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Senior Sportsman

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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