Aotea Sports Club has been hiding a secret.
They had to wait in silence for this month’s big reveal on TV1′s Good Sorts in Sports, sponsored by Cadbury.
It was more than a month ago when TV1 cameras and presenter Jordan Oppert rolled into Dannevirke to capture the moment as Aotea Sports Club received $5000 from Cadbury to reward significant volunteers doing good work in the community.
Selected to receive the honour were Aotea’s Jearrad Stephenson, representing rugby, and Tina Todd, representing netball - and on hand to present the cheque was netball great Irene Van Dyk.
Surprised by the donation just before his team Aotea were about to play a Hawke’s Bay Premier division rugby match at Rugby Park, Jearrad said the money would go a long way to help the club support young people both in sport and in the community.