SEVERAL Cheshire residents have been recognised by The Queen in her New Year Honours list for their exceptional efforts.

The honours system recognises people who have ‘made achievements in public life’ and ‘committed themselves to serving and helping Britain’.

A group of 10 independent honours committees, each covering a specialist subject area such as sport or health, consider nominations.

The recommendations of these groups of independent experts and senior civil servants are passed on to the Prime Minister, and ultimately The Queen for approval.

The list of Mid Cheshire recipients:

DAME COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Laura Kenny CBE

At the Tokyo Olympics, Laura Kenny became the first British woman to win three Olympic gold medals at three consecutive games.

When winning gold at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the first ever Women’s Madison event (alongside Katie Archibald) and a silver medal in the Women’s Team Pursuit, Laura became the most decorated and successful female in British Olympic history with a haul of five gold medals and one silver medal.

She joined a club previously consisting solely of Sir Chris Hoy, Sir Steve Redgrave, Sir Bradley Wiggins and Jason Kenny as Britons with at least five Olympic titles.

She also became the most successful female cyclist in Olympic history.

Her Tokyo medals followed the two gold medals she won at the Rio 2016 Olympics in the Women’s Team Pursuit and Women’s Omnium as well as the two gold medals she claimed at London 2012, also in the Women’s Team Pursuit and the Women’s Omnium.

Northwich Guardian:

Jason and Laura Kenny

KNIGHT BACHELOR

Jason Kenny CBE

Winning his seventh Olympic Gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games, Jason Kenny became Team GB’s most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time, surpassing Sir Chris Hoy’s total of six Olympic Gold medals.

In winning his ninth Olympic medal overall, he has also overtaken Sir Bradley Wiggins’ total of eight Olympic medals.

His Tokyo 2020 medals followed the three Gold medals he won in Rio 2016 (Men’s Keirin, Men’s Team Sprint and Men’s Sprint), his two Gold medals from London 2012 (Men’s Sprint and Men’s Team Sprint) and his Gold and Silver medals from Beijing 2008 (Men’s Team Sprint and Men’s Sprint respectively).

He has won 45 medals in total, of which 17 were Gold, at UCI World Championships (nine medals), UEC European Championships (seven medals), UCI World Cups (18 medals), Olympic (nine medals) and Commonwealth Games (two medals).

Commanders of the Order of the British Empire

Steven Murrells, Mottram St Andrew, the chief executive officer of the Co-op Group, for services to the food supply chain

Prof Malcolm Press, Alderley Edge, the vice-Chancellor of Manchester Metropolitan University for services to higher and technical education

Andrew Anson, Wilmslow, the chief executive officer of the British Olympic Association,or services to sport, particularly during Covid-19

Antony Porter QPM, Wilmslow, lately commissioner, Office of the Surveillance Camera Commissioner, for services to security and to human rights

William Roache MBE, Wilmslow, for services to drama and charity

Northwich Guardian:

William Roache

MEMBERS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Cyndy Lloyd, Northwich, for services to young people in Cheshire

MEDALLISTS OF THE ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE

Joanne Conchie, Winsford, for services to the community in Cheshire during Covid-19

Northwich Guardian:

Jo Conchie