Fox named a Halberg Awards finalist

Beachlands golfer Ryan Fox is one among 30 finalists named immediately throughout six classes for the 61st ISPS Handa Halberg Awards.

This 12 months’s finalists, voted by a panel of former elite athletes and coaches, sports activities directors, and sports activities media, got here from 76 nominations obtained from nationwide sports activities organisations and an unbiased nominations board for achievements in 2023.

The winners will probably be unveiled throughout a ceremony at Spark Enviornment on Wednesday, February 14. Through the night, Sport New Zealand’s Management Award and New Zealand’s Favorite Sporting Second can even be topped. The awards will probably be broadcast reside on Sky Sport and free-to-air on Sky Open from 8pm.

All finalists for sportswoman, sportsman, group and para athlete/para group are eligible for the Supreme Halberg Award, the top of sporting distinction in New Zealand.

The Excessive Efficiency Sport New Zealand Sportswoman of the Yr award options 5 distinctive finalists, together with final 12 months’s Supreme winner Zoi Sadowski-Synott, who defended her X Video games Slopestyle Gold Medal on the 2023 Aspen Winter X Video games. Among the many finalists are athletes like Dame Lisa Carrington and bicycle owner Ellesse Andrews, who claimed the UCI Monitor Championships League dash title following a world title win within the ladies’s keirin earlier within the 12 months. Additionally included is swimmer Erika Fairweather, who made historical past by changing into simply the fifth girl in historical past to interrupt 4 minutes within the Girls’s 400m Freestyle and Courtney Duncan wraps up the listing for her fourth Girls’s Motocross World Championship title win.

The 5 finalists for the ISPS Handa Sportsman of the Yr award embody golfer Ryan Fox, who claimed his fourth victory on the DP World Tour after successful the BMW PGA Championship; Aaron Gate [who has a Nana at Pakuranga Park Village] who claimed Gold within the Males’s factors race on the UCI Monitor World Championships; and squash participant Paul Coll who gained the US Open. All Black and World Rugby Participant of the Yr Ardie Savea and Shane van Gisbergen are additionally finalists for his or her achievements over the 12 months.

5 finalists have been shortlisted for the ISPS Handa Para Athlete/Para Group of the Yr together with, double New Zealand consultant Cameron Leslie for his performances within the pool and with the Wheelblacks. Two Para cyclists Nicole Murray and Anna Taylor discover themselves within the finalist listing for each taking out their respective Omnium titles on the UCI Biking World Monitor Championships. World Champion F37 Shotputter Lisa Adams achieved gold on the World Para Athletics Championships whereas Danielle Aitchison had her finest season but – reaching Gold, within the T36 200m and Silver within the 100m T36 on the World Para Athletics Championships.

The ISPS Handa Group of the Yr finalists options 5 groups together with the All Blacks and Girls’s K4 500m World Champions; the Black Fern Sevens and All Black Sevens for successful their respective HSBC Sevens World Collection Titles. Wrapping up the listing is the One New Zealand Warriors, who accomplished some of the exceptional turnarounds in sport, coming inside one win of creating the 2023 Nationwide Rugby League grand ultimate simply 12 months after the worst season of their historical past.

The Buddle Findlay Coach of the Yr class has 5 finalists comprising of Girls’s dash kayak coach Gordon Walker and Black Fern’s Sevens coach Cory Sweeney. Snow sports activities Sean Thompson and swimming’s Lars Humer additionally make the listing. All Blacks Coach Ian Foster rounds out the listing for teaching his group to the runners-up spot on the Rugby World Cup ultimate.

The Sky Sport Rising Expertise Award highlights 5 younger promising athletes, together with kayaker Tara Vaughan; snowboarder Lucia Georgalli who was topped the 2023 FIS Park and Pipe World Champion and Julian David who gained the Junior Male pace climbing gold medal on the IFSC World Championships in South Korea. Footballer Milly Clegg joins the finalists for her profitable 12 months at three world championships and Erice Van Leuven who was topped Junior Girls’s Downhill Mountain Bike World Champion.

Since its institution in 1963 by the late Sir Murray Halberg ONZ, the ISPS Handa Halberg Awards have been a beacon of recognition for New Zealand athletic feats. Greater than only a celebration, these Awards function the primary fundraiser for the Halberg charity, to help the work of Sir Murray’s legacy of making certain equal sporting and recreation alternatives for younger people with bodily disabilities.

The 61st ISPS Handa Halberg Awards will unfold in a black-tie ceremony at Spark Enviornment, Auckland on Wednesday, February 14.

<Bullet>You may tickets to the occasion at www.halberg.co.nz/awards or by reaching out to awards@halberg.co.nz

Full listing of finalists for the 61st ISPS Handa Halberg Awards:

Excessive Efficiency Sport New Zealand Sportswoman of the Yr (eligible for Supreme Halberg Award)

Courtney Duncan (motocross), Ellesse Andrews (cycling-track), Erika Fairweather (swimming), Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe racing), Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (snow sports activities)

ISPS Handa Sportsman of the Yr (eligible for Supreme Halberg Award)

Aaron Gate (cycling-track), Ardie Savea (rugby-union), Paul Coll (squash), Ryan Fox (golf), Shane van Gisbergen (motorsport)

ISPS Handa Para Athlete/Para Group of the Yr (eligible for Supreme Halberg Award)

Anna Taylor (Para biking), Cameron Leslie (Para swimming and wheelchair rugby), Danielle Aitchison (Para athletics), Lisa Adams (Para athletics), Nicole Murray (Para biking)

ISPS Handa Group of the Yr (eligible for Supreme Halberg Award)

All Blacks (rugby-union), All Black Sevens (rugby-sevens), Black Ferns Sevens (rugby-sevens), New Zealand Warriors (rugby-league), Girls’s K4 500m (canoe racing)

Buddle Findlay Coach of the Yr

Cory Sweeney (rugby-sevens), Gordon Walker (canoe racing), Ian Foster (rugby-union), Lars Humer (swimming), Sean Thompson (snow sports activities)

Sky Sport Rising Expertise

Erice Van Leuven (cycling-mountain bike), Julian David (climbing), Lucia Georgalli (snow sports activities), Milly Clegg (soccer), Tara Vaughan (canoe racing)