COWDENBEATH athletics star Jack Lawrie will bid to land another prize at next week's Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council awards ceremony.

The annual prizegiving, which will take place at the Glen Pavilion, in Dunfermline next Wednesday, will celebrate the sporting of achievements from individuals, clubs and coaches from across West Fife but stars from the Cowden-Gelly area have not been left out.

Lawrie has his sights set on qualifying for next summer's Commonwealth Games and the talented Pitreavie AAC 400 metres hurdler will contest the evening's main prize, which is Sports Personality of the Year.

The 20-year-old, who missed out to swimmer Tain Bruce last year, will be up against Scottish champion cyclist Joe Nally and para-triathlete Alison Patrick, who won a silver medal in the PT5 para-triathlon at the Rio Paralympic Games.

Former Beath High School pupil Lawrie enjoyed a superb 12 months, which included winning the British under-23 title, despite being one of the youngest among the field, participating in the British Championships that doubled as trials for the Rio Olympics, and winning gold at the Scottish Athletics National Senior and Under-17 Championships.

As well as the top accolade, previously won by stars such as Olympic medallists Linsey MacDonald and Eilidh Doyle, Commonwealth Games runner Gemma Sharp and badminton star Russell Hogg, a further 10 prizes will be handed out on the night.

One of those is the East Kilbride Sports Council Award for athletes with a disability and no fewer than three Central Fife based sports stars have been nominated.

Crossgates' Paralympic boccia star Kieran Steer, who competed in the individual BC4 competition in Rio and the mixed pairs, in which he reached the semi-finals, is one of six nominees, which also includes Cowdenbeath bowlers Billy Allan and Barbara McMillan.

The Active School Ambassador of the Year, which is given to "school ambassadors who have given exceptional service to their school and, by doing so, helped to foster and develop sport locally" is to be contested by eight secondary pupils, including Beath High's Declan Pierce, who has been nominated for his coaching work in football.