Wellington Sports Persons of the Year nominations

On the 1st November 2015, College Sport Wellington will host their SPOTY awards to celebrate the success of local athletes. Unlike other regions, the finalists are kept under wraps till the night. However, a full list of nominations has been published to acknowledge all those who have been nominated in their chosen sport. 

The list is impressive with NZ representatives and champions scattered throughout each category. Making the nomination list is a huge achievement. Below are the nominations for codes from AWD to Lawn Bowls.

ATHLETES WITH A DISABILITY 
Girls: Brandy Collins (Bishop Viard), Amber-Maraea Crawford Lamb Platt (Hutt Valley), Santana Chapman (Kapiti), Erina Nanai (Newlands), Emma Flintoff (Onslow), Vanessa Joplin (St Oran’s), Amy Lewis (Wellington East), Libby Leikis (Wellington Girls’). 
Boys: Sean Prendeville (Kapiti), Conor McCarthy (Naenae), Iopu 
Stowers (Newlands), Ryan Davies (Onslow), Louis Edwards (Paraparaumu), KJ Dayal (Rongotai). 
ATHLETICS 
Girls: Monique Sears (Chilton), Taylor Green (Heretaunga), Phoebe McKnight (Hutt Valley), Lucy White (Kapiti), Rosi Lomani (Mana), Diana Oloapu (Naenae), Kushla Smith (Newlands), Alisha Gilchrist (Onslow), Amelie Prentice (Otaki), Zoey Gilmore (Paraparaumu), Jossie Tosime (Porirua), Phoebe van Boheemen (Queen Margaret), Emma Fulbrook (Samuel Marsden), Beth Jones (St Oran’s), Rose Lovell (Tawa), Sophie Dawson (Upper Hutt), Phoebe Edwards (Wellington East), Kelsey Forman (Wellington East), Izzy Hegan (Wellington Girls’).
Boys: Roy Maiava (Bishop Viard), Brandon Mudzekenyedzi (Heretaunga), Ben Power (HIBS), Finn Neely (Hutt Valley), Angus Baker (Kapiti), Zyrus Grace (Newlands), Seamus Kane (Onslow), Troy Harris (Otaki), Stefan Przychodzko (Paraparaumu), Pule Mamea (Porirua), Denny To’o (Rongotai), James Preston (Scots), Nicholas Smith (Silverstream), Alex Haye (St Pat’s Town), Elijah Uitime (Tawa), Keenan Fincham (Upper Hutt), Harry Delany (Wellington College). 
BADMINTON 
Girls: Leigh Lauv (Chilton), Selena Te’o (Kapiti), Alyssa Ponte (Naenae), Melissa Chu-Fong (Newlands), Pingkan Polak (Onslow), Macaela Syman (Paraparaumu), Ylai Quirante (Tawa), Vanessa Cabug (Upper Hutt), 
Chrissalina Sak (Wellington East), Lauren Phang (Wellington Girls’). Boys: Sam Latham (Aotea), Kris Singh (HIBS), Lik De Chun (Hutt Valley), Jeffrey Tong (Hutt Valley), Yu-Jen Chen (Kapiti), Jeremy Loo (Newlands), Caleb Syman (Paraparaumu), Sebastian Va’auli (Porirua), Henry Hollis (Rongotai), Baramey Kadeth (St Pat’s Town), James Hendrikx (Tawa), Jason Lockwood (Upper Hutt). 
BASKETBALL 
Girls: Sarah Talbot (Aotea), Grace Vaofusi (Hutt Valley), Amy Parker (Kapiti), April Taualapiu (Naenae), Dalen Pilitati (Newlands), Elena Orsman (Onslow), Gena-lee Lacoua (Paraparaumu), Karleigh Nansen (Porirua), Paris Lokotui (Queen Margaret), Terrelle Onesemo (St Mary’s), Rosemary Porter (St Oran’s), Kassandra-Jane Walker (Taita), Shaiah Te Paiho (Tawa), Parerima Wiki-Cummings (Tawa), Sarahcen Oliver (Upper Hutt), Tegan Graham (Wellington Girls’). 
