Yorkshire Post 2011 Sports Performer of the Year

The Yorkshire Post has launched its search for the county’s top performer in 2011 and we want you to pick that winner.

Up for grabs for the person who correctly votes for the eventual winner, and who is then selected out of a hat at random, is a night of hospitality in the Headingley Executive Suite for you and five friends at the Leeds Rhinos’ opening Super League game against Hull Kingston Rovers on Friday, February 3, 2012.

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The closing date for entries is Friday, December 16, at noon. The winner will be revealed in the Yorkshire Post on Saturday, December 24.

There are other ways to enter, by tweeting @MReederYPSport or @NWestbyYPSport, by emailing [email protected] or by posting your nomination to Yorkshire Post Sports Performer of the Year, PO Box 168, Wellington Street, Leeds, LS1 1RF.

Whichever way you vote, please include your contact details.

Here are 50 suggestions from our team of sports writers.

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The contenders

Nicola Adams - boxing, European champion

Lizzie Armitstead - cycling, British champion

Jonny Bairstow - cricket, breakthrough on England scene

Alicia Blagg - diving, 14-year-old world championship competitor

Tim Bresnan - cricket, England regular

Tom Briscoe - rugby league, stellar performances

Alistair Brownlee - triathlon, world and European champion

Jonny Brownlee - triathlon, world and European silver medallist

Katherine Brunt - cricket, England cricketer

Danny Buderus - rugby league, Grand Final winner

Rob Burrow - rugby league, Grand Final winner

Gary Cahill - football, breakthrough in England team

Luke Campbell - boxing, world silver medallist

Danny Care - rugby union, won Six Nations

Claire Cashmore - swimming, paralympic European multiple medallist

Rangi Chase - rugby league, Man of Steel

Ed Clancy - cycling, European champion and world medallist

Lee Clark - football, led Huddersfield on record-breaking run

Hannah Cockroft - athletics, paralympic world champion

Silvestre de Sousa - horse racing, second in champion jockey stakes

Jenny Duncalf - squash, world No 2

Simon Dyson - golf, two Tour titles

Kyle Edmund - tennis, Junior Davis Cup winner

Jessica Ennis - athletics, world silver medallist

Hendre Fourie - rugby union, won Six Nations

Ryan Hall- rugby league, Grand Final winner

Paul Hanagan - horse racing, champion jockey

Andy Hodge - rowing, world silver medallist

Mark Johnston - horse racing, trained Irish St Leger winner

Ding Junhui - snooker, Masters champion

Jack Laugher - diving, world finalist

Graham Lee - horse racing, close to 1,000 jump winner

Nick Matthew - squash, world No 1

Brian McDermott - rugby league, Grand Final-winning coach

James Milner - football, FA Cup winner and England regular

Glenn Morrison - rugby league, stellar performances

Ferdy Murphy - horse racing, Yorkshire’s most successful Cheltenham trainer

Jamie Peacock - rugby league, Grand Final winner

Micah Richards - football, FA Cup winner

Joe Root - cricket, breakthrough on Yorkshire scene

Jordan Rhodes - football, top scorer in Hudderfield’s record run

Ben Simon - ice hockey, title-winning coach

Kevin Sinfield - rugby league, Grand Final-winning captain

Sarah Stevenson - tae kwon do, world champion

Ben Swift - cycling, Tour de France debutant

Oliver Townend - equestrian, third in eventing rankings

Jenny Wallwork - badminton, European team medallist

James Willstrop - squash, world No 3

Nicola Wilson - equestrian, European team medallist

Dean Winstanley - darts, BDO world finalist

Good luck.