangladesh Khondker M Talha along with many other distinguished councillors.
Sulthana Begum and Nazifa Anjum of London Tigers hosted the evening. Chairman Ronald Boddy gave a speech on behalf of the trustees. Asian business tycoon Mr Zilu Miah was publicly announced as the new Chairman of London Tigers Football Club to drive the ambitious semi-professional team further up the FA Football pyramid structure.
Awards were given out to members of the London Tigers Football, Cricket, Badminton and Youth Clubs along with the Health and Wellbeing and Coaches and Volunteer awards. Special awards were given to Volunteer of the Year (Nazifa Anjum, 21), Young Person of the Year (Zakaria Bunni, 12 and Benson N’gari, 11, young footballers who are in the books with QPR FC and Brentford FC), Special Recognition (Margarita Claden and Mick Wilkins) and Tiger of the Year (Tarik Ali Khan, the Captain of London Tigers Cricket Club in Southall).
London Tigers trustee Polly Islam gave a special award to CEO Mesba Ahmed for all his hard work. She said, “He has driven the organisation from the beginning to where it is today, nationally inspiring not only the Asian Community but also mainstream community who are following the model of London Tigers.”
