Coulton presents Dubbo Sports Awards
Media Release
Federal Member for Parkes, Mark Coulton took great pleasure in hosting the 13th annual Dubbo Sports Awards at the Dubbo RSL Club this evening.
The annual awards event recognises the outstanding achievements of Dubbo’s most talented sports people across a wide range of individual and team sports.
Mr Coulton was very honoured to present the awards in a Western New South Wales town that is full of sporting of talent.
“Few towns in regional NSW can boast the sporting culture and heritage of Dubbo,” Mr Coulton said.
“The city has always punched above its weight on the sporting field, which is evident in the number of professional sportspeople that the town has produced.”
Mr Coulton hosted the awards evening in conjunction with the Dubbo City Sports Council. The evening was chaired by Dubbo’s foremost sporting commentator, Geoff Mann.
Former Sydney Swans player, Jason Saddington was the special guest speaker at the awards event.
A list of award recipients as at the time of printing is below.
Recipient | Sport | Achievement | |
INDIVIDUAL | |||
Lilli Campbell | Hockey | selection in the NSW U15 Girls Indoor & Field Hockey Teams | |
Emma Corcoran | Hockey | selection in the Australian U21 Women’s Country Hockey Team | |
Samuel Mould | Hockey | selection in the Australian Open Men’s Country & NSW Opens Men Country Hockey Teams | |
Dalton Medcalf | Hockey | selection in the NSW Boys All Schools & CHS Western Region Hockey Teams | |
Phoebe Bloink Hollier | Hockey | selection in the NSW U15 Field & Indoor Field Hockey Teams | |
Ryan Simpson | Hockey | selection in NSW U13 Boys Field Hockey Team | |
Jack Erskine | Hockey | selection in NSW U15 Boys Field Hockey Team | |
Hayden Lew | Hockey | selection in NSW U15 Boys Field Hockey Team | |
Tracey Hardie-Jones | Hockey | selection in the Australian Women’s Masters World Cup & NSW Women’s Masters Hockey Teams | |
Millie Gooch | Athletics | NSW PSSA All Schools Athletics Championships 11 Years High Jump Silver Medallist | |
Ella Penman | Athletics | NSW PSSA All Schools Cross Country Championships 9 Years 2 km Run Gold Medallist | |
Tom Coady | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW Cyclones U13 Indoor Cricket Team | |
Patrick Nelson | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW Cyclones U13 Indoor Cricket Team | |
Mackinley Shipp | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW Cyclones U13 Indoor Cricket Team | |
Anthony Atlee | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW Cyclones U13 Indoor Cricket Team | |
Aeddan Todhunter | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW Cyclones U13 Indoor Cricket Team | |
Mitchell Lincoln | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW Cyclones U13 Indoor Cricket Team | |
Thomas Atlee | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW Cyclones U15 Indoor Cricket Team | |
Thomas Nelson | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW Cyclones U15 Indoor Cricket Team | |
Wade Burrowes | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW U17 Cyclones & NSW U19 Blues Indoor Cricket Teams | |
Emma Hughes | Indoor Cricket | NSW Cyclones U17 Girls Indoor Cricket National Champions | |
Adlai Shipp | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW U17 Cyclones Indoor Cricket Team | |
Tom Barber | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW U17 Cyclones Indoor Cricket Team | |
Allan Horrocks | Indoor Cricket | selection NSW O55s Blues Indoor Cricket Team | |
Amelia Raidaveta | Basketball | Selection NSW PSSA Basketball Team | |
William Howell | Basketball | Selection NSW U18 Basketball Team | |
Dylan Eather | Cycling | NSW Track Scratch, Sprint and Time Trial & NSW Road Criterium, Road & Time Trial Cycling Championships Gold Medallist | |
Kurt Eather | Cycling | National Road Cycling Championships Road Race Gold & Criterium Bronze Medallist | |
Luke Ensor | Cycling | National Junior Track Cycling Championships Three Silver & One Bronze Medallist National Road Cycling Championships Two Silver Medals |
