2011 SPARC Sport Volunteer Awards
Sport Canterbury is proud to announce the recipients of the 2011 SPARC Sport Volunteer Awards, representing the wider Canterbury/West Coast region.
Hayley Gurden, Dave Harrison and Ian Boyd were amongst the 2011 SPARC Sport Volunteer Award winners from the Canterbury/West Coast region.
- Sport Canterbury and SPARC celebrated the dedication of the region’s sport volunteers with a special event on 30 September 2011
General Category – Dave Harrison, Wanderers Football Club/Somerfield School
Student Category -Hayley Gurden, Swimming/Netball (Cobden Netball)
Lifetime Achievement – Ian Boyd, Rugby/Bowls and Margaret Swinburn, Athletics
The recipients were selected from an outstanding field of 150 nominations. A local event to recognise the nominees was held on 30 September at the Gary Cockram Hyundai show room.
Canterbury is proud of its finalists in the following categories:
Student Sport Volunteers
Hayley Gurden, Michaela Black (South Canterbury), Amelia Mead, Saba Charles, Brittany Lankshear (West Coast)
Sport Volunteers
Neil Matheson, Erna Rogers, Roger Welsh, Dave Harrison, John Henderson, David Brown (Mid Canterbury), Tere Bissell, Craig Anderson, Paul Clarke, Locki Campbell, Jess Kakoi, Greg Eder, James Ridpath, James Coyle (South Canterbury), Tony Vallance, Joshua Bird, Margaret Crawford (West Coast), Daana Morgan, George Glausiuss, David Bullock
Lifetime Achievement
Martin Single, John Turner, Robert (Sandy) Powell (South Canterbury), Thomas Lightfoot, Tony Ambrose, Margaret Swinburn (West Coast), Ian Boyd
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