CWMBRAN netball and football coach Vicki Randall has been named as BBC Wales Sports Unsung Hero of the Year.

The 29-year-old volunteer, who has encouraged more than 200 girls to play sport every week, will be lauded at the glittering Wales Sport Awards ceremony in Cardiff on Monday

Randall turned to coaching after suffering a knee injury and has had nine operations, sometimes guiding the youngsters while on crutches or in a wheelchair.

She typically spends four evenings a week coaching sport after work, often more than one session per evening.

At weekends, she spends most Saturdays organising netball matches and tournaments, before devoting up to seven hours on a Sunday to her football teams.

The PE teacher set up Cwmbran youth netball club in 2009 with just five girls. It now has 14 teams, and three players have recently been selected for Wales Under-17 squad.

She also organises a weekly 'netball tots' club for children aged between one and five while running Risca Netball Club, managing all five of their teams in the South East Wales League.

Randall also set up Cwmbran Celtic Ladies football team in 2012, guiding them to promotion to the Welsh Premier league two years later, and also started a reserve team to encourage women to take up the sport.

She was nominated by Ann Daley from Pontypool, whose daughter plays netball with Cwmbran Youth.

Ms Daley said: "Vicki has given so much to so many, volunteering all her free time.

"She has had a massive impact in raising levels of participation in sport for girls and women in South East Wales. Vicki really is an unsung hero."

The awards ceremony is to be held at Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff, where Randall will share the stage with the night's other big winners, including the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year.

The Wales Sport Awards is an event organised in partnership by BBC Wales and Sport Wales. It aims to recognise the best achievements at elite and community level in Welsh sport.