The Berrima Sports Award winners for January and February 2020 and 2021 have been announced.
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The committee had put on the awards on hold as COVID-19 affected sporting competitions across the Highlands.
The committee recently reconvened and and decided that last year's monthly winners would be included with the 2021 Awards.
January 2020 winners:
Emily Rodger received the junior award for her achievements in cricket and Sam Tait the senior award for his achievement in Skiing.
Emily was a member of the Illawarra Zone All-girls U14 representative team that played in a three-game regional cricket competition, The Thunder Cup. She also played in the girls only Burrawang/Robertson team in the HDCA competition.
Her stats were 20th in batting and second in fielding and she finished the season with the Stage 2 HDCA fielding award.
Sam Tait received the senior award for January 2020 for his career breakthrough performance at the 2019-2020 World Para-alpine Skiing European Cup. Competing in Slovakia, Sam won a gold medal in the men's giant slalom sitting which was his first podium finish in an international event.
February 2020 winner:
Nic Milner was the February winner for 2020. He competed in the 25 km Australian Alpine Ascent and placed first out of a field of 380 competitors.
Incredibly, he stopped mid race to assist an unconscious fellow competitor and ran to get him help. Even with this humanitarian detour, he ran a personal best for this course 2.08.54. Previously he had run 2.13.50.
January 2021 winners:
Jasmine Shakeshaft has been awarded the junior Berrima District Sports Award for January 2021 for her achievement on the athletics track. In January, Jasmine broke the U17 girls Bowral Little Athletics triple jump record. She hopped, stepped and jumped an incredible 10.86 metres into the record books.
Jasmine, a Year 11 student, had seven months away from the runway in 2020 due to a skiing injury but Katie Blake, Secretary of Bowral Little Athletics said "her patience and determination through her recovery period paid off and her athletics future is looking bright again." Jasmine has been attending Bowral Little Athletics since she was twelve and is heading for the National Championships in late April.
Steven Baines reached a new achievement on January 17. Scoring a century is a milestone for cricketers worldwide and Steven reached that goal during a T20 match playing for the Hilltop Kookaburra Cricket Club. His recent move to join the Kookaburra's has revitalised his love for the game and as captain of the T20 side he was determined to lead by example.
He did just that securing the win over Robertson. Steven also captained the Kookaburra's 3 rd grade side in the HDCA competition. He has played cricket since primary and looks forward to many more years at the crease.
February 2021 winners:
Lucas Hill may be new to the sport of Athletics but, in his first season with Bowral Little Athletics, he has already entered the record books. In February, Lucas broke the U9 boys 800 metre record which was set twelve years ago.
He also competed in four events at the Region 4 Little Athletics State qualifying event in Wagga Wagga and placed first in the 70 metre sprint, 100 metre sprint and 60 metre hurdles and second in the 200 metre sprint.These excellent results qualified Lucas to compete at the Little Athletics State Championships in March. To round out a fabulous debut he helped the 4 x 10 metre relay team to a fourth place. He was awarded the junior Berrima District Sports Award for February.
Kevin O'Meley was awarded the senior award for February for achieving podium finishes at two National cycling championships in the space of three days. On February 4 Kevin and his pilot Richard Vollebregt competed in the National Individual Time Trial MB (Men Blind) classification (Tandem) championships which was 23 kilometres on the Federation University course consisting of three laps of a 7.6km circuit.
They finished just 2.8 seconds in front of second place to win the gold medal. Then, on February 6, the duo competed in the National Road Race MB (Men Blind) classification (Tandem) event. This was a 50 kilometre race - five laps of the 10 kilometre Victorian Buniningyong course. In an exciting race they finished in bronze position just 20 seconds behind first and second place. Kevin is a member of the Southern Highland Cycling Club.
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