BASES Conference 2024 Awards

BASES Conference 2024 Award Winners

Congratulations to all our award winners at the BASES Annual Conference 2024 and well done to all those who presented. A huge thank you to our award sponsors: BASES, Cranlea, Human Kinetics, Routledge and Sportesse.

All the winners will soon be added to the Hall of Fame.

Student Awards

Human Kinetics Student Free Communication Presentation Award

£100 Human Kinetics book vouchers for the best student free communication presentation made by a BASES student or graduate member.

Winner: Fenja Deister, London South Bank University

“Assessing anterior talofibular ligament strain and biomechanical properties in vivo in healthy conditions.”

Human Kinetics Poster Presentation Award

£100 Human Kinetics book vouchers for the best student free communication presentation made by a BASES student or graduate member.

Winner: Sandy Wilson, Hartpury University

“Investigating the sleep behaviours of international equestrian event riders.”

Non-Student Awards

BASES Sport and Exercise Science 5 Slides in 5 Minutes Free Communication Presentation Award

£500 (half cash/half BASES vouchers) for the best 5 slides in 5 minutes free communication presentation on sport and exercise science by a professional, graduate or overseas member.

Winner: Phillip Heritage, Health Sciences University, Bournemouth

“Referees’ and Professional Medical Professionals’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Concussion in English Football.”

Cranlea Poster Presentation Award

A Polar Heart Rate Monitor for the best poster presentation made by a BASES professional or overseas member

Winner: Dr John Parker, Hartpury University

“The effects of student-athletes’ global sleep quality on intrusive visual imagery.”

Sportesse Sport and Exercise Science Free Communication Presentation Award

£500 cash prize for the best free communication presentation on sport and exercise science made by a BASES professional or overseas member.

Winner: Dr Hayley McEwan, University Of The West Of Scotland

“Minding the Gap: How Trainee Sport and Exercise Psychologists’ Navigate the Personal and Professional Divide.”

Routledge Recently Qualified Researcher Free Communication Presentation Award

£500 (book token) to the best free communication presentation given by a recently qualified researcher (BASES member).

Winner: Hannah Foladi, University Of Bedfordshire

Physical Activity Behaviour in Nature among Adolescents: A Qualitative Investigation of Influences and Outcomes