Maccabi NSW honours its stars
Maccabi has held its annual Jewish Sports Awards to recognise great sporting achievements for the calendar year 2018.
Barry Smorgon, Tom York, Tom Goldman, Lauren Ehrlich and Ryan O’Connor
The event held at the Bondi Pavilion doubled as a ‘Volunteer’s Night’, where numerous long-serving volunteers were also recognised for their contributions to Maccabi.
Over 100 people turned out to see athlete Steven Solomon and paddler Jessica Fox awarded Sportsman and Sporstwoman of the the Year titles.
Olympian Steve Solomon was the guest of honour and gave interesting insights into his upbringing, career, coaching & preparation, other world-class athletes aand advice for aspiring youngsters.
Newly appointed Maccabi AUS Executive Director Ryan O’Connor also travelled from Melbourne to be there and he introduced himself to the NSW Maccabi community.
Jessica Fox was unable to attend.
The various Sports Awards Winners for the year 2018 were:
| Maccabi NSW – Category | Winner |
| Outstanding All Abilities Sportsperson of the Year | Matt Levy – Swimming |
| Outstanding Junior Sportsman of the Year | Yonatan Freund – Karate |
| Outstanding Junior Sportswoman of the Year | Lara Kaplan – Tennis |
| Outstanding Masters Sportsman of the Year | Terry Diamond – Marathon/Running |
| Outstanding Masters Sportswoman of the Year | N/A – Not awarded |
| Outstanding Sportsman of the Year | Steven Solomon – Athletics |
| Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year | Jessica Fox – Canoeing |
| Youth leadership Award | Yoni Hochberg – Touch Footy |
| Club Administrator of the Year | Ofer Greenberg – Junior Soccer |
| Team of the Year | Ladies Golf – NSW Queens Cup Team |
| Club of the Year | Maccabi Swimming Club |
The Maccabi Volunteers who were presented with certificates & pins for their immense contributions were:
Outstanding Contribution – Maccabi Carnival
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- Bronwyn Elbourne – Organising Committee Co-Manager
- Lynne Berson – Organising Committee Co-Manager
- Susie Rosen – Billeting
- Michelle Stockley – Volunteers
- Linda Tate – Security
- Robi Karp – Photographer
- Garron Forman – NSW Team Manager
- Lara Levin – NSW Team Manager
- Jodi Velik – Youth leader Coordinator
- Daliah Szwarc – All Abilities Coordinator
- Sender & Chana Kavka – Friendship Circle
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- Ralene Reuveny – Logistics
- Elly Guth – sports
- Yoash Dvir – Marketing
- Mikey Sarif – Youth Leader
- Mikey Karseboom – Youth Leader
- Rachel Jablonka – Youth Leader
- Samantha Sandelowsky – Youth Leader
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Outstanding Contribution – Mixed Social Netball
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- Shayna Slotar & Ella Cantori
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5 Years Volunteer Service
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- Tracey Chorev – Junior Soccer Club
- Mark Weinberg – Junior Soccer Club
- Sally Opit – Netball Club
- Rachel Nemes – Basketball Club
- Greg Shapiro – Basketball Club
- Dana Greenberg – Basketball Club
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10+ Years Volunteer Service
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- Tracey Chorev – Junior Soccer Club
- Trevor Ziman – Junior Soccer Club
- Rob ‘Pixie’ Friedland – Hakoah FC
- Dawn Herman – Netball Club
- Susan Sznajer – Tenpin Super League
- Evelyn Rose – Tenpin Super League
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Maccabi Lifetime Volunteer Service Award – the Late Peter Goldman z”l
