NSW Maccabi Sports Awards
NSW Maccabi president Lauren Ehrlich has congratulated those honorees who gained NSW Jewish Sports Awards for 2019.
She said: “Whilst we are encountering unusual and challenging times with COVID-19, we are fortunate still to be able to recognise the outstanding achievements of members within our community online”.
Juniors
Isabella Coghlan
Nahum Opit Memorial Trophy – Junior Sportswoman of the Year
Isabella Coghlan – Swimming
2019 Achievements
- 2nd Place 2019 Australian Open Water Championships
- 2nd Place Cole Classic Ocean Swim
- 1st Place Female North Bondi Roughwater Swim
Leo Kellerman Trophy – Junior Sportsman of the Year
Yonatan Freund – Karate
Yonatan Freund
2019 Achievements
- Karate national Championships: National Champion 2019 (Gold)
- National Opens event: Bronze
- National Team Event: Gold
- Gold: Sydney All Styles Karate Championships
- NSW State Championships: Gold
Masters
Phyllis Glasser Trophy – Masters Sportswoman of the Year
Barbara Shotland
Barbara Shotland Lawn – Bowls
- Eastern Suburbs District (ESD) Singles runner-up
- ESD Senior Pairs winner (with Pam Stein)
- ESD Pennant 1 winner
- ESD Regional and State Senior 4s Winners
- MAI Interstate Bowls Carnival 2019 – Gold medal Pairs
- Skip of the Double Bays District shield winning team
- Selected for inter-district & inter-regional games representing ESD
- Through to last 16 in the 2019 Australian Open
Percy Weinstein Memorial Trophy – Masters Sportsman of the Year
Bert Rosenberg
Bert Rosenberg (z”l) – Tennis
2019 Achievements
- Won AUS Nationals Senior Champs 85+
- Winner B1 Singles, Maccabi Tennis Club
- Competed at Pan Am Games, Mexico
- Ranked 6th in AUS, over 85+
- International Rankings: Best Singles Ranking 45 in M85 Best Doubles Ranking 19
Bert sadly passed away very recently. We wish condolences to the Rosenberg family
Opens
Mick Brandon Trophy – Sportswoman of the Year
Jessica Fox
Jessica Fox Canoeing / Kayaking
2019 Achievements
- 1st Place in C1 event at Sydney International and Oceania Championship Penrith
- 1st Place 2019 World Cup Series, Prague
- 2nd Place Canoe Slalom World Cup 4
- 1st Place C1 Teams Final, 2019 World Championships
- 2nd Place C1 Finals, K1 Finals, 2019 World Championships
Lou Rose MBE Trophy – Sportsman of the Year
Steven Solomon
Steven Solomon – Athletics
2019 Achievements
- 1st in 400m, 2019 Australian Track & Field Championships (April 2019)
- 7th Place 4 × 400m relay World Relays – Yokohama, Japan
- 20th Place (sf) 400m, World Championships Doha, Qatar
- 14th Place (h) 4 × 400 m relay, World Championships Doha, Qatar
Maccabi All Abilities Award
Matt Levy
Matthew Levy – Swimming
2019 Achievements
- Bronze, 4 x 100 Relay IPC Swimming Worlds, London
- 3 x Gold (2 World Records), 1 x Silver Nationals, Short CourseChampionship, Melbourne
- 2 x Gold, S7 400fs and 200 IM, AustralianOpen, Adelaide
- 4 x Gold, S7 Grand Prix, Brisbane
Maccabi Club Awards
Howard Silver
Louis Platus OAM Trophy – Club Administrator of the Year
Howard Silver – Tenpin
Howard is a long-serving Club President and leads an active committee. His Tenpin club competes in a weekly internal comp each Monday night. The Club also runs numerous competition events throughout the year. The club has seen a 25% increase in active members over the last 12 months.
Maccabi NSW Leadership Award
Adam Karras – Touch Football
Adam Karras
Adam has a long affiliation with Maccabi, including playing Rugby with Maