Mal Eggington has turned his passion for surfing into a recreational and business lifestyle. Photo / John Stone
The four nominees for this year's Northern Advocate Sports Personality of the Year award are a great example of Northland's varied sporting climate.
The award is decided by you, our readers, through public vote, which closes in two weeks.
You sometimes hear people grumble about the dominance of rugby on
our regional and national sporting landscape. Well, the only oval ball reference among this year's nominees is rugby league, and even that is through the side door of Brad Flower's nomination because football is Brad's preferred sport, but his sporting governance expertise is such that he has also served time with the Rugby League Northland board.
It is a common theme among our nominees this year, that not only do they play, they "do".
Mal Eggington has turned his passion for surfing into a recreational and business lifestyle.
