Garvey, Taylor triumph at Zonta Awards
Category One (most valued contribution for a young sportsperson not eligible in categories 4 or 6).
Girls: Winner: Kate Boyd (Rangi Ruru, netball). Highly Commended: Alana Wouters (CGHS, basketball). Finalist: Emilie Aitken (Rangi Ruru, touch).
Boys: Winner: Lawrence Arundell (St Andrew’s, trap shooting). Highly Commended: Jackson Taylor (Shirley BHS). Finalists: Lewey Heale (Christ’s College, hockey), Ben Hussey (Papanui HS, basketball).
Category Two: (contribution as umpire, referee, coach or tutor).
Girls: Winner: Renee Rae (Marian, netball). Finalists: Ketana Armstrong (Burnside, netball), Sara Cox (CGHS, hockey), Ashley Nuttall (Papanui, netball), Maia van der Westhuizen (Papanui, netball), Ella Dowling (Burnside, water polo).
Boys: Winner: Will Hutchinson (Christ’s, touch). Highly Commended: Isaac Dunn (St Bede’s, karate). Finalists: Max Chick (Rangiora, basketball), Ralph Clink (St Andrew’s, football, futsal), Bryce Hyde (Kaiapoi, rugby), Harry Skirrow (Rangiora, basketball).
Category Three (outstanding young sportspeople with a disability).
Girls: Winner: Christina Shepherd (St Andrew’s, athletics). Finalist: Lilian Exton (Avonside GHS, boccia, athletics).
Boys: Winner: William Stedman (Middleton Grange, athletics). George Adam (St Andrew’s, athletics, cross country, swimming), Jason Smith (Papanui, athletics).
Category Four (outstanding young sportswoman/man).
Girls: Winner: Amelia Garvey (Burnside, golf). Highly Commended: Britney Aldridge (Papanui, karate), Rebecca Lake (Marian, football), Grace Loveridge (CGHS, rowing), Esra McGoldrick (Rangi Ruru, basketball). Finalists: Jessica Allan (St Andrew’s, netball), Hannah Bates (CGHS, swimming), Tegen Bishop (Rangiora, swimming), Nadia Edmond (St Margaret’s, karate), Daisy Hopkins (St Andrew’s, ice hockey), Rebecca Jones (Oxford, archery), Britney-Lee Nicholson (St Andrew’s, football, futsal), Emily Stewart (St Margaret’s, table tennis), Brittany Terrey (Papanui, softball), Charlotte Whittaker (St Andrew’s, basketball), Emily Wium (St Margaret’s, hockey), Millicent Smith (Marian, ice hockey), Leah Zydenbos (Rangi Ruru, equestrian).
Boys: Winner: Ben Taylor (St Andrew’s, rowing). Highly Commended: Tom Bell (St Thomas, duathlon), Thomas Russel (St Andrew’s, rowing), William Stedman, (Middleton Grange, athletics). Finalists: Bailey Cumming (Shirley, power lifting), Reese Falck (Shirley, tennis), Nils Heiniger (Cashmere, downhill mountain biking), Ryan James (Shirley, indoor cricket), Matthew Jones (St Andrew’s, football), Reegan Laidlaw (St Thomas, trampoline), William Mace-Cochrane (St Andrew’s, hockey), Bailey O’Donnell (CBHS, cycling), Tom Parker (CBHS, golf), Jordan Riki (St Thomas, rugby league), Seth Taumamiti (St Thomas, rugby league).
Category Five (most outstanding team).
Girls: Winner: CGHS rowing pair. Highly Commended: Avonside GHS dragon boating, Burnside HS table tennis, Rangi Ruru GHS hockey, Rangi Ruru rowing four. Finalists: Burnside HS Senior A volleyball, Rangiora HS 1st XI football and futsal, Rangi Ruru rowing eight, St Andrew’s senior A netball.
Boys: Winners: Christ’s College 1st XI hockey and St Andrew’s College rowing eight. Highly Commended: Burnside HS table tennis, CBHS 1st XI cricket, CBHS road cycling, CBHS golf, Greymouth HS multisport. Finalists: Rangiora HS rogaining, St Thomas of Canterbury football, Shirley BHS coxed four rowing.
Mixed: Winner: St Andrew’s tennis. Highly Commended: Papanui HS pool. Finalist: Darfield HS equestrian.
Category Six (best all-round young sportswoman/man)
Girls: Winner: Brittany Wang (Rangi Ruru, trampolining, hockey, athletics). Highly Commended: Jessica Allan (St Andrew’s, netball, touch, athletics), Isabella Carter (Rangi Ruru rugby 7s/15s, cycling, rowing, cross country), Charlotte Lee (St Margaret’s hockey, touch), Mel Puckett (St Margaret’s rugby 7s/15s, hockey, touch). Finalists: Grace Brooker (CGHS rugby 7s/15s, touch, football), Jayda Stewart (Papanui HS, football, touch), Lucy Turner (Lincoln HS equestrian, hockey), Brittany Wang (Rangi Ruru trampolining, hockey, athletics), Helen Matthews (Kaiapoi, basketball, rugby, touch).
Boys: Winner: Glen Beardsley (SBHS, rugby, super touch, surf lifesaving). Highly Commended: Patrick Elia (St Thomas, rugby, rugby league, touch, volleyball). Finalists: McGregor Best (SBHS, rugby, rowing), Nic Lidstone (Christ’s, hockey, cricket), Max Ngataki (SBHS, rugby rowing).