Sally Bromley is her club's unsung hero

But like it or not – the Libra Lea netball club coach has been nominated for the BBC Midlands Unsung Hero award.

The 49-year-old founded the club five years ago, as a pipe dream, a last chance to play and coach in the sport she loves alongside her two daughters, Emily and Megan.

But, as humble as ever, she was keen to dedicate the honour to the game that has given her so much.

Bromley said: "I'm lucky because it's put our netball club in the limelight but I want it to put netball as a sport in the limelight. The game is not usually headline news.

"Instead of the focus being on me, I'd rather it was all on the sport. It's been totally embarrassing and really bizarre.

"I was flabbergasted when I found out. We had a camera crew come to our training session and the following morning I had to pinch myself."

Bromley was nominated by the club's safeguarding officer, Andrea White, for the gong and has made the final three.

She added: "A lot of the message that I sent Andrea to thank her for nominating me was quite rude!

"But the supporting statements from girls at the club were really quite nice to read."

Bromley goes up against a local swimming coach and a cycling coach to land the Midlands award. The winner is due to be announced live on BBC Midlands Today tonight.

Should Bromley be successful, she will represent the region in December's BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards.

She added: "It's been a good time for the sport recently. We had the world championships this year and Tracey Neville take over the national team.

"We had the TV crew down the club and it proved good timing because we had secured a great sponsorship deal for the club, too, so that helped.

"My younger daughter Megan was a bit upset. She's just started at University in Liverpool and they were keen to do video footage of me playing alongside my daughters.

"So it was just Emily involved. But my family are so proud of what the club has achieved. The sport deserves the recognition because people don't really know how much talent it takes to play.

"It's such a fast, high-skill level sport. I'm glad this is raising the profile."