SPARC Sport Volunteer of The Year 2011

SPARC Sport Volunteer of The Year 2011

SPARC Sport Volunteer Awards eCard

Know a sport volunteer doing a great job?

Do they deserve to be thanked for the time and energy they put into grassroots sport in your community?

You bet!

Nominate a volunteer for a SPARC Sport Volunteer Award by sending them a thank-you e-card. The SPARC Sport Volunteer Awards will also present Lifetime Achievement Awards (25+ years of sport volunteering) and Wattie�s Student Sport Volunteer Awards (18 or younger). One winner will be selected for each award category in each region (see entry form for regions).

You can nominate any school, club or event volunteer (teachers, parents, grandparents, friends, young people).

There are great prizes for the winning volunteers so give your favourite volunteers a big thank-you!

Nominations close midnight, 23 August, 2011.

Sport Wellington will be holding a breakfast for the regional finalists at the new Indoor Community Sports Centre on Wed 21 Sept..
You can nominate as many times as you like- how about nominating your captain or coach who volunteers their time to get you off the couch and onto the park!

Yeah...  any Nighthawks reading this?

GinaVaa?

Back on topic...we are running an 'unofficial' competition to see what code gets the most nominations in nationwide. Last year Netball edged out Football, 1690 noms. to 1050.
Will you stand idly by and let that happen again?

& we are also trying to see what region puts up the most noms. currently Hawkes Bay is kicking Wgtn's behind- C'mon wgtn!
Salmon072011-08-01 14:49:35

So in summary, Hard News, we are looking for more noms; many, many more noms

I set him up, he spikes it

Rugby has now taken over Football as the lead sport in Wgtn with just over two weeks to go

19 Nominations from Rugby vs 18 from Football.

Nominate your coach/captain/ref/chairman today!
http://www.sparc.org.nz/volunteers

Or if you play another sport, including summer sports, nominate for that code too

& Hockey is in 3rd place with 15 noms. to date for the Wgtn region

Nominations close tomorrow- we had 90 flood in from 30 sports last week

Rugby Union still leading...football not far behind-
Nominate your coach/manager/kit washer here:
http://www.sparc.org.nz/volunteers

Salmon072011-08-22 10:20:00

Done.

...brilliant

So when is it all announced?

we ended up with 330 nominations in the Wgtn region- stunning stuff. Everyone of those nominations recieved an e--card thanking them for their work from Sparc. We now go to work to whittle down to ten finalists for each category with a panel of expert judges meeting on Sep. 5th to decide winners. From then onwards we'll be able to announce the finalists, and they will be invited to attend the awards breakfast on 21 Sept.

cheers

CI

Do the nominators get an invite too? Mostly because I put the NOM in nominator.

By the way Salmon, looking very suave on Saturday, pity I couldn't find you later on for a catch up!

Regional Finalists announced!

Wattie�s Student Sport Volunteer Award (for sport volunteers 18 years old or younger)
1. Samantha Vander Veen, Hutt Valley Thunderbolts BMX Club - Coach
2. Ta�amilo Va�a, Naenae College, Volley Ball - Coach
3. Selina Duggan, Clyde Quay School, Hockey - Coach
4. Adam Parsons, Rangikura, Hockey - Coach
5. Chris Roberts, Raumati Swimming Club, Swimming - Coach
6. Anna Stevens, Samuel Marsden, Underwater Hockey - Coach
7. James Mallon, North Wellington Junior Football Club, Football - Coach
8. Lantarna Manuel-Arnold, Samuel Marsden, Underwater Hockey - Coach Official
9. Alex Rollander, Kapiti Junior Hockey Club, Hockey - Coach Official Helper

SPARC Sport Volunteer Award (for sport volunteers over 18 years of age)
1. Daniel TeTau, Pioneer Rugby Club, Committee - Administrator
2. Jono Wood, Mountain Biking, Committee - Helper
3. Karen McCrae, Equestrian - Coach
4. Juan McDonald, Olympic Harriers and Tawa Football Club, Cross Country, Football - Coach
5. Darren Cassidy, Rugby League - Coach
6. Ivan Karaitiana, Dragon Boating, Coach - Committee Member
7. Ondine Souter, Rangikura School, Queen Margarets College - Coach, Manager, Administrator,
Helper
8. Donna Kennedy, Equestrian - Coach, Manager, Committee Member, Administrator
9. Christine Barnett, Squash - Coach, Manager, Committee Member, Administrator, Helper
10. Helen Mallon, Football - Coach, Official, Committee Member, Administrator, Helper
11. Tasi Betteridge, Netball - Official, Committee Member, Administrator

Lifetime Achievement Award (for 25+ years of service to community sport).
1. Ian Wells, Cricket, Football, Tennis
2. Evan Watkins, Cricket
3. Bernie Wood, Rugby League
4. Ian McDonald, Swimming
5. Bruce Forbes, Equestrian

From this group of finalists the judges will decide on a winner in each of the three categories. The winners will
be announced on the 21 September at the Awards breakfast to be held at the Renouf Tennis Centre.

Regional Finalists Winners Announced today at Awards Breakfast:

Wattie�s Student Sport Volunteer Award
Ta�amilo Va�a, Naenae College, Volley Ball - Coach

SPARC Sport Volunteer Award
Darren Cassidy, Wainuiomata Rugby League - Coach

Lifetime Achievement Award 
Bruce Forbes, Equestrian-Legend