BADMINTON sensation Brandon Adams says he would love to one day go to the Olympics after scooping this year's Hereford Times Ted Woodriffe Award at Herefordshire Sport's annual sports awards. Read about his success and the other winners from last night's ceremony here.

The 14-year-old, from Hereford, has already made a mark in the sport after taking it up when he was eight.

The Herefordshire Badminton Academy prodigy won the West Midlands Under-15 Silver Tournament last month to go alongside a number of other successes achieved during the past year.

Brandon, who goes to Hereford Cathedral School, also made the finals of events in Milton Keynes, Nottingham and Cheltenham, while he has also achieved success as a doubles player.

Alongside partner Will McGill, the duo made history by becoming the first pair from the county to win a national badminton tournament after winning the England National Bronze Under-15 tournament held at Hereford Academy.

"I really enjoy badminton and I will try to get into the top five in the UK in my age group," said Brandon.

"I am 15th at the moment and would one day love to go to the Olympics."

Brandon's mum Karen said her son showed potential as soon as picked up a racket.

"For the last three years, he has been playing at Hereford Badminton Academy and plays there three times a week," said Karen.

"The main target at the moment is the gold tournaments and the next major one is in Milton Keynes.

"He would love to be in the Olympics one day and, as parents, we will support him."

Last night's ceremony at Hereford Shirehall saw paralympic swimmer Sascha Kindred named Sportsman of the Year, while Sportswoman of the Year went to Susan Pugh, who completed a 3,000 mile cycle race across Europe.

"I have always been a huge advocate for Herefordshire clubs even though I have spent the majority of my time working away with the Royal Air Force over the last 12 years," said Pugh.

"After suffering some significant injuries over the last 18 months, I did not anticipate that I would have been able to recovery to the level I did and be able to compete in some of the biggest events of my sporting career."

Kindred added to his glut of medals earned over the past 20 years by winning gold in the 200m individual medley at the IPC Swimming World Championships in a new record time.

The 38-year-old, who also gained a bronze medal in the 50m, will be aiming to compete in his sixth Paralympics in Rio later this year.

Junior Male Sports Achiever for 2015 went Ledbury Bowls Club's Tom Holmes, who was the only boy chosen to represent England at the Youth Commonwealth Games.

The 15-year-old also became the Under-18 English National Champion.

The Junior Female Sports Achiever was Dali Hopkins, who is ranked as the number one junior in Brazilian Ji Jitsu.

In total, she won 25 gold, five silvers and two bronze medals in 2015.

Highly commended in these categories were Hereford Combat Academy's Ryan Gary Hill and fencer Rebecca Wakefield respectively.

The Junior Team of the Year was won by Ross Rowing Club's Women's Junior Under-15 squad, while Adam Nixon, who wont he Eton Paratriathlon as a member of Hereford Triathlon Club, was named 2015 Disabled Sportsperson of the Year.

The Service to Sport Award went to Bill Berry, who dedicates countless hours to many athletes, cyclists and triathletes in the county.

Berry has volunteered as a sports administrator for more than 50 years and has coaches numerous cross country champions.

Highly commended was Sharon Fellowes for her multi-tasking role at Leominster Town Football Club.

The Coach of the Year prize went to tennis coach Steve Barnett for his work developing the link between schools and clubs, while Janet Alderton received a highly commended certificate for her work with disabled riders.

The hard work that Isobel Cross puts into netball and gymnastics earned her the 2015 Volunteer of the Year prize, while Ross Juniors FC and City of Hereford Swimming Club jointly won the Club of the Year trophy.

Ross Juniors FC now have 27 teams and last year received the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service and the Community Sports Club of the Year prize, while the City of Hereford Swimming Club had their best year in their history.

The 2015 Primary School of the Year award jointly went to Trinity Primary School and Madley Primary School, while Stretton Sugwas Academy were highly commended.