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Winners Announced in 2006 SPARC Sir Terry McLean Sports Journalism Awards
17 Nov 2006
New Zealand's top sports journalists and photographers were recognised at the annual Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards held in Auckland tonight.
Award winners
A record 206 entries were received.
The big prize on the night went to radio broadcaster Andrew Saville - the 'voice of rugby'. Saville, who is currently on tour with the All Blacks, took out the Emirates Airline Sports Journalist of the Year award. Saville also won the Wilson Sports Radio category.
The SPARC Outstanding Contribution to Sport Through Journalism Award went to former cricket and soccer radio commentator, Alan Richards.
Two journalists were made Life Members of the New Zealand Sports Journalists' Association (NZSJA): yachting broadcaster P J (Pete) Montgomery and former Press rugby writer, John Brooks.
The winners, by Award category, were:
- Philips Award for Sports News Print:
Dylan Cleaver (Herald On Sunday)
- Philips Award for Sports News Broadcast:
Martin Tasker (TVNZ)
- Wilson Award for Sports Radio:
Andrew Saville (Radio Sport)
- Telecom Award for Sports Television:
Hadyn Jones (TVNZ)
- Millennium Hotels Award for Best Sports Columnist/Opinion:
Paul Lewis (Herald On Sunday)
- Steinlager Award for Feature Writing (Newspapers):
Paul Lewis (Herald On Sunday)
- Steinlager Award for Feature Writing (Magazines):
Peter Malcouronne
- New Zealand Herald D J Cameron Young Writer Award:
Fred Woodcock (DominionPost)
- SPARC Award for Recreation/Adventure/Lifestyle Reporting:
Mark Crysell (TVNZ)
- SPARC Award for Recreation/Adventure/Lifestyle Photography:
Peter Meecham (The Press)
- SPARC Award for Best Photography Portfolio:
Brett Phibbs (New Zealand Herald)
- SPARC Award for Best Single Photo:
Andrew Cornaga (Photosport)
Special Awards
- Fairfax Media Best Provincial Writer Award:
Jamie Troughton (Bay of Plenty Times)
- Fairfax Media Best Provincial Photographer Award:
Chris Callinan (Bay of Plenty Times)
- Garry Frew Memorial For Outstanding Contribution To Provincial Sports Journalism:
Barry Harcourt (The Southland Times)
- Emirates Airline Journalist of the Year:
Andrew Saville (Radio Sport)
- SPARC Outstanding Contribution to Sport Through Journalism:
Alan Richards
Special guests
The Awards attracted around 300 past and present media and sporting celebrities.
Among the special guests were representatives of the three outstanding New Zealand sports teams of 50 years ago. Present on the night were:
- John Reid, Sam Guillen, Jack Alabaster and Noel McGregor, members of the first national cricket team to win a Test.
- Tiny White, Kevin Skinner, Pat Walsh, Ross Brown, Dennis Young and Patsy Clarke (wife of the full-back Don Clarke), who scored the first rugby Test series win against the Springboks.
- 1956 Olympians, including Jack Cropp (New Zealand's gold medallist in yachting in Melbourne), Val Young, Don Rowlands, Jean Hurring and Bev Robertson.
Also present were former New Zealand Olympic, Commonwealth and World Championships representatives, including Yvette Williams, Ian Ferguson, Paul Macdonald, Chris White, Mike Stanley, Ralph Roberts, Terry Jarvis, Mark Burgess, Kevin Barry, Stu Wilson, Hedley Howarth, Barry Sinclair, John Sparling, Leslie Egnot, Rod Davis, Geoff Smale and Hal Wagstaff.
These were the 26th NZSJA awards, the 12th under the patronage of SPARC and the sixth year they have been known as the Sir Terry McLean National Sports Journalism Awards.
Where you can find out more
For more information, please contact:
Armin Lindenberg
NZSJA Secretary
Ph: 09 520 4427
Email: arminl@xtra.co.nz
Updated | 23 Nov 2006.
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