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Meet The Judges

Guillem Balague

Guillem Balagué is a Spanish football journalist, author, and pundit. He was a regular pundit on Sky Sports' show Revista de la Liga and has also written for some of Britain's newspapers as well as several Spanish newspapers.
Pat Nevin

Pat Nevin is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a winger. In a twenty-year career, he appeared for Clyde, Chelsea, Everton, Tranmere Rovers, Kilmarnock and Motherwell.He won 28 caps for Scotland and was selected for the UEFA Euro 1992 finals squad. Since retiring as a player, Nevin has worked as a chief executive of Motherwell and as a football writer and broadcaster.
Natalie Pirks

Natalie Pirks is a Sports Correspondent for BBC Sport, reporting on major international events including the Olympic Games and FIFA World Cup. She began her career with freelance roles at BBC Radio 1 (Newsbeat) and ITN.
Paul Simpson

Award-winning sports and business writer, Paul writes the most brilliant features for Pitch.
Jade Craddock

Jade has her finger on the pulse of all of today's best sports writing, compiling and choosing our Sports Book Of The Week, and our quarterly round-up of the best sports books.

Previous Winners.

14 - 15: Faith Obumuchendu

“Winning this competition was a huge surprise and an honour. I’d never written about darts before, but I quickly became fascinated by the sport and the intensity behind it. Exploring a completely new topic pushed me creatively, and I really enjoyed bringing that story to life.”
16 - 17: James Parker
18 - 19: Maryam Samy

“I was really happy to win last year across the UK. My article questioned whether food companies should be sponsoring sports, and I’m glad it started a conversation.”
20 - 21: Markus Conneely

“I really enjoyed taking part in Pitch Mag's Young Sports Journalist Competition last year. To have the chance to write on a compelling topic that I am passionate about felt very meaningful, particularly as sports writing opportunities for young people are few and far between. The competition is a great way for young writers to show their skills; good luck to all of this year's participants.”