Denise Lewis OBE

Her first year as a BASA judge, Denise Lewis claimed gold in the heptathlon at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 making her the 6th British woman to win an Olympic gold medal in the history of track and field. She also holds the British and Commonwealth heptathlon records. Denise retired from competing in May 2005 and has since built a career as a sports presenter and reporter. In June 2005, Denise was an Ambassador for London’s successful bid to host the 2012 Olympics and continues to lend her support to ‘London 2012’.

Mihir Bose

Mihir Bose’s journalism and investigative sports reporting has been held in high esteem. He started his journalistic career at the London Broadcasting Corporation, before joining the Sunday Times. Mihir's journalism has won a number of awards, including Sports News Reporter of the Year. Having a person of Mihir’s stature on the judging panel does indeed demonstrate the qualities and expertise that BASA seeks in its nominees.

Tracy Edwards MBE

Tracy Edwards won international fame in 1989 as the skipper of the first all female crew to sail around the world in the Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. In 1990Tracy was awarded Sportswomen of the Year and an MBE. Tracy dedicates a large amount of her time to charity. Her three main charity commitments are to the NSPCC as an Ambassador and in particular working with Childline where she is training to be a volunteer counsellor and CEOP working with the Youth Advisory Board. This is Tracy’ss second year as a BASA Judge

Mark Ramprakash
 

Mark Ramprakash first made his name as a star player for Middlesex Cricket Club at the age of 17, and was selected for England, aged 21. Mark moved to Surrey Cricket Club in 2001. He won the Professional Cricketers’Association Player of theYear Award and was selected as one of five Wisden Cricketers of the Year. In 2007, Ramprakash was once again the most prolific batsman in county cricket becoming the only man to average over 100 runs per match in two consecutive English seasons

Lorraine Deschamps

Lorraine developed a passion for football that has seen her take on a number of roles in the sport. She is a Level 5 referee (Senior County level) and FA Licensed Referee instructor, still officiating regularly in Men’s semi-professional football and in the Women’s Premier League. Lorraine became a Sporting Equals Trustee in 2006 and works with the team and ambassadors to champion diversity and equality of opportunity for all on behalf of BME communities. Lorraine was recently appointed to the World Cup 2018 Bid Inclusivity Advisory Group, their role is to ensure that England’s bid continues to build on football’s positive record of inclusion, celebrates diversity and promotes inclusivity.

Rajan Singh

Rajan Singh is the EVP International Business for Sony Entertainment Network, the highest ranking executive in the South Asian Pay-TV market, responsible for all territories outside of the Indian sub-continent. Within sport, Rajan is a Non-Executive Director for Leicestershire Promotions as well as being a Non-Executive Director of the British Asian Trust which is part of the Prince’s Trust and Lord’s Taverners. He is a founding member of the British Asian Sports Awards.