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Dedicated synchronised swimming coach Clair Murphy has been crowned BBC West’s Unsung Hero for 2018.
Community midwife Clair, who has coached hundreds of youngsters at Calne Alpha Synchronised Swimming Club, in Wiltshire, over the last 25 years, was invited to attend the BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year Awards in Birmingham which was on Sunday 16 December.
Mum of four Clair said she was shocked to find out she had been nominated for the regional award – and even more surprised when told she had won.
“I was stunned when I got the phone call asking me to make a short film about my nomination,” said Clair.
“So you can imagine at the end of a day of filming, I was simply ready to end the film with a ‘goodbye’ from the club. But it was then they sprung it on me that I had actually won the award.
“When they gave me the award I was stunned – very happily stunned.
“The club went mad as they all thought as I did that I was just on shortlist! There was a lot of laughter and congratulations and I still get a little emotional when I think of it.
“I was very touched that I was nominated and very honoured to have won the award.”
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