Sportswoman of Year
Lydia Ko - slight lead so far, a great LPGA coupled with a Gold sees her uncatchable.
Valerie Adams - Third and probably final Olympic Gold says she is the sentimental favourite.
Luuka Jones - I'm a sucker for a pretty face and no one knew her.
Sportsman of the Year
Tom Walsh - weak field and looks a medalist at Rio.
Kane Williamson - his season on tour with Blackcaps is continuing apace. Hot Favourite.
Beauden Barrett - The Investec tournament will see him elevated as first choice for AB's
Steve Adams - my acknowledgement of his stellar rise but misses a nomination due to not playing for Tall Blacks.
Sportswoman Team of the year.
AB7's
Jo Aleh and Polly Powrie - Yachting
White Ferns
Sportsman Team of the Year
Blackcaps with an unbeatable 2016 away my favourites if not bested.
Hurricanes Super Rugby Champions
Bond and Murray - Gold and 69th straight win - Probable winners
Coach of the Year
Chris/Boyd and Jon Plumtree - Hurricanes
Mike Hesson - Cricket Blackcaps
Dick Tonks - Have to be Tonks for me, there will be another competition for Canes team and Cricket, but Tonks days are numbered.
Sporting Supreme Award.
What is happening with Bond and Murray is utterly stupendous. Very reminiscent of MacDonald and Ferguson a generation before.
This is a work in progress.
Showing posts with label New Zealand Athletes.. Show all posts
Showing posts with label New Zealand Athletes.. Show all posts
Friday, 12 August 2016
Sunday, 3 August 2014
Putting Glasgow into perspective
These Commonwealth games are set to be our best since 1990 (Auckland) In the years since we have:
1994 at Victoria Canada won 42 medals and placed 8th on the table.
1998 at Kuala Lumpur won 34 medals and placed 6th.
2002 at Manchester won 45 medals and placed 5th.
2006 at Melbourne won 31 and placed 9th.
2010 at Dehli won 36 and placed 11th.
With one day to go in Glasgow we have won 43 medals and are currently placed at 6th and no likelihood of catching those ahead.
If anything these games have stopped a slide evident in recent games (Dave Currie factor??) and shows a healthy trend. Still for a country that prides itself on sporting achievement is this games really a success? Money is being put into high performance sport at a larger scale than pre Auckland games yet we find ourselves averaging 7.5th place with 38.5 medals per games. Is that an ideal return?
Personally I feel we do well, but unlike in other sporting codes we don't punch above our weight. In some sports during these games I got this feeling some athletes were either awed at being a competitor or were heavily talked up based on previous performances and seemed bored with their lot (Willis/Farquhar). But who am I to complain? They're there and I'm in my chair. Go hard all you wonderful Kiwis, but Sport New Zealand, get them all going harder next time around and into the future. Make sure that money is well spent.
1998 at Kuala Lumpur won 34 medals and placed 6th.
2002 at Manchester won 45 medals and placed 5th.
2006 at Melbourne won 31 and placed 9th.
2010 at Dehli won 36 and placed 11th.
With one day to go in Glasgow we have won 43 medals and are currently placed at 6th and no likelihood of catching those ahead.
If anything these games have stopped a slide evident in recent games (Dave Currie factor??) and shows a healthy trend. Still for a country that prides itself on sporting achievement is this games really a success? Money is being put into high performance sport at a larger scale than pre Auckland games yet we find ourselves averaging 7.5th place with 38.5 medals per games. Is that an ideal return?
Personally I feel we do well, but unlike in other sporting codes we don't punch above our weight. In some sports during these games I got this feeling some athletes were either awed at being a competitor or were heavily talked up based on previous performances and seemed bored with their lot (Willis/Farquhar). But who am I to complain? They're there and I'm in my chair. Go hard all you wonderful Kiwis, but Sport New Zealand, get them all going harder next time around and into the future. Make sure that money is well spent.
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