The Carrington room at the Mittagong RSL was lit with a deep dark, strong red lighting. One of the main colours in the Berrima District Sports Awards logo.
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The colour red is also associated with fire, strength, power and determination and all the athletes in attendance for the Berrima District Sports Awards show these characteristics.
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Celebrating its 40th birthday, The Berrima District Sports Awards has been in existence since 1979 with the sole purpose of recognising and promoting the sporting talent in our local area.
"The evening overall was a very successful event and it's great to showcase the sporting talent of our district," Chairperson for the Berrima District Sports Awards, Ms Wendy Howard said.
"One of the main highlights for me was seeing the return of Glen Turner back to speak.
"Considering her was a junior achiever and past sportsperson of the year and has participated in sport on such a international scale, for him to come back and to be available to talk and pass on some of his knowledge is fantastic."
The process of picking award winners isn't taken lightly. Sporting resumes are combed over with a fine toothed comb with months of deliberation.
"It's a huge amount of work, there are a lot of meetings," Ms Howard said.
"There's many discussions and looking over sporting peoples resumes. We look at yearly sporting achievements also. The committee meets weekly during January to finally come up with a winner.
"It's done through a secret ballet, but we have numerous rounds of voting before we come to the final vote.
"We look for all round achievement and someone who has obviously done very well in their chosen sport. We also look at who has put time back into their sport as well as assisting up and coming youth sports people.
"We had a range of sports all the way up to wood chopping right through to your normal athletics. It's great to see such a wide range of sports showcased on the night."
It's great to see such a wide range of sports showcased on the night.
- Chairperson of Berrima District Sports Awards Wendy Howard
This years winners:
- School sports team of the year: Chevalier firsts school hockey team
- Junior sporting team of the year: Bowral Little Athletics mixed Long Jump team
- Senior sports person of the year: Diane Benson for archery
- Junior sports person of the year: Brielle Powell for Equestrian
- Senior team of the year: Moss Vale first grade ladies hockey.
- Alex MacLean memorial for club person of the year: Mark Freund
Senior sports person of the year: Diane Benson also received the Keith Williams memorial trophy.
The trophy is supported by Zelda Williams and the Williams family. To nominate a worthy athlete, email details of their achievements in the previous month to tobdsawards1@gmail.com.
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