MacVic awards sport stars
MACCABI Victoria honoured the state’s best Jewish sportspeople on Sunday night, with an array of athletes and volunteers picking up awards.
MACCABI Victoria honoured the state’s best Jewish sportspeople on Sunday night, with an array of athletes and volunteers picking up awards.
Star cricketer Michael Klinger was named the Outstanding Jewish Sportsman of the Year, following his remarkable season with the bat for South Australia in the domestic competitions and English County side Gloucestershire.
Klinger is currently in England again plying his trade, before he returns home for the summer to embark on a new career with Western Australia after a controversial fallout with South Australia.
Gun cyclist Riley Hart and swim- ming sensation Benno Negri shared the Outstanding Jewish Junior Sportsman of the Year award, after both produced superb performances on the national stage.
The award for Outstanding Jewish Junior Sportswoman was also shared between gymnast Sasha Kiroi and race walker Jemima Montag, who both excelled in their respective competitions throughout 2013.
Veteran squash ace Alan Oshlack was recognised for his achievement of becoming the Australian Masters champion, which came after he took out the Victorian Masters event earlier in 2013.
Emerging swimming star Jordan Hazan was named the winner of the Outstanding Maccabi Club Junior Sportsman of the Year award, while track and field all rounder Piper Montag won the award for Outstanding Maccabi Club Junior Sportswoman of the Year.
Marni Burger maintained the strong representation of excellent swimmers when she took out the award for Outstanding Maccabi Club Sportswoman of the Year.
Hockey legend Norman Same and Maccabiah gold medal-winning swimmer Jeff Sher were the joint win- ners of the Outstanding Maccabi Club Masters Sportsman of the Year, while fellow swimming stalwart Nikki Burger took out the Outstanding Maccabi Club Masters Sportswoman oftheYear.
Zvi Schweitzer, who is a tennis player with a mental disability, was honoured with the President’s award for his work on and off the court.
AJAX vice-president Jeff Wise was named the Administrator of the Year, while Susannah Swiatlo from the bas- ketball club won the Lenny Bogatin Award for Outstanding Services to Maccabi Victoria and Jewish Sport.
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Photo: Simon Nowicki
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