Boys: Alila Afutoto (Aotea), Gabriel Collier (Bishop Viard), Paora Dewes (Heretaunga), Sam Bray (HIBS), Jordan Hunt (Hutt Valley), Kaito Ohara (Kapiti), Tarewa Harris (Mana), Shaun Brown (Naenae),Corey Le’aupepe (Newlands), Shay Graham (Onslow), Elijah Tapine-Millar (Otaki), Ryan Evans (Paraparaumu), Partokey Lafaele (Porirua), Ravneet Dutt (Rongotai), Taane Samuel (Scots), Kenneth Tuffin (Silverstream), Puhi Samuel (St Pat’s Town), Jordan Teneti-Kainga (Taita), Rapata Wiki- Cummings (Tawa), Navajo Stirling 
(Upper Hutt), Alexander Faifailoa (Wainuiomata) 
BIKE 
Girls: Isla Day (Kapiti) Lucy Fleming (Otaki), Grace Saywell (Paraparaumu), Caitlin Georgantas (Upper Hutt), Martine Barnes (Wellington Girls’). 
Boys: Jordan Lewis (HIBS), Ryan Gardner (Paraparaumu), George Jackson (Rongotai), Liam Sherlock (Scots), Eden Cruise (St Pat’s Town). 
CRICKET 
Girls: Dani Brearton (Chilton), Sara Thomas-Hall (Kapiti), Helen Piercy (Paraparaumu), Olivia Boivin (Sacred Heart), Emma Fulbrook (Samuel Marsden), Jess Kerr (Tawa), Melie Kerr (Tawa), Makaylah Mason-Jones (Tawa). 
Boys: Jake Devine (Aotea), Jaedyn Eade (Heretaunga), Troy Johnson (HIBS), Rachin Ravindra (HIBS), Ben Kaveney-Gibb (Kapiti), Haydon Smith (Newlands), Daniel Pile (Onslow), Krunal Modi (Otaki), Jay Marshall (Paraparaumu), Tom Kibblewhite (Rongotai), Samuel von Hartitzsch (Silverstream), Zachary Donaldson (St Pat’s Town), Michael Fenton (Tawa). 
CROSS COUNTRY/ROAD RACE 
Girls: Ruby Heath (Chilton), Phoebe McKnight (Hutt Valley), Michaela Walker (Kapiti), Sophie Atkinson (Newlands), Verona Conroy (Onslow), Kayla Shipp (Paraparaumu), Phoebe van Boheemen (Queen Margaret), Imogen Skelton (Samuel Marsden), Grace Allan (St Oran’s), Sophie 
Dawson (Upper Hutt), Kelsey Forman (Wellington East), Izzy Hegan (Wellington Girls’).
Boys: Henry Gautrey (HIBS), Richard Evans (Hutt Valley), Nicolas Cecioni (Kapiti), Seamus Kane (Onslow), Stefan Przychodzko (Paraparaumu), Thomas Newman (Rongotai), James Preston (Scots), Joshua Anderson (Silverstream), Rusi Jagose-Dickens (St Pat’s Town), Joel Carman (Wainuiomata). 
FOOTBALL 
Girls: Makenzie Lindsay-Connolly (Aotea), Jayme-Lee Hunter (Chilton), Mikaela Beynon-Hunt (Heretaunga), Bonnie Jansen (Hutt Valley), Natasha Polglase (Kapiti), Trinity McIntosh (Newlands), Francesca Grange (Onslow), Mahurangi Hakaraia (Otaki), Hannah Stroud (Paraparaumu), Kenzy Cooper (Queen Margaret), Ella Vincent-Hyde (Samuel Marsden), Aleida Powell (St Catherine’s), Hope Gilchrist (St Mary’s), Emma Main (St Oran’s), Kennedy Bryant (Upper Hutt), Natalie Olson (Wellington East), Maggie Jenkins (Wellington Girls’). 
Boys: Jack Millar (HIBS), Mark Webber (Hutt Valley), Jarrod Stant (Kapiti), Jack Morrissey (Naenae), Kaleb McCarthy (Newlands), Noah Billingsley (Onslow), Matthew Braddock (Otaki), Kwame Norku (Paraparaumu), Fraser Norrington (Rongotai), Jack Belchambers (Scots), Tiahn Manuel (St Pat’s Town), Tom Scott (Tawa), Ethan Richards (Upper Hutt), Christian Martin (Wellington College), Owen Parker-Price (Wellington High), 
FUTSAL 
Girls: Grace McRobie (Chilton), Sian Feeney (Hutt Valley), Sophie Armitage (Wellington Girls’). Boys: John Hlawn Ching (Bishop Viard), Jack Leitch (Paraparaumu), Fraser Norrington (Rongotai), Tiahn Manuel (St Pat’s Town), Nimish Gounder (Wainuiomata High), Luc Saker (Wellington College). 
GOLF 
Girls: Glennie Hayward (Paraparaumu), Gabrielle Palado (Samuel Marsden).
Boys: Daniel Hillier (Aotea), Gus Mooney (Kapiti), Cooper Wattam (Paraparaumu), Sam Marsters (Rongotai), Aiden Blackler (St Pat’s Town), Brady Bernard (Tawa), Ryan Fahey (Wainuiomata High), David van Drimmelen (Wellington College). 
HANDBALL 
Girls: Julia Gluyas (Samuel Marsden), Alexandra Mair (Samuel Marsden), Elizabeth Boyle (Wellington Girls’), Grace Herrick- Jones (Wellington Girls’).
Boys: Karl Brownlie (Rongotai), Ollie Whiteman (Scots), Antonino De Gregorio (St Pat’s Town). 
HOCKEY 
Girls: Oakley Wilson-Rangihuna (Aotea), Nika Reichert (Chilton), Jessie Manning (Hutt Valley), Ashleigh Hill (Kapiti), Tylar Metekingi (Mana), Caitlin Joslin (Newlands), Casey Elliston (Onslow), Renee Lawton (Paraparaumu), Estelle Macadre (Queen Margaret), Kiriana Wairau-Hunter (Sacred Heart), Florence Marshall (Samuel Marsden), 
Tara Hegarty (St Mary’s), Shannon English (St Oran’s), Sarah Pihema (Taita), Danielle Watson (Tawa), Olivia Dobbs (Upper Hutt), Paris Coleman (Wainuiomata High), Whena Munn (Wellington East). 
Boys: Aniruddh Kirtikar (Heretaunga), Troy Johnson (HIBS), Allan Carson (Hutt Valley), Alex Rollander (Kapiti), Josh Bond (Naenae), Casey Norman (Newlands), Andrew McNaughtan (Onslow), Warwick West (Paraparaumu), Arnie Lowe (Rongotai), Sam Chandler (Scots), Josiah Wood (St Pat’s Town), Benjamin Gully (Tawa), Isaac Boon (Upper Hutt), Logen Stent (Wellington College). 
INDOOR BOWLS 
Girls: Tannith Potgieter (Aotea). Boys: Finbar McGuigan (Aotea), Seamus Curtin (Aotea), Bradley Down (Onslow), Iosefa Lafaele (Porirua), Finn Fairbrother (Taita), Jack Walker (Taita), Liam McParland (Upper Hutt), Cameron Paterson- Hanson (Upper Hutt), 
LAWN BOWLS 
Girls: Tannith Potgieter (Aotea), Madison Hemson (Hutt Valley), Georgia Karsanidis (Hutt Valley), Amber Down (Onslow), Elisa Miville- Fogliani (Upper Hutt). 
Boys: Seamus Curtin (Aotea), Finbar McGuigan (Aotea), Bradley Down (Onslow), David Miller (Upper Hutt). 
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