Athletics & Surf Life Saving Zoe Hobbs
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The Floatation Sanctuary - Senior Sportswoman of the Year Nominees Olivia Eaton – Athletics & Surf Life Saving Olivia’s recent achievements include winning silver with her team in the 4x100m Open Women’s Relay at the Oceania Athletics Championships 2019, shortly after setting a NZ record when winning bronze at the 2019 World University Games. Olivia was named in the NZ Open team to compete at the 2019 International Surf Life Saving Challenge. She gained the Open World Champion title for the Beach Sprint for the second time after having previously won in 2016 and was a part of the NZ Surf Life Saving Team who came second overall at the 2018 Surf Life Saving World Championships. Zoe Hobbs – Athletics Zoe’s recent successes include her 4x100m Open Women’s Relay team winning bronze and breaking a NZ record at the World University Games. Zoe, individually, came 1st in the Senior Women’s 100m and 2nd in the 200m races at the Oceania Area Championships 2019, and 1st in the senior women’s 200m and 2nd in the 100m races at the Australian National Champs 2019. Zoe is a committed athlete who currently holds two NZ National Champ titles and has recently broken the NZ 100m resident record which stood for 25 years. She qualified for the IAAF World Championships that were held in September 2019 and is well on her way to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Kendra Cocksedge - Rugby Kendra currently resides in Canterbury where she was a member of the 2018 competition winning Farah Palmer Cup Canterbury team. She has captained the NZ Black Ferns and played 50 test matches for the side, making her the second most capped player. Kendra’s biggest achievement was the honour of being the first female in history to receive the NZ Rugby Kelvin R Tremain Memorial Player of the Year Award at the 2018 ASB Rugby Awards. Holly Pearson - Hockey Holly is an emerging elite international hockey player who competed for the Central National Hockey League Women’s team before being selected for the NZ U21 Women’s team in 2018, where her performances earned her a spot in the National Development Squad before gaining further selection for the NZ Black Sticks team. Holly has now gained a total of nine caps against fellow international teams. She was a significant contributor, both on and off the field for the Central U21 Women’s team when they secured bronze at the Vantage National U21 Women’s Tournament. She achieved the joint title of top goal scorer for this tournament, scoring seven goals. Hannah Martin-Drummond – Hapkido Hannah gained entry to the World Kio Federation 11th Mayors Cup and World Championships after a successful year regionally and nationally. Hannah brought home four medals from the World Championships, including two bronze medals in the Woman’s Pattern and Woman’s Self-Defence. Hannah also achieved a personal best in the Woman’s Dive Rolling Competition and took out the Black Belt Sparring whilst only being a mid-level coloured belt herself. BDL Toshiba - Senior Sportsman of the Year Nominees Tyler Walker - Speedway Tyler’s national achievements involved Stockcar 1NZ, Stockcar Driver of the Year and Overall Competitor of the Year at the Speedway New Zealand Awards. Over the past three years, Tyler has not finished outside the top four at any New Zealand Stockcar Champs, showing that he is a truly skilled driver with the determination to win and remain at the top of his game. Tyler was also a member of the Stratford Stormers team that has won the 1st New Zealand team title back to back. Jamie Reid – Speed Golf Jamie is a determined individual who coaches and funds himself to achieve his goals and has now achieved the title of World No.1 ranked Speedgolfer. Jamie has also gained the reputation of being one of only a few amateurs who is competing and winning against top-end professionals. Jamie was placed 1st at the NSW SpeedGolf Open, Finnish Speedgolf Champs and British SpeedGolf Champs, and 2nd at the US Speedgolf Open, World Speedgolf Champs and IGSA World Team Cup over the past year. Sam Jones - Golf While at the University of West Georgia USA Sam represented the University with great distinction and holds their 18, 36 and 54 hole records. He has received honourable mention in the All-American as voted by the Golf Coaches Association of America. His recent international achievements include taking home 1st place in the UNG Fall Invitational and Buccaneer Spring Classic and achieving a 2nd at the Hurricane Invitational. William Young - Cricket William hit a century playing for the New Zealand ‘A’ team during the tour to the UAE against the Pakistan ‘A’ side, and a further two against India’s ‘A’ side. William’s performance resulted in being named in the Blackcaps team for his test debut against Bangladesh, however he did not take the field due to the game being called off. He was then rewarded with the opportunity to be batting cover for the Blackcaps World Cup side. During this time he scored a further two centuries in warm-up games against Australia. Zac Reid – Surf Life Saving & Swimming Zac won a silver medal in the 400m freestyle at the World Cup and finished 8th at the Youth Olympic Games in the 800m freestyle. These swimming performances along with his national and regional achievements resulted in being appointed to the Athlete Representative Panel by Swimming NZ. Zac won gold and broke the world record for the 200m obstacle race at the World Surf Life Saving Championships. He also broke another world record being a member of the Mixed Pool Rescue Lifesaver Relay team at the World Championships. Zac was later named the winner of the Outstanding International Performance for NZ Surf Life Saving 2018/2019. Jamie Andrews – Stand Up Paddle Boarding (Surfing) Jamie was placed 1st in the 2019 Taranaki SUP Classic Open Men’s SUP Surfing race, 1st place in the O/40s, 2nd place in the Open Men’s and the best move award at the 2019 Tairawhiti/Gisborne Annual Stand Up Paddle Boarding Champs. These achievements resulted in Jamie being awarded Open SUP Surfing Champion at the 2018 Māori Surfing Awards as well as the Open Men’s SUP Surfing Champion at the 2019 NZ National Surfing Awards. Matthew Baxter - Athletics Matt finished his American College Scholarship and returned to New Plymouth recently to train for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. Matt won gold in the SM 5000m race at the Athletics New Zealand Track and Field Championships, was placed 46th in the SM 10.25km race at the IAAF World Cross Country Championships and gained a podium finish of 2nd in the 5000m Oceania Area Championships. Matt Podjursky - Motorsport Matt’s recent achievements include winning the 2nd Class Two New Zealand Touring Car Championship, having 17 out of 18 podium finishes, 12 race wins, four pole positions out of six, and six out of six-round podium finishes with four being round wins. He achieved the 12 fastest laps in his 18 races and these successes led him being selected for the Elite Motorsport Academy for 2019. Matt impressed the Team Owner at Australia’s Winton Raceway who have requested Matt races for their team in 2020. Tom Bruce - Cricket Tom scored a match-winning half-century in the second international against Sri Lanka to secure the series win for the Blackcaps T20 side. Tom captained the Central District Stags to a T20 title and went on to be named the Stags T20 and New Zealand Domestic T20 Player of the Year. His pride for cricket and his home province shines through when playing regularly for his Stratford club side at any opportunity he gets throughout the summer. Beauden Barrett - Rugby Beauden was selected for the 2019 All Blacks Rugby World Cup squad and is known as one of the most recognisable current rugby players in the world. He recently surpassed Dan Carter as the most prolific try- scorer to ever play at first-five, after scoring the 31st try of his career in the third Bledisloe Cup test against the Wallabies. Beauden also continues to shine on the Super Rugby stage with the Hurricanes and whenever possible returns to Taranaki to attend and support at Yarrows Taranaki Bulls training sessions. Ajeet Rai - Tennis Ajeet defeated World No.320 in the first round match at the ITF Futures Thailand and went on to win the Singles title, becoming the youngest NZ Singles player to win a professional title. Ajeet was selected for the NZ Davis Cup team in 2018 and 2019. He won in the key doubles match with Artem Sitak in South Korea in 2018, where he became the youngest NZ Davis Cup player to win a “live rubber”. His successes continued in the 2019 team where he was chosen as the No.1 Singles Player and won the “opening rubber” against the Indonesian No.2 in straight sets. Dean Elgar – Lawn Bowls Dean was selected to represent New Zealand in the Development (B) side against Australia after he captained the North Island team to their victory over the South Island team. Some of the other achievements that strengthened his selection and assisted in gaining him a place in the Development (B) side were being runner- up in the National Club Champion-of-Champions Singles, 3rd equal in the New Zealand Pairs and winning the Taranaki Champion-of-Champions Singles. Paul Cowan – Taekwondo & Hapkido Paul was named the Taranaki Multi-Style Martial Arts Champion and went on to achieve 1st place in the Adult Men’s Heavyweight of Taekwondo North Island Championships, a 1st in the Adult Men’s Coloured-Belt Sparring and bronze in Adult Men’s Coloured-Belt Self-Defence during the Hapkido National Championships.