Sports Performer of the Year Awards nominees announced - Includes Jarryd Hayne!

[Parra Guru]

Sports Performer of the Year Awards nominees announced


World athletics championship gold medallists Steve Hooker and Dani Samuels are among the dozen nominations for the main category in The Sydney Morning Herald Sports Performer of the Year Awards, presented by Colonial First State.
The awards, nominations for which were announced today, include a prize of $50,000 for the main award. They are voted on by the public, who face a mammoth task in making a pick from a group of worthy contenders.
Hooker added to his Olympic gold medal in the pole vault by winning the title at the World Championships in Berlin, despite tearing his abductor muscle a week before the event and risking breaking down with each jump he attempted.
Samuels, at 21, built on her ninth at the Olympics a year earlier by becoming the youngest world champion in the discus when she hurled 65.44 metres in Berlin.
The other nominations for the major award include the 2007 winner, cyclist Cadel Evans, as well as Craig Alexander (Ironman triathlon), Victor Darchinyan (boxing), Stephanie Gilmore (surfing), Jarryd Hayne (rugby league), Mitchell Johnson (cricket), Emma Moffatt (triathlon), Jess Schipper (swimming) and Mark Webber (formula one).
The other four awards - Team Performance of the Year, Coach Performance of the Year, Young Performer of the Year and Performer of the Year with a Disability - have also produced hot fields of nominess.
This year's AFL and NRL champions are well represented, with the Geelong Cats and Melbourne Storm nominated in the team section and Mark Thompson and Craig Bellamy in the coach section.
Voting opens online at 9am tomorrow, and the winners will be announced at a black-tie dinner at Star City on November 25.
THE 2009 SPORTS PERFORMER OF THE YEAR AWARDS NOMINEES ARE:

Sports Performer of the Year (winner receives $50,000)
Gary Ablett jnr (AFL)
Craig Alexander (Ironman Triathlon)
Victor Darchinyan (boxing)
Cadel Evans (cycling)
Stephanie Gilmore (surfing)
Jarryd Hayne (rugby league)
Steve Hooker (athletics)
Mitchell Johnson (cricket)
Emma Moffatt (triathlon)
Dani Samuels (athletics)
Jess Schipper (swimming)
Mark Webber (formula one)
Team Performance of the Year
Australian Socceroos (football)
Geelong Football Club (AFL)
Melbourne Storm (rugby league)
Melbourne Vixens (netball)
Queensland State of Origin (rugby league)
Coach Performance of the Year
Craig Bellamy (NRL)
Bart Cummings (horse racing)
Alex Parnov (athletics)
Mark Thompson (AFL)
Pim Verbeek (football)
Young Performer of the Year
Ben Kantarovski (football)
Lauren Mitchell (gymnastics)
Amy Pejkovic (athletics)
Olivia Rogowska (tennis)
Bernard Tomic (tennis)
Performer of the Year with a Disability
Ryley Batt (wheelchair rugby)
Matt Cowdrey (swimming)
Justin Eveson (wheelchair basketball)
Kurt Fearnley (athletics)
Cameron Rahles-Rahbula (winter skier)



http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/performer-of-the-year-nominees/2009/10/29/1256405461581.html

 

[parra pete]

If that peanut Bernard Tomic gets the "Young Performer of the Year"...it is a disgrace. Bloody spoilt brat...
Sportsman my arse.

 

[hineyrulz]

Pete I think Tomics old man is just as much to blame, the sooner he gets a proper coach who will give him a boot up the backside the
better.

 

[Angry_eel]

Abblett will win it. AFL people seem to think he's some sort of a god.

 

[Parra Guru]

I wonder why Casey Stoner isn't nominated.

 

[Twizzle]

Abblett will win it. AFL people seem to think he's some sort of a god.

he is actually son of god

I wonder why Casey Stoner isn't nominated.

he won last year but can only come 3rd this year



and Notch Johnson ffs, they're kidding :crazy:

 

[Gronk]

Sorry Jarryd. Dani Samuels for mine. Huge effort.

 

[Belly in Brisvegas]

and Notch Johnson ffs, they're kidding :crazy:

Would top off the ICC Cricketer of the Year Award nicely ;-)

 

[Twizzle]

seems to have got better since he left Queensland

 

[Stagger eel]

both Joel Parkinson and Mick Fanning are fighting out for the world (surfing) championship in the next few weeks and haven't even got a look in.

 

[Angry_eel]

he is actually son of god

Ye something like that. they were comparing him to his dad.

 

[Twizzle]

both Joel Parkinson and Mick Fanning are fighting out for the world (surfing) championship in the next few weeks and haven't even got a look in.

one sided fight atm

Mick Fanning the local Tweed boy is out in front and he wont it last year as well

 

[Parra Guru]

Vote now!

http://www.performerawards.com.au/vote/registers

 

[Parra Guru]

I just gave Jarryd 5 votes lol

 

[Gordy]

Any one of these Athletes would be more than deserving, but for pure guts, determination and lsheer lunacy, Craig Alexander (Ironman Triathlon) would have to be a great chance. Being the 2008 & 2009 Ironman Triathlon World Champion and not only winning in Hawaii once, but twice in a row is an unbelievable effort.

 

[hilltop hood]

Parra girl Dani Samuels for me.

Phenominal performance.

 

[Eels Dude]

Any one of these Athletes would be more than deserving, but for pure guts, determination and lsheer lunacy, Craig Alexander (Ironman Triathlon) would have to be a great chance. Being the 2008 & 2009 Ironman Triathlon World Champion and not only winning in Hawaii once, but twice in a row is an unbelievable effort.

Problem is no-one has heard of him so no-one will vote for him. Hayne, Ablett and the other high profile athletes listed there will be the ones fighting for the award.

 

[JoeyJoJo83]

Just received this email.

Dear members,
If you haven't already heard Jarryd Hayne has been nominated as a finalist in the Sports Performer of the Year Awards in the category of Sports Performer of the Year!
The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald in-conjunction with Colonial First State present the third Sports Performer Awards. These Awards are one of the most prestigious prizes in Australian Sport - recognising the very best Performers from the previous 12 months. Unlike other major awards, the winner of all categories will be determined by an online public vote with the highest tallied Performer of the Year taking home $50,000 prize money, courtesy of Colonial First State.
The Awards consist of 5 categories and the winners will be announced at a gala function to be held at Star City, Sydney, on Wednesday, November 25, 2009.
Please feel free to check out the Sports Performer Awards website at www.performerawards.com.au
A Fan Page for the Sports Performer of the Year awards has been set up on Facebook . Here you can become a fan and post messages to others. You can also follow the event and tweet on twitter at http://twitter.com/sportandstyle.
The winner will be the performer that tallies the most votes - it's that simple!
Thanks for your support of Jarryd and the Pirtek Parramatta Eels!

 

[half]

hope it goes to gary or hayne cos australians don't care about other sports imo