Record nominees for sporting awards

A total of 21 local individuals and one sporting team have been nominated for this year’s Australia Day sporting awards.

The category with the most nominations was Services to Sport with a wide variety of different sports nominating their committee members, officials and volunteers as recognition of the contributions they make to their chosen sports.

Troy Knight and Brenda Hausler have been nominated for their involvement as officials with Little A’s while Christine Brown’s ongoing voluntary efforts with rugby league have been put forward as worthy of the award.

Parkrun coordinators Pam Clark and Trudy Griffiths have both been nominated with Trudy’s nomination also outlining her involvement with the Cobar Athletics & Triathlon Squad (CATS).

Fitness trainer Vincent Willis has also been nominated in this category.

Senior cricket official Jake Harbison and junior cricket coordinator Rhys Lloyd are among this year’s nominees.

Emma Barton has been nominated for her involvement as a touch and junior league committee member while Greg McKervey has been nominated for his help with a number of local sports including CATS triathlon, Parkrun, soccer and junior cricket.

Cobar Netball committee member Jo Carter is also on the list of nominees for the Services to Sport award along with Eden Coughlan (who has been nominated for her contributions to the sport of dance) while Bianka Jacobson’s nomination recognises her involvement with junior and senior touch, rugby league, triathlon and Parkrun.

(Jacobson was the winner of this award last year.)

Among the nominees for Sports Person of the Year are: Sarah Morley, the Cobar Roosters Rugby League First Grade Team, Kyle Roberts, Skyla Fairfull and Lucy Scott.

Sarah Morley has also been nominated for the Kerrigundi Young Sports Person award along with Rowdy Barton, Nick Hodges, Axel Fairfull and Ethan Mcleod.

(Axel Fairfull was the winner of the Kerrigundi Award in 2022).