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Our Sporting Best Honoured
Waikato Times

Sandy MacDonald (Service to Sport), Trish Sanson (Administrator of the Year), Jeff Coulshed (Coach of the Year)
and Matt Williams (Team of the Year - Ngaruawahia United Premier Soccer Team) - proud sporting winners in district awards.

Last week’s Waikato District Sports Awards This year, for the first time, rowing (Mercer Club),
honoured the best that sport produces in our region. shearing (Raglan Western Shears), touch rugby ((Touch
The seventh annual awards, staged at the Kimiora Waikato) and basketball (Huntly Association) were
hall, Turangawaewae Marae, saw eight district winners represented by nominations. Huntly, Ngaruawahia, Raglan
named. They will go on to the Waikato Regional Awards and Te Kauwhata were all represented by entries.
at Hamilton Gardens next Wednesday. Those selected to go to the regional awards were:
Fifty-one nominations were received for the eight Sandy MacDonald (Service to Sport);
awards. Judges were ex-NZ netball administrator Monica Turangawaewae Rugby League and Cultural Club (Club of
Leggart, former All Black Brent Anderson and ex-NZ the Year); Trish Sanson - Ruawaro Tennis Club
Women’s hockey representative Sue McLeish. (Administrator of the Year); Ngaruawahia United AFC
Guest speaker was World Single Sculls rowing Premier Soccer team (Team of the Year); Jeff Coulshed -
champion Rod Waddell, who shared some of his Ngaruawahia Premier Soccer team (Coach of the Year);
experiences leading up to his 1998 World Championship Isaac Rakena - Disabled Athletes (Fairplay Individual);
competition. Wairangi Koopu - rugby league (Junior Sportsperson);
Apart from the more usual sporting codes, the Royce Willis - Taupiri Rugby Club (Sportsperson of the
awards also promote less prominent sporting interests. Year).

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