Harbour Sport Excellence Awards 2023
Celebrating our community achievements
Friday, 24th November 2024 – Event Finda Stadium
Thank You to last years Sponsors!
Celebrating the achievements of North Harbour’s top athletes, coaches, referees/umpire, volunteers and community groups.
Our 3 Award Categories
Sport Acknowledgment Awards
The Sport Acknowledgement Awards give each sporting code in the North Harbour region the opportunity to acknowledge an individual who has excelled in their commitment to their sport.
Excellence Awards
Excellences Award categories highlight the outstanding performances by individual athletes, teams, coaches, referees/umpires, volunteers and events in the North Harbour region. This category recognises the achievements from one sporting year. This year we have introduced two new awards – Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion, and Community Impact Award.
Legends of Harbour Sports Hall of Fame
The Legends of Harbour honours athletes who have achieved excellence at the highest level and have also given back to
Congratulations to all our 2023 Winners
Harbour Sport Sportsman of the Year
George Gautrey — Sailing
Harcourts Cooper & Co Sportswoman of the Year
Dame Lisa Carrington – Canoe Racing
Cube Junior Sportsman of the Year
Ryan Parr – Hockey
Tass Print Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Darcy Spark – Water Polo
Honda North Shore International Team Performance
Women’s K4 Team – Dame Lisa Carrington, Alicia Hoskin, Olivia Brett, Tara Vaughan – Canoe Racing
Harbour Sport Regional Team of the Year
Touch North Harbour Open Women’s Team & Touch North Harbour Open Men’s Team
SAS Junior Team of the Year
Seb Menzies and George Lee Rush – Sailing
Sports Distributors Referee/Umpire of the Year
Mark Porteous – Softball
Asahi Coach of the Year
Gordon Walker – Canoe Racing
Eventfinda Stadium Sporting Event of the Year
WBSC Men’s Softball World Cup 2022
Haven Community Impact Award
Harbour Hockey — Te Hononga a Iwi (Restoring Rosedale Park)
Asahi Māori Sportsperson of the Year
Shaun Stevenson – Rugby
Harbour Sport Club of the Year
North Shore United AFC – Football
One NZ Volunteer of the Year
Suzette Taylor – Softball
Harbour Sport Community Coach of the Year
Hitendra Patel – Hockey
Leadership in Diversity & Inclusion
North Harbour Hockey Sustainability Committee
Sport Distributors Sporting Acknowledgements
Garry Trewin – Football
Ariane Kostan – Water Polo
Maya Nagarajan – Artistic Swimming
Sopo Lock – Touch Rugby
Inga Gray – Rugby
Riki Burgess – Hockey
Carolyn McQueen – Football