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Home » Nominees For Forbes Sportsperson Of The Year

Nominees For Forbes Sportsperson Of The Year

February 23, 2017 by Maggi Barnard

The Forbes Sportsperson Of The Year As- sociation has announced the nominees in each category with the winners to be an- nounced on 4th March at the Forbes Ser- vices Memorial Club. Tickets are on sale at helloworld until today.

Senior Sporstperson:

Mitchell Andrews – Rugby League & Lawn Bowls; Jake Grace – Rugby League; Scott Johnston – Archery; Ben Maguire – Rug- by League; Darcie Morrison – Rugby 7s; Mitchell Roylance – Jet Boat Racing; Nic Tomlinson – Motocross Enduro.

Junior Sportsperson:

Daniel Ashcroft – Kumiai-Ryu; Iszac Bell – Athletics, Rugby League & Basketball; Tom Drane – Dirt Bike Racing; Matty Duke – Cricket & Rugby League; Brianna Dun- can – Golf; Ellie Flick – Netball, League Tag, Touch, Athletics, Swimming, Basket- ball & Cross Country; Zachariah Green – Swimming, Hockey, Athletics, Cross Coun- try, Rugby Union & Touch Football; Jake Greenhalgh – Swimming, Cross Country, Athletics & Motocross Racing; Fyn Har- rison – Swimming; Henry Hodges – Ath- letics, Swimming, Cross Country, Touch, Basketball, Tennis & Cricket; Toby Hurford

– Cricket & Rugby League; Stuart Kenne- dy – Rugby Union; Lillyann Mason-Spice – League Tag & Rugby 7s; Tom Morrison – Barefoot Skiing; Lauren Neilsen – Danc- ing; Monica Pascoe – Cross Country, Touch, Basketball And Volleyball; Camp- bell Rubie – Swimming, Athletics, Rugby League, Rugby Union & Soccer; Harrison Scott – Rugby League & Athletics; Charlie Staines – Rugby League; Georgina Stitt – Swimming, Cross Country, Athletics, Net- ball, Gymnastics, Cricket & Touch; Colly Thomas – Polocrosse

Team:

Maree & Brendan Doyle – Team Penning & Team Sorting; Forbes Junior Cricket Under 14s Representative Team; Forbes Magpies First Grade Rugby League; Forbes Net- ball Association 12 Years Representative Team; Red Bend Catholic College Rugby League 15s.

Coach/Trainer:

Jake Grace – Rugby League; Robyn Ken- ny – Netball; Amy Townsend – League Tag

Referee/Umpire/Official:

Shanika Harpur – Rugby League; Jessica Lawler – Netball; Sam Mackay – Touch

Aurella White – Netball

Administration:

Eugowra Harness Racing Club; Ainslie Toole – Forbes Netball Association

All Rounder:

All nominees who meet this criteria in the junior and senior categories are eligible to be considered for this award.

Forbes Sportsperson Of The Year Run- ner Up:
All nominees in the junior, senior and all rounder categories are eligible to be con- sidered for this award.

Forbes Sportsperson Of The Year:

All nominees in the junior, senior and all rounder categories are eligible to be con- sidered for this award.

The guest speaker at the Awards Pres- entation Dinner will be Helen Magill from Parkes. Helen is a Tennis Australia Club Professional Coach and has been in this role for some 34 years. In 2016, Helen was announced at the Tennis Australia New- combe Medal as Club Coach of the Year, the first female to receive an award in this category.

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