Maccabi NSW honours best and brightest
A FUTSAL player and a figure skater are the Maccabi NSW 2010 sportspeople of the year.
A FUTSAL player and a figure skater are the Maccabi NSW 2010 sportspeople of the year.
Jordan Mundell was named the Sportsman of the Year following an amazing 12 months that included being selected as part of the Australian Futsal squad for the Asian Cup in Uzbekistan.
Unfortunately for Mundell, he contracted glandular fever and was unavailable for selection a month before the tournament, but he recovered to be a part of the Maccabi-Hakoah futsal team that won the inaugural New Zealand National Futsal League.
“This award is a great sign of how far I have come because I only started playing the game three years ago,” Mundell said.
“You don’t see the opportunities afforded to the players at this club anywhere else, and this award is a credit to what the club has done.
“The highlight of the year was definitely being picked in the Australian squad, but now I’m looking forward to the F-League in two weeks, which is the national league with the best players in the country.”
The Sportswoman of the Year award was won by Samantha Kadar after she won a gold medal with the Fire On Ice Synchronised Skating team at the Australian Figure Skating Championships last year.
Kadar was originally in line for the Junior Sportswoman of the Year award however, despite being only 16 years old, the judging committee awarded the Open title because her achievements were so impressive.
The boilover of the night was the Junior Sportsman of the Year award.
Emcee Anthony Goodridge had to remind those in attendance that the awards only take into account achievements during 2010 after it was announced that karate champion Michael Basckin won the award ahead of Steven Solomon, who was selected as part of the Australian team for the World Championships of Athletics last week.
Basckin won gold in the kata competition Australian Junior National Kata Championships and silver in kumite in the open category.
Twelve-year-old Toni Sharp won the Junior Sportswoman of the Year award because she was an amazing all-round sports star.
Sharp was selected in the Combined Independent School touch football team last year at the state championships, was the most valuable player in her under-12 Super League futsal team, and was selected in a junior representative basketball team.
“I love all the sports I play,” Sharp said.
“I like touch football and soccer the best because I’m good at touch and I’ve been playing soccer for ages.”
JOSHUA LEVI
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