NZ Peoples Choice Sports Awards - Nominate Now!

by Sail-World on 22 Oct 2006 The People's Choice Sports awards are now taking nominations.

As would be expected there are few pre-entered nominations for sailing - being Russell Coutts and Barbara Kendall.

If you wish to nominate other sailors then click on this link, wjich will take you to the nomination page: www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,a18696,00.html

You have until 30 October 2006 to nominate and then voting commences.

As a guide the Nominees for YNZ sailor of the Year are:

Sailor of the Year
Finalist Nominees

- Tom Ashley – Silver Medal RS:X World Championships 2006
- Carl Evans & Peter Burling – 420 World Champions 2006
- Anatole Masfen – Local, Coastal and Offshore Keelboat Sailing
- Richard & John Power – 470 Masters World Champions 2006
- Mike Sanderson – ABN Amro One & nominee for ISAF Sailor of the Year
- Dan Slater – Gold Medal Kiel Week 2006
- Hamish Pepper and Carl Williams - World Star Champions

Young Sailor of the Year
Finalist Nominees

- Max Andrews – Winner Australian Youth Nationals 2006 Laser Class
- Matt Coutts - New Zealand Youth Laser representative
- Carl Evans & Peter Burling – 420 World Champions 2006
- Cushla Hume-Merry – Female Laser Radial Youth World Champion 2005
- Blair McLay – Laser Radial Youth World Champion 2005
- James Sandall – 5th Laser Radial Youth World & 7th Laser Radial Open World Championships 2006
-Blair Tuke – Splash World Champion 2006

Top performers this year in the Female category include:

Barbara Kendall - 5th in the RS:X Womens Worlds
Jo Aleh - second in the Qindao Olympic test regatta in the Laser Radial

Team of the Year:

Emirates Team New Zealand were top team after the Louis Vuitton Acts in 2006.

Please support your sport by voting for a sailor in the various categories.

The Kia Motors People's Choice Sports Awards provide the opportunity for New Zealanders to vote for their sporting heroes of the year under a new, exciting and different format.

Kia Motors, SKY Television, The Radio Network and Fairfax New Zealand join together to give New Zealanders the opportunity to choose their favourite sports heroes of the year.

The Kia Motors People's Choice Sports Awards are an annual event where people can vote for their favourite sporting identities. Proceeds from the awards are donated to Paralympics New Zealand.

Following its inception in 2004, the awards have generated more than $200,000 for Paralympics New Zealand.

The Kia Motors People's Choice Sports Awards comprise of six awards categories: Sports team of the year, Coach of the year, Sporting icon, Sportswoman of the year, Sportsman of the year, Sporting moment of the year.

Nominate
During the month of October, New Zealanders will be able to vote for their sporting heroes online at Stuff.co.nz.

From the long list of nominations, the top five from each category will go through to the next round. These will take the form of six weekly studio-based shows on SKY Television, and simulcast on Radio Sport.

Vote for finalists
The five finalists in each category, as chosen by the New Zealand public, will be revealed on six weekly studio shows. Each show will focus on one of the six awards categories.

Once the finalists have been announced you can vote for your favourite sporting hero from the finalists in each category with your SKY Remote, via text message or here online.

Awards night
The winner from each of the six categories, as well as the overall Kia Motors People's Choice Sports Awards Supreme Winner will be announced on Friday, 8 December at the Supreme Awards Gala Dinner at SkyCity. This will be a great evening full of New Zealand personalities and sporting heroes.

The red carpet event, gala dinner and presentation will be broadcast live from SkyCity, and will screen on SKY Sport 1 and simulcast on both Radio Sport and Newstalk ZB.