Ronaldo, Gerrard, Mansell, Baird… the shortlists for the 2016 Cross Sports Book awards have been announced, with two triathlon titles on the list.
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Our features editor Matt Baird’s debut book Triathlon! (Aurum Press) has been selected for an Illustrated Book of the Year nomination, while Lucy Fry’s Run, Ride, Sink or Swim (Faber & Faber) has been selected for the Freshtime New Writer of the Year gong.
Featuring chapters on the greatest triathletes in history, Triathlon! covers the men and women who have made the sport their own, inspiring thousands to follow in their footsteps.
Alongside the athletes that have made their mark on the sport, Triathlon! profiles some of the world’s greatest events, from classics such as Challenge Roth and from Alcatraz, Brit races The Outlaw, Slateman and more, to the far-flung challenges of the Norseman, Challenge Wanaka or Ironman 70.3 Bintan.
Triathlon! also explores the evolution of triathlon gear – the bikes, aerobars, tri wetsuits, GPS devices and nutrition developed to give triathletes the edge against their competitors.
CROSS SPORTS BOOK AWARDS
The 2016 awards will be presented by Sky Sports news presenter Mike Wedderburn and Test Match Special’s Alison Mitchell which takes place at Lord’s Cricket Ground on 1st June. An hour long highlights show will be shown on Sky Sports with multiple repeat shows on June 4th and 5th.
After the individual category winners have been announced on 1 June, each winner will then be promoted in a media and retail campaign with an online public vote determining the Overall Cross Sports Book of the Year.
Matthew Baird ‘Triathlon! A tribute to the world’s greatest triathletes, courses and gear’ Aurum Press Paul Connolly ‘Richie Benaud: Those Summers of Cricket 1930-2015’ Hardie Grant Books ‘Tour de France 2015 – The Official Review’ Vision Sports Publishing Bob Martin ‘1/100th – The Sports Photography of Bob Martin’ Vision Sports Publishing Roger McStravick ‘St Andrews in the Footsteps of Old Tom Morris’ St Andrews Press Mark Platt ‘This is Anfield’ Carlton Books
Freshtime New Writer of the Year
Emily Bullock ‘The Longest Fight’ Myriad Editions Ed Caeser ‘Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon’ Viking Lucy Fry ‘Run, Ride, Sink or Swim’ Faber & Faber Martin Hardy ‘Touching Distance’ DeCoubertin Books Lizzy Hawker ‘Runner – A short story about a long run’ Aurum Press Anne Lauppe-Dunbar ‘Dark Mermaids’ Seren Books
Cycling Book of the Year
Peter Cossins ‘Alpe D’Huez – The Story of Pro Cycling’s Greatest Climb’ Aurum Press William Fotheringham ‘Bernard Hinault & the Fall & Rise of French Cycling’ Yellow Jersey Press Ian MacGregor ‘To Hell on a Bike’ Bantam Press Dave Millar ‘The Racer’ Yellow Jersey Press Edward Pickering ‘The Yellow Jersey Club’ Bantam Press Geraint Thomas ‘The World of Cycling According to G’ Quercus
Cross Autobiography of the Year
Steve Davis ‘Interesting’ Ebury Steven Gerrard ‘My Story’ Penguin David Lloyd ‘Last in the Tin Bath’ Simon & Schuster Nigel Mansell ‘Staying on Track’ Simon & Schuster AP McCoy ‘Winner’ Orion Max Mosley ‘Formula One and Beyond’ Simon & Schuster
The Times Biography of the Year
Guillem Balague ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’ Orion Andy Bull ‘Speed Kings’ Bantam Press John Cross ‘Arsene Wenger’ Simon & Schuster Donald McRae ‘A Man’s World’ Simon & Schuster Richard Tomlinson ‘ Amazing Grace: The Man Who Was W.G.’ Little, Brown Luke G. Williams ‘Richmond Unchained: The Biography of the World’s First Black Sporting Star’ Amberley
Littlehampton Book Services Cricket Book of the Year
Scyld Berry ‘Cricket: The Game of Life’ Hodder & Stoughton Stephen Chalke ‘Summer’s Crown’ Fairfield Books Steve James ‘The Art of Centuries’ Bantam Press Tim Lane and Elliot Cartledge ‘Chasing Shadows: The Life and Death of Peter Roebuck’ Hardie Grant Books Simon Lister ‘Fire in Babylon’ Yellow Jersey Press Richard Tomlinson ‘Amazing Grace: The Man Who Was W. G.’ Little, Brown
Barclays Football Book of the Year
Guillem Balague ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’ Orion Michael Calvin ‘Living on the Volcano’ Century John Cross ‘Arsene Wenger’ Simon & Schuster Andrew Jennings ‘The Dirty Game’ Century James Lawton ‘The Forever Boys’ Wisden Ronald Reng ‘Matchdays’ Simon & Schuster
Blink Publishing General Outstanding Sports Writing Award
Darren Barker with Ian Ridley ‘A Dazzling Darkness: The Darren Barker Story’ Floodlit Dreams Ed Caesar ‘Two Hours: The Quest to Run the Impossible Marathon’ Viking John Daniell ‘The Fixer’ Saltway Willie Finnegan ‘Barbarian Days A Surfing Life’ Little, Brown Richard Moore ‘The Bolt Supremacy’ Yellow Jersey Press William Skidelsky ‘Federer and Me: A Story of Obsession’ Yellow Jersey Press
Cross International Autobiography of the Year Award
Dan Carter ‘Dan Carter: The Autobiography of an All Blacks Legend’ Headline Didier Drogba ‘Commitment: My Autobiography’ Hodder & Stoughton Michael Lynagh and Mark Eglinton ‘Blindsided’ HarperSport Marco Negri with Jeff Holmes ‘Moody Blue: The Story of Mysterious Marco’ Pitch Publishing Ronda Rousey ‘My Fight, Your Fight’ Arrow Mark Webber ‘Aussie Grit’ Pan Macmillan
Arbuthnot Latham Rugby Book of the Year
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Tony Collins ‘The Oval World: A Global History of Rugby’ Bloomsbury Stephen Cooper ‘After the Final Whistle’ History Press Tom English ‘No Borders: Playing Rugby for Ireland’ Arena Sport Stephen Ferris ‘Man and Ball’ Transworld Ireland Adam Jones ‘Bomb: My Autobiography’ Headline Phil Larder with Nicholas Bishop ‘The Iron Curtain – My Rugby Journey from League to Union’ Pitch Publishing