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Darrell Wheeler | Cycling | Three Medals at the World Masters Cycling Championships | |
Grace Pilon | Netball | selected in the NSW Combined Catholic Schools Open Netball Team | |
Ally McLean | Netball | selected in the NSW Combined Independent Schools Open Netball Team | |
Dezarai Booth | Netball | selected in the NSW Echidnas Indigenous U13 Schoolgirls Netball Team | |
Tanika Kennedy | Netball | selected in the NSW Echidnas Indigenous U14 Schoolgirls Netball Team | |
Krystal Dallinger | Netball | selected in the NSW Echidnas Indigenous U14 Schoolgirls Netball Team | |
Caitlin Bayliss | Netball | selected in the Australian Indigenous U15 Schoolgirls Netball Team | |
Kane McDermott | Rugby League | selected NSW U16 Country Rugby League Team | |
William Johnston | Rugby Union | selected as Captain of the NSW PSSA Rugby Union Team & National Tournament Winners | |
Charlie Spora | Rugby Union | selected in the NSW U15 Country Rugby Union Team | |
Harry O’Leary | Rugby Union | selected in the NSW U15 Country Rugby Union Team | |
James Bourchier | Rugby Union | selected in the NSW U15 Country Rugby Union Team | |
Kyle Gibson | Rugby Union | selected in the NSW U16 Country Rugby Union Team | |
Patrick Berryman | Rugby Union | selected in the NSW U16 Country & Presidents XV Rugby Union Team | |
Brett Johnson | Rugby Union | selected in the Lloyd McDermott U16 Indigenous Rugby Union Team | |
Tyson Fuller | Rugby Union | selected in the Lloyd McDermott U18 Schoolboys Rugby Union Team | |
Nicole Grose | Touch Football | selected in the Hunter Western Hornets O35s Regional Touch Football Team & won the National Tournament | |
Corrine Medlin | Touch Football | selected in the Hunter Western Hornets O35s Regional Touch Football Team & won the National Tournament | |
Neil Webster | Touch Football | selected in the NSW Men’s 50’s Touch Football Team | |
Sam Davis | Touch Football | selected in the NSW Women’s O40s Touch Football Team | |
Jack Allen | Swimming | selected NSW Combined Catholic Colleges & NSW All Schools Swimming Team | |
Angela Blackett | Softball | Silver Medallist for the Australian Masters Games Softball Team | |
Jono Davis | Lawn Bowls | Gold Medallist for the Commonwealth Youth Games Lawn Bowls Boys Singles & Mixed Pairs | |
Rebecca Kennedy | Orienteering | selected in the NSW All Schools Orienteering Team | |
Rose Black | Body Building | 1st at the INBA Australian Championships in three categories | |
Marita Basham | Dragon Boat Paddling | selection in Western Region Dragon Boat Paddling | |
Rhonda Betts | Dragon Boat Paddling | selection in Western Region Dragon Boat Paddling | |
Helen Simmons | Dragon Boat Paddling | selection in Western Region Dragon Boat Paddling | |
TEAMS | |||
St Mary’s Primary School Rugby League Team | Rubgy League | NSW Independent & Catholic Primary Schools Rugby League Challenge | |
St Mary’s Primary School Rugby Union 10-a-side Team | Rubgy Union | NSW CPS Rugby Union Knockout Finalist |
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Dubbo Rams U16 Women’s Country Premier League Team | Basketball | NSW Basketball Country Premier League Competition Runner Up |
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Dubbo Rams U14 Women’s Team | Basketball | Western Basketball Junior League & State Shield Winner | |
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION | |||
Taronga Western Plains Zoo | Sport | sponsorship of Dubbo sport | |
INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTION | |||
Alison Cullen | Netball | commitment to Netball | |
Rob McKechnie | Touch Football | commitment to Touch Football | |
Jonathon Powyer | Touch Football | commitment to Touch Football | |
Paul Keyte | Touch Football | commitment to Touch Football | |
JOHN MCGRATH AWARD (Presented by Nita McGrath) | |||
Bill McDonald | Swimming | commitment to swimming | |