Welcome to our Winners at this years Welsh Veterans Awards 2026!

Massive thanks to everyone who attended this year’s Welsh Veterans Awards hosted by Andrea Byrne and held at the 4* Vale Resort. The Awards were sponsored by our lead sponsor  Sierra Nevada Corporation Mission Systems UK and our Group UK sponsor Thales UK who support all our awards across the UK. Our awards are in Support of The Army Benevolent Fund and Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity It was such a fantastic event with a great atmosphere in the room on our seventh year anniversary!

Well done to everyone who was shortlisted as finalists, we had a huge amount of applications and the shortlisting process was extremely difficult. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who put forward nominations, you are all doing amazing things in your relevant fields and you should be so proud of your achievements!

Extremely thankful and very honoured to have in attendance and hear from, Brig Mark Davis CBE,  Air Commodore Rob Woods OBE, Veterans commissioner for Wales James Phillips, Lieutenant Colonel Daryl Powell and Regional Director for Wales and West Graham Whitehouse.

A special thanks also has to go to the Corps of drums of the Royal Welsh, The Welsh Guards who were there supporting in their famous red Tunics and Royal Navy Personnel.

We are so thankful to all our supporters, volunteers and sponsors who helped put this amazing night together!

Some of the highlights of the night saw Gareth Pennell receive the Lifetime Achievement Award to a standing ovation, Team Espanaro pick up Three Golds and one Silver also Steve Owen become our Role Model and Military Charity Fundraiser of the year winner and our  Welsh Veterans Awards Champion.

We want to Inspire our future service leavers that great things can happen. It’s you who will act as role models and in some cases mentors, remember Positivity breeds Positivity.

 

Our Winners are :

 

Veterans Awards Champion: Steve Owen 

Role Model of the Year- Sponsored by The Royal Navy Royal Marines Charity 

Gold: Steve Owen

Silver: Christopher Mcewen

Bronze: Tony Fitzmaurice

 

Inspiration of the Year Award – Sponsored by Rebecca & Tim Tomlin Reeves 

Gold: Victoria Williams

Silver: Michael Roach

Bronze: Gareth Shilton

The Community Awards – Sponsored by Vigilance

Gold: Michael Roach

Silver: Steven Tallis

Bronze: Jake Hudson

Bronze: Mark Morgan

 

Military Charity Fundraiser of the Year – Sponsored by Harlequin Printing & Packaging

Gold: Steve Owen

Silver: Graham Finlayson

Bronze: John Charles

 

Health & Well-being Award  – Sponsored by  Audi Sinclair

Gold: Raw Performance CIC

Silver: Zero Alpha Fitness

Bronze: Health Hwb

 

 

Veterans Group of the year – Sponsored by Sierra Nevada Mission Systems UK 

Gold: St Athan Veterans Hub

Silver: Swansea Veterans Hub CIO

Bronze: Wrexham Armed Forces Veterans Football Club

 

Cadet Adult Instructor of the Year – Sponsored by The ABF Charity

Gold: Graham Shimmin

Silver: Kayhlan Norgrove

Bronze: Shane Roberts

 

Leader of the Year Award  – Sponsored by NAFESE

Gold: Daniel Edmunds

Silver: Christopher McEwen

Bronze: Jaimie Ryan

 

Entrepreneur of the Year- Sponsored by Pinnacle Complete Office Solutions 

Gold: Martin Byrne

Silver: Daniel Edmunds

Bronze: Andy Collins

 

Employer of the Year- Sponsored by Sponsored by Sierra Nevada Mission Systems UK  

Gold: Espanaro

Silver: Age Cymru Dyfed

Bronze: WAM Engineering Services Ltd / Firerite

 

Veteran Owned Business  of the Year- Sponsored by Thales Group

Gold: Espanaro

Silver: Zero Alpha Fitness

Bronze: Blitzer Group Ltd

 

Volunteer of the Year –  Sponsored by Thales Group 

Gold: Liam Oleary

Silver: Phil Richards

Bronze: David Crowe

 

Lifetime Achievement – Sponsored by Hugh James

Gold: Gareth Pennell

Silver: Graham Finlayson

Bronze: Edward Jones

 

Reservist of the Year Award –  Sponsored by Hugh James 

Gold: Andy Collins

Silver: Mica Moore

Bronze: Huw Williams

 

We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our Shortlisted Finalists, remember its you who inspire our future service leavers – Keep an eye out on Facebook and our social media sites for pictures and videos of the evening coming soon!