The event finalists showcase achievement from local grassroots clubs through to high performance level, and were selected from the winners and judges’ recommendations of all the eight District Sports Awards held throughout November.
 
Sport Waikato CEO Matthew Cooper explained a high calibre of finalists within the categories came from another busy sporting year for the Waikato region.
                 
“Our region always has such high levels of success from athletes across a broad range of sports locally, nationally and internationally. From the traditional sports like rugby and netball to yachting, motocross and wheelchair rugby  - our finalists are achieving at every level in every type of sport,” Cooper said.    
 
World champion athletes, international and world class coaches, administrators and officials feature in this year’s finalist list. Sport Waikato Regional Capability & Events Advisor Gilly Alexander commented on the tough job the judges had this year.
 
“The judges have included additional finalists in some categories this year as they found the judging exceptionally hard - finding a winner with such a high standard of finalists is not easy and I commend them for their hard work” Alexander said.  
 
Winners will be announced on Thursday 1^st February, 2018 at Claudelands Conference & Exhibition Centre, Hamilton. Tickets are $95 each and can be purchased from www.sportwaikato.org.nz or Sport Waikato, 51 Akoranga Road, Hamilton, Ph. 07 858 5388.

Details about the event and to buy tickets here
 
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2017 Finalists