Halberg Awards
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@dogmeat said in Halberg Awards:
I think it goes back longer than that TBH. The Romans liked a little flutter on the chariot races, but it wasn't the sole driver
it does for sure, i was simply making a point.
agree with the rest.
In reality i shouldn't be shocked at the Halbergs, which seem to track along to their own agenda. Over-weighting Olympic achievement may be viable if we had an athletics gold, a single gymnastics discipline seems a bit stupid.
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@booboo said in Halberg Awards:
@dogmeat said in Halberg Awards:
subjective
There is a degree of subjectivity. Jockey has to obey the rules and ride fair, transgression of which is a judgement call.
But yeah, first across the line (generally) wins.
Same with all sports that have a referee or umpire
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@Stargazer said in Halberg Awards:
Yeah! Wayne Smith wins the Coach of the Year award!
Other nominees very good but there was only ever one result in that category
Same goes for Sportswoman. Zoi wins easily. -
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@Stargazer said in Halberg Awards:
Sportsman of the Year is Nico Porteous (snow sport- freeskiing).
As predicted a while back, Olympic golds and World Cups usually triumph at the Halbergs.
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@Nepia said in Halberg Awards:
This is weird, I have no memory of there a. being a winter Olympics last year, and b. NZ winning two Golds. But at the least I must have read about it here.
Damn, it's a bit early for early onset dementia.
Winter Olympics are cool, but they're not the X-Games
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@booboo said in Halberg Awards:
@Nepia said in Halberg Awards:
This is weird, I have no memory of there a. being a winter Olympics last year, and b. NZ winning two Golds. But at the least I must have read about it here.
Damn, it's a bit early for early onset dementia.
Winter Olympics are cool, but they're not the X-Games
How do Gen Y and beyond feel about being forced to compete in the X Games?
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@voodoo said in Halberg Awards:
@booboo said in Halberg Awards:
@Nepia said in Halberg Awards:
This is weird, I have no memory of there a. being a winter Olympics last year, and b. NZ winning two Golds. But at the least I must have read about it here.
Damn, it's a bit early for early onset dementia.
Winter Olympics are cool, but they're not the X-Games
How do Gen Y and beyond feel about being forced to compete in the X Games?
Y? X? I get them confused. Which is the one that can’t pull its pants up?
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@Stargazer said in Halberg Awards:
The supreme Halberg Award goes to Zoi Sadowski-Synnott.
The correct choice, given she won an Olympic gold and silver.
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Halberg's time again, and Lydia Ko won the Supreme Award (interestingly all the nominees were female). I agree with this, as GOAT as Carrington is, canoe is pretty niche compared to golf.
Halberg Awards 2024 winners
Supreme award: Dame Lydia Ko (golf)Sportswoman: Ko. Other finalists: Ellesse Andrews (cycling - track), Dame Lisa Carrington (canoe sprint), Melie Kerr (cricket), Erin Routliffe (tennis), Emma Twigg (rowing).
Sportsman: Hamish Kerr (athletics). Other finalists: Finn Butcher (canoe slalom), James McDonald (horse racing), Hayden Wilde (triathlon), Chris Wood (football).
Team: Carrington, Olivia Brett, Alicia Hoskin and Tara Vaughan (canoe sprint). Other finalists: Black Ferns (rugby sevens), Lucy Spoors and Brooke Francis (rowing), Team New Zealand (sailing), White Ferns (cricket), Carrington and Hoskin (canoe sprint).
Para athlete: Anna Grimaldi (para athletics). Other finalists: Danielle Aitchison (para athletics), Anna Taylor (para cycling), Nicole Murray (para cycling), William Stedman (para athletics).
Coach: Gordon Walker (canoe sprint). Other finalists: Jon Andrews (cycling - track), Aaron Osborne (canoe slalom), James Sandilands (athletics), Cory Sweeney (rugby sevens).
Emerging talent: Tyler Bindon (football). Other finalists: Cormac Buchanan (motorcycling - road), Luke Harrold (snow sports), Ethan Olivier (athletics), Levi Townley (motorcycling - motocross), Erice van Leuven (cycling - mountainbike).
Sport New Zealand leadership award: Marcus Daniell (tennis).
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@Machpants said in Halberg Awards:
Kayak is pretty niche compared to golf.
I think Kerr's achievement is the best - the field is so large to win gold is extraordinary. Like sprinting, it's something tried everywhere by basically all kids - so to get up for a track and field gold in a category like that is amazing.
Also, kind of cool it's the middle word of the Olympic motto (which should probably actually be something around graft, cash, corruption; but that's another story)
