Sunday Territorian

Highest honour rolls up for Tom

PARALYMPIC wheelchair basketball­er Tom O’NeillThorn­e is the 2017 Northern Territory Government Sportspers­on of the Year. The 19-year-old was rewarded for a stellar 2016 year with the Australian Rollers at last night’s NT Sports Awards. His participat­ion

- GREY MORRIS

Darwin’s Tom O’Neill-Thorne, who represente­d Australia in wheelchair basketball at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympic­s, is the 2017 NT Sportspers­on of the Year

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