VERSATILE: Athletics and hockey star Amy Robinson is a finalist in the Eves Realty Junior Sportswoman of the Year category. Photo/ANDREW WARNER
VERSATILE: Athletics and hockey star Amy Robinson is a finalist in the Eves Realty Junior Sportswoman of the Year category. Photo/ANDREW WARNER
Outstanding sporting performances by Bay of Plenty athletes on the world stage have been reflected in the finalists selected for the 2015 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards.
The annual awards organised each year by Sport Bay of Plenty, salute outstanding achievement by Bay of Plenty sportsmen and women in sport at home and abroad over the past 12 months.
Complete finalist list below.
All category winners and the Supreme Award recipient are widely regarded as the ultimate accolades for sporting excellence in our region.
The experienced judging panel hotly debated a high number of quality nominations during the day-long judging session, ultimately determining each category's finalists for the awards evening to be held at the ASB Arena, Baypark, Mount Maunganui on Friday, 4th December 2015.
Bay of Plenty Principals' Association Secondary School Service to Sport To be announced on the night
Aurecon Secondary School Student Contribution to Sport Rhys Hamilton, Basketball, Tauranga Boys' College George Haswel, Touch and Rugby Union, Mount Maunganui College Jessica Gordon, Netball, Waterpolo & Swimming, Rotorua Lakes High School Matthew Hathaway, Rugby & Basketball, Reporoa College
Bay Cardiology Secondary School Girls' Team of the Year Otumoetai College Senior A Girls' Volleyball Team Tauranga Girls' College Canoe Slalom Team Mount Maunganui College Senior Girls' Beach Volleyball Team
Bay Office Products Depot Secondary School Boys' Team of the Year Tauranga Boys' College C2 Canoe Slalom Team Whakatane High School Boys' Rowing Team Rotorua Boys' High School 1st XV Rugby Team Rotorua Boys' High School Sevens Rugby Team Rotorua Boys' High School Touch Rugby Team Western Heights High School Senior A Boys' Volleyball Team
AquaPlus Club of the Year Te Puke Sport and Recreation Club Harbourside Netball Centre Rotorua Tennis
MoreFM Official of the Year Glen Jackson, Rugby Nick Briant, Rugby Ross Merrett, Surf Life Saving Tim Cleaver, Beach Volleyball
All Black Sam Cane up against Black Caps Kane Williamson and Trent Boult, world champion rower Adam Ling, and Team NZ skipper Peter Burling for Bayleys Real Estate Sportsman of the Year. Photo/File
Dudfield Bryce Printers Open Service to Sport To be announced on the night
Tauranga Energy Consumer Trust Team of the Year Tauranga City United AFC Northern League 1st Division Football Team NZL Beach Volleyball Team Waihi Beach Lifeguard Service U23 Men's Boat Team - Surf Lifesaving Tauranga Sports Rugby Club Men's Premiers Team Waikite Women's Rugby Team
P2P Physio Junior Team of the Year BOP Junior Squash Team Mt Maunganui LGS U19 Men's Canoe Team Surf Lifesaving Rotorua U19 Men's Basketball Team Aquinas College Mixed Golf Team Tauranga Boys' College Canoe Slalom C2 Team
CodeBlue Secondary School Coach of the Year Rene Otto, Athletics, Edgecumbe College Scott Mayhew, Rugby Sevens, Rotorua Boys' High School Graham Watt, Rowing, Whakatane High School Maurice Stone, Touch Rugby, Rotorua Boys' High School Ngarimu Simpkins, Rugby, Rotorua Boys' High School
BayTrust Coach of the Year Sir Gordon Tietjens, Rugby Sevens Sean Horan, Rugby Sevens Julieta Diaz, Synchronised Swimming Robbie Wyatt, Squash
Waiariki Institute of Technology Secondary School Sportswoman of the Year Hannah Van der Horst, Equestrian, Whakatane High School Malia Josephson, Waterpolo & Surf Life Saving, Mount Maunganui College Georgia Collard, Wakeboarding, Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Sarah Clarke, Water Ski Racing, Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Alanna Campbell, Golf, Aquinas College Georgia Coughlan, Volleyball & Underwater Hockey, Tauranga Girls' College
Vodafone Junior Sportsman of the Year Callum Gilbert, Canoe Slalom Jack Dangen, Canoe Slalom Aidan Ross, Rugby
OLYMPIC STAR: Luuka Jones is a finalist in the Holland Beckett Lawyers Sportswoman of the Year category. PHOTO/FILE
Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Secondary School Sportsman of the Year Lewis Ryan, Mountain Biking & Multisport, Rotorua Lakes High School Lenny Jenkins, Rowing, Whakatane High School Lewis Eccles, Cycling, Taupo-nui-a-Tia College Isaac Te Aute, Rugby & Rugby Sevens, Rotorua Boys' High School Henry Spring, Golf, Whakatane High School
Farmer Autovillage International Sportsperson of the Year Mahe Drysdale, Rowing Joe Schmidt, Rugby Jason Lochhead, Beach Volleyball Danny Lee, Golf
Eves Realty Junior Sportswoman of the Year Natalie Peat, Surf Life Saving Amy Robinson, Hockey & Athletics Rose Keddell, Hockey
Holland Beckett Lawyers Sportswoman of the Year Sarah Walker, BMX Lisa Carrington, Kayaking Julia Edward, Rowing Zoe Stevenson, Rowing Luuka Jones, Canoe Slalom
Bayleys Real Estate Sportsman of the Year Adam Ling, Rowing Kane Williamson, Cricket Sam Cane, Rugby Union Trent Boult, Cricket Peter Burling, Sailing
Sport Bay of Plenty Supreme Award To be announced on the night
