A sports reporter on a North West daily has been named the best in the UK regional press for the fourth year running.

Jon Colman of Carlisle daily the News & Star and sister weekly the Cumberland News retained the regional sports writer of the year crown at last night’s Sports Journalism Awards.

It was Jon’s fifth title in all, having also won the award in 2009, 2011, 2012 and 2013.

Highly-commended in the same category were Mark Douglas, of Newcastle’s Chronicle and Journal, and Mark Taylor of the Cambridge News.

The full list of winners was as follows.

Sports Writer of the Year 2013: Martin Samuel – Daily Mail

SJA Sports Photographer of the Year 2013: Bryn Lennon – Getty Images

SJA Sports Newspaper of the Year 2013: Daily Mail

SJA Sports Broadcaster of the Year 2013 (voted for by SJA members): Alison Mitchell (BBC)

SJA Doug Gardner Award for services to sports journalism: Jeff Powell

Laureus Sports Website of the Year: Daily Mail

Ian Wooldridge Young Sports Writer: Jack Pitt-Brooke – The Independent

Sports News Reporter: David Conn – The Guardian

Sports Scoop: Mark Ogden: Telegraph Media Group

Sports Feature Writer: Matthew Syed – The Times

Sports News Picture: Toby Melville – Reuters

Specialist Sports Portfolio – the Phil Sheldon Trophy: Bryn Lennon – Getty Images

Sports Picture: Laurence Griffiths: Getty Images

Sports Portfolio: Lee Smith – Action Images

Specialist Correspondent: Henry Winter – Telegraph Media Group

Sports Columnist: Matthew Syed – The Times

Regional Writer: Jon Colman – Cumbrian Newspapers

Ladbrokes Sports Betting Writer: Greg Wood – The Guardian

Cartoonist: Russel Herneman – Freelance

Television Sports Programme (voted for by SJA members): Sports Life Stories (ITV)

Radio Sports Programme (voted for by SJA members): My Sporting Life (TalkSport)

David Welch Student Sports Writer: Teddy Cutler (Oxford University)