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Ashley Giles helped England to triumph against Australia

Warwickshire and England cricketer Ashley Giles has scooped three awards at the BBC Midlands Sports Awards.

The Ashes hero was named Sports Personality of the Year and Sportsman of the Year and took the world beaters' honour along with team-mate Ian Bell.

The 2005 ceremony was held at the National Motorcycle Museum at Bickenhill, Solihull, on Sunday.

Golfer Felicity Johnson, 18, from Birmingham, picked up the Sportswoman of the Year award.

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The teenager was recognised for her success in the English Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in only her second full season of full-time amateur golf.

The junior sportswoman award went to Rachel Atherton, from Shropshire, who became the first British mountain bike rider to win a Downhill World Championship at the age of 17.

Aston Villa player and Northern Ireland international Steven Davis was named as Footballer of the Year.

Coventry Blaze, who won ice hockey's Elite League, Challenge Cup and League Play-off this season, took the Team of the Year award.

Giles and Bell, who helped England triumph over Australia in last summer's historic Ashes series, secured the world beaters' honour for their contribution on the global stage.

Viewers and listeners voted for the sports personality, while the other awards were chosen by a panel of judges.