Nominations open for BOP sports awards

Olympic and world champion Lisa Carrington was last year's supreme winner. PHOTO/FILE

Nominations are now open for Secondary School and Open Categories in the 2016 Bay of Plenty Sports Awards.

The nomination process gives the opportunity to nominate volunteers, coaches and athletes from throughout the Bay of Plenty region that have achieved great results in sport through the qualifying period of 1 October 2015 through to 30 September 2016.

The awards will be showcasing and recognising the sporting talent in the Bay, celebrating the people, clubs and teams that give the Bay its sporting identity.

The 2016 awards night will be held at the ASB Arena on Friday November 18. All finalists will be recognised and winners will be applauded, leading to the Sport Bay of Plenty Supreme Award winner. Last year's supreme winner was Lisa Carrington and previous winners include Julia Edward, Peter Burling and Sarah Walker.

If you know someone who should be considered for these prestigious awards visit www.sportbop.co.nz/community-sport/bay-of-plenty-sports-awards/ and download a nomination form or call into a Sport Bay of Plenty Office in Rotorua, Whakatane or Tauranga.

Nominees for all categories, except International Sportsperson of the Year, must be members of a club, school, or sporting organisation in the region bounded by Sport Bay of Plenty's coverage area and endorsed by the appropriate RSO or NSO.

If a club, school, or sporting organisation for a particular sporting code does not exist within the boundaries of the area, then the nominee must live within the boundaries.

All school nominations must be endorsed by the principal of the nominee's school.

Nominations close 4pm on Wednesday October 5.

Categories:

BOP Principals Association Secondary School Service to Sport
Aurecon Student Contribution to Sport
Bay Cardiology Secondary Schools Girls Team of the Year
Bay Office Products Depot Secondary Schools Boys Team of the Year
Secondary School Coach of the Year
Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Secondary School Sportswoman of the Year
Waiariki Bay of Plenty Polytechnic Secondary School Sportsman of the Year
Dudfield Bryce Print Service to Sport
Contract Mechanical Services Junior Team of the Year
TECT Team of the Year
Club of the Year
BayTrust Coach of the Year
Official of the Year
Eves Realty Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Vodafone Junior Sportsman of the Year
Holland Beckett Lawyers Sportswoman of the Year
Bayleys Real Estate Sportsman of the Year
Farmers Auto Village International Athlete of the Year
Sport Bay of Plenty Supreme Award