Jon Mellish

My son has been a true inspiration during a very difficult time where illness has taken over our family life due to my ill health.Not phased by what he has seen , jon has continued to excell in sports across the board.He has been at Sunderland afc football academy since he was 8aswell as representing south tyneside in the town teamwhere he was awarded player of the year , he is part of the Newcastle Falcons elite rugby academy, runs aviva 1500 metres indoor athletics for Tyne and Wear, cross country for south tyneside, durham county and north of england .He also fits time in to play football,rugby and athletics for school and club level. Jon all in all trains or plays sport 7 days a week , he always looks to improve his abilities and gives up things like games and playing with friends to keep his training at the highest level.Not only does Jon live for sport he also takes time out to help others who maybe dont have the flair that he has , he always encourages his team mates to do their best and enjoy what they do and to try all varieties of sports,he thrives on helping others not as fortunate as him to get fit and enjoy sport. The highlight of this year was being nominated in the South Tyneside sports awards where he won the top honour of editors choice overall sports personality, a well deserverd prize to recognise his commitment to sport. For Jon to have the honour of carrying the torch would let him know er how proud i am for the commitment he gives for sport.