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The DB Breweries Senior Sportsman of the Year 2007 is:
| Paul Avery |
| Shearing |
- Winner NZ Golden Shears Open Champs
- Winner NZ Open Championship
- Winner Western Shears, Raglan
- Winner Southern Shears, Gore
- Winner Taranaki Open Championship
- Winner North Island Shearer of the Year
- Winner 13 other championships during the year, including 6 overseas
- Winner Royal Welsh Open Championship in Wales
- Set world record for 20-sheep final with 20 sheep in 10m 30s
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The other nominations for this award were:
| Peter Ingram |
| Cricket |
- Outstanding 2006-2007 season finishing top of the batting stab for Central Districts in both State Championship and State Shield.
- Scored an outstanding 5 hundreds for CD througout the season setting a new record for CD
- Selected as a stand-by by New Zealand Cricket for the NZ "A" tour of Australia
- Was in the Top 8 averages in all New Zealand for the first class season in both the State Championship and State Shield.
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| Matt Cameron |
| BMX Racing |
- Travelling with New Zealand Elite High Performance Team
- 3rd in China at UC1 Round #1
- 2nd in Japan at UC1 Pan Pacific Round #2
- 1st in New Plymouth at UC1 Pan Pacific Round #3
- North Island Champion
- Captained winning New Zealand Test Team against Australia
- 6th in Australia at UC1 Round #8
- 5th overall for Pan Pacific at end of season
- 6th in Japan at Pan Pacific UC1
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| Michael Kiser |
| Karting |
- Won the North Island Championship Title for the KT Senior Light Class at the North Island Kart Sprints
- Won the Kartsport Yamaha Light Trophy
- 6th at the Formula 100 class
- Competed at the New Zealand National Sprint Champs
- Taranaki Champion for the KT Senior Light Class
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| Niklaus Kiser |
| Karting |
- 3rd in KZ2 Class at North Island Kart Sprint Championships
- Won the New Zealand KZ2 Championship Title at the NZ National Sprint Championships
- Received the Kart Sport National Sprint Champion KZ2 Trophy
- 3rd in Open Class at Hawke's Bay Blossom Kart Meeting
- Won the feature Grand Prix Race
- 2nd overall in the 125 Shifter Series held throughout the North Island
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| Glenn Burrell |
| Athletics |
- 1st - Senior Men's 10k Road Walk at NZ Road Championships 2006
- 1st - at Daily News Half Marathon Walk
- 1st - Senior Mens 3000m Track Walk at IAAF Black Singlet Meet
- 2nd - Senior Mens 20k Road Walk at New Zealand Track and Field Champs
- 1st - Senior Mens 3000m Track Walk at New Zealand Track and Field Champs
- 1st - Race Walking NZ 1hr Track Walk - 12,714m distance covered
- 1st - Senior Mens 10k Road Walk at NZ Road Championships 2007
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| Shane Reed |
| Triathlon |
- 9th - ITU World Cup in New Plymouth
- 9th - Oceania Championship
- 8th - Moolooaba
- 4th - Japan
- 9th - Edmonton World Cup Race
- 16th - ITU World Cup Race in Iowa
- Currently ranked 21st
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| Sam Beardman |
| Inline Hockey |
- Member of Lower North Regional Senior Mens Team placed 1st at NZ Inter-regional Championships
- 2nd - Oceania Inline Hockey Championships as part of New Zealand Senior Mens team
- 2nd in Division 1 - World Champs as part of New Zealand Senior Mens team
- Played for Ravens Inline Hockey Senior Men who placed first in Central League, 4th at NZ National Champs and will represent the region at NZ Inter-regioanal Champs
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| Andrew Hore |
| Rugby |
- Member of 2007 All Blacks World Cup Team
- Member of All Blacks v France squad
- Member of All Blacks v Canada squad
- Member of All Blacks v South Africa squad
- Member of Genesis Taranaki squad
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| John Zittersteijn |
| Indoor Bowls |
- Club 2000 Indoor Bowls - Skip of winning triples
- Central Division Indoor Bowls Assn - Skip of winning triples
- North Taranaki Indoor Bowls Assn - Skip of winning championship triples
- NTIBA Representative Squad - Skip of winning NZ Mixed Fours and Skip of winning teams against Waikato, Wanganui, Taranaki, Hutt Valley, Lower Hutt
- National Championships - Winning National pairs, runner up national singles, quarter finalist of national triples, winner of Robertson Trophy (Player of National Tournament)
- North Island Representative - Selected for team to play South Island
- New Zealand Representative - Selected as Reserve to play against Australia
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| Paul Cracroft-Wilson |
| Surf Life Saving |
- NZ Northern Regional Beach Flags Champion (representing Fitzroy)
- NZ Northern Regional Beach Sprint Champion (representing Fitzroy)
- NZ Open Beach Flags Champion (representing Fitzroy)
- NZ Open Beach Sprint Champion (representing Fitzroy)
- Australian Open Beach Flags Champion
- Australian Interstate Open Beach Flags Champion (representing Queensland)
- Australian Interstate Open Beach Spring Champion (representing Queensland)
- Named in New Zealand team to contest the International Challenge at Bondi Beach
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| Link Abrams |
| Basketball |
- Captain of Taranaki Mountain Airs Basketball Team
- In the New Zealand National Basketball League awarded the following titles: Most Valuable Kiwi Forward, Most Valuable Forward, Co-Kiwi Most Valuable Player, Member of All Star Five, Leading Rebounder
- 6th in League in scoring average
- 4th in field goal percentage
- Only player in NBL for 2007 to average 20+ points per game and 10+ rebounds per game
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