Award Night
Maccabi Victoria Celebrates Annual Awards Evening
The Maccabi Victoria Annual Awards were presented at the Glen Eira Town Hall on 4 June with an enthusiastic crowd of 200 in attendance.
It was a privilege to have basketball icon, Lindsay Gaze as Special Guest Speaker, while MC, Len Bogatin – Maccabi Victoria Hall of Fame member and Athletics Club President and stalwart – entertained the audience with his humour and brief interviews with all Award winners.
Other highlights of the evening were the uplifting ‘Walking on Sunshine” song and dance performance by the Maccabi Victoria Jewish Care All Abilities Group, Australia and Israel anthems by Maccabi AJAX Netball Club member, Amanda Horiniak, and the sendoff to the Victorian Management and participants of the 18th Maccabiah Australian delegation.
The Annual Awards evening recognises and honours the outstanding performances of Maccabi athletes and administrators during the past 12 months.
The quality of nominations was of a high standard with several categories strongly contested.
The 2008 Maccabi Annual Awards Winners are:
Claire Isaacs Club Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Marni Burger- Maccabi AJAX Swimming Club
Les Abrahams Club Junior Sportsman of the Year
Max Curtis– Maccabi Volleyball Club
Australian Jewish News Jewish Junior Sportsperson of the Year
Noam Tidhar (Judo)
Manuel Gelman Masters Sportswoman of the Year
Not awarded in 2008
David Mandie Masters Sportsman of the Year
Not awarded in 2008
Ben Abrahams Club Administrator of the Year
Marc Felman- Maccabi AJAX Cricket Club
Herb Swedosh Club Coach of the Year
Not awarded in 2008
Ivan Saffer Team of the Year
North Caulfield Maccabi Football Women’s Open Team – North Caulfield Maccabi Football Club
Maccabi Victoria Club Sportsman of the Year
Jason Ritterman AJAX Amateur Football Club
Ari Ritz North Caulfield Maccabi Football Club
Basil Isaacs Jewish Open Sportswoman of the Year
Tal Karp – Melbourne Victory Women
Les Goldsmith Jewish Open Sportsman of the Year
David Zalcberg – Table Tennis (2008 Athens Olympic Games)
Ben Sternfeld Club of the Year
Maccabi AJAX Cricket Club
2008 MACCABI VICTORIA PRESIDENT’S AWARD
Outstanding contribution to Tennis (All Abilities)– Zvi Schweitzer
2008 MACCABI VICTORIA BOARD AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENT -Masters
Susie Shulsinger (Maccabi Toastmasters Club)
Deloitte Maccabi Victoria Rising Star Award
Ashley Brown – Football (Australian National Women’s U/16 Team – Asian Football Confederation Qualifiers)
2008 Maccabi Victoria Club Volunteer Awards
Volunteers are the foundation of Maccabi Victoria and its clubs, with over 600 volunteers playing a vital role in connecting our community through sport. Maccabi Victoria was delighted to congratulate and acknowledge the dedicated volunteers awarded in 2008 for giving their time freely and making a significant contribution to their Club . Each Club is entitled to make one award each year.
Maccabi Victoria Jewish Care All Abilities Group Deena Goldbloom
Maccabi Athletic Club Zac Ashkanasy
Maccabi Victoria Basketball Club Nikki Diamond
Maccabi AJAX Cricket Club Aaron Adelist
Maccabi AJAX Junior Cricket Club Jeff Goldberg
AJAX Amateur Football Club Michael Karp
AJAX Amateur Football Club Peter Kagan
AJAX Junior Football Club Andrew Shenker
North Caulfield Maccabi Football Club Zhenya Elgart
Nth Caulfield Maccabi Junior Football Club Mike Distiller
Maccabi Hockey Club David Birnbaum
Maccabi AJAX Lawn Bowls Club Lou Silber
Maccabi AJAX Lawn Bowls Club Vivienne Sokol
AJAX Ski Club Jeremy Hearst
Victoria Maccabi Snooker Club Nathan Gropman
Maccabi Squash Club Jack Iglicki
Maccabi AJAX Swimming Club Mark Silver
Maccabi Table Tennis Club Barak Mizrachi
Maccabi Tennis Club Henry Muscatel
Maccabi Toastmasters Club Abby Levy
Thank you to Deloitte, the major sponsor of the event, and to the other companies and individuals that sponsored individual awards or contributed raffle prizes.
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