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BNZ Massey University Albany Sportswoman of the Year 2010 Lisa Carrington.

kaYak cHampions Top masseY blues awards

Paddle power dominated Massey’s Albany Grammar School student became the first person in Blues Sports Awards on October 4 with kayak the world to row solo from Australia to New Zealand, champions Lisa Carrington and Scott Bicknell covering a distance of 3947km in 54 days. named BNZ Albany sportswoman and sportsman BNZ Massey of the year. University Albany They were chosen from 36 Blues Award recipients Sportsman of the from the Albany campus representing 20 sporting Year 2010 Scott codes. Fourteen recipients were unable to attend Bicknell. because they were competing in swimming, cycling and hockey events in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India. Seven won medals at the games. Ms Carrington, a second year Bachelor of Arts (Maori Studies and Politics) student from Whakatane, is New Zealand’s number one open women’s competitor. This year she won gold in the K2 1000m at a World Cup event in France, lowering the world record by five seconds. She also competed in the World Cup series in Slovenia where she finished first in the K2 500m and seventh in the K2 200m final. She says she was delighted to receive the award “in recognition of all the hard work we put in”. Flat water sprint kayaker Scott Bicknell, who was unable to attend the 2010 Massey Blues awards ceremony, won Awards - Albany campus: The New Zealand gold this year in the Athletics: Adrian Blincoe. Oceania Championships Universities Blues Award is Aerobics: Kelly Pelham. K2 1000m and silver Beach Volleyball: Carli the highest sporting accolade Botes. Bodybuilding: in the K1 200m races. A fourth-year Bachelor Stephen Papps. Cricket: given in New Zealand... of Arts student, he also Jason Donnelly. Cycling: competed in the World Rushlee Buchanan, Aaron Cup series this year, achieving a top-15 in the open Gate, Jaime Nielsen, Shem Rodger. Diving: Hannah K1 200m in France, and a top 30 finish in the Open Wood. Football: Anna Green. Hockey: Simon Child, K1 and K2 200m in Hungary. Elizabeth Gunson, Richard Petherick. Judo: Justine The New Zealand Universities Blues Award is Bishop, Moira De Villiers, Marco Nienaber. Kayak: the highest sporting accolade given in New Zealand, Lisa Carrington, Jaimee Lovett, Erin Taylor. Kayak and is part of a tradition dating from 1922 in New Slalom: Benjamin Gibb. Kayak - Flat water sprint: Zealand, and earlier in England, where the colours Scott Bicknell. Netball: Carli Botes. Rugby: Sam Ward. of Oxford and Cambridge Universities came to be a Skiing: Monique Oosterbaan, Emilie Tait-Jamieson symbol of sporting excellence. (Alpine), Lucie Tait-Jamieson. Swimming: Moss Guest speaker Shaun Quincey captivated the Burmester, Amaka Gessler, Natasha Hind, Penelope audience with video footage and a colourful account Marshall, Hayley Palmer, Glenn Snyders. Yachting: of his perilous solo canoe journey across the Tasman Sam Meech, Jason Saunders. Water Polo: Kristina Sea. On March 14 this year, the former Takapuna Watson. Weightlifting: Chantal Lambrechs.

Glenn Snyders.

Massey athletes’ medal haul better than most nations

Twenty-seven of the 37 Massey students who took part in the Commonwealth Games will return with medals from 14 events – a medal haul that exceeds most participating countries including Cyprus, Jamaica and Northern Ireland. The students competed in seven sporting codes – athletics, badminton, boxing, cycling, hockey, netball and swimming. The sole gold medal winner was Anna Scarlett, a member of the Silver Ferns netball team, whose victory last night on the final day of competition added to the seven silver and five bronze medals won by the University’s student athletes. The men’s hockey team, with Andy Hayward, Simon Child, Arun Panchia and Nick Wilson, last night won the bronze medal match against England. High performance co-ordinator Kelly Rofe says it was a great night of sport. “This is a brilliant way for our New Zealand and Massey University athletes to cap off a very successful Commonwealth Games,” she says. “Of the 37 Massey University athletes competing at games, 27 will be bringing home a medal, some more than one – an outstanding achievement!” Other winners were track cyclists Ethan Mitchell and Sam Webster (silver medal for the men’s team sprint), and road cyclists Linda Villumsen (silver medal in the women’s time trial), Jo Kiesanowski (silver in the women’s scratch race) and Lauren Ellis (silver in the points race). Albany students made a splash in the pool. Hayley Palmer won bronze in the women’s 50m freestyle, Glenn Snyders won silver in the men’s 50m breaststroke, and Hayley Palmer, Natasha Hind, Penelope Marshall, and Amaka Gessler won bronze in the women’s 4x100m freestyle relay. Ms Hind, Ms Marshall and Ms Gessler also won silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay. Stuart Farquhar won silver in the javelin event, while the silver medal-winning women’s hockey team featured nine Massey students – Emily Naylor, Kayla Sharland, Krystal Forgesson, Katie Glynn, Stacey Carr, Elizabeth Gunson, Beth Jurgeleit, Sam Harrison and Gemma Flynn.

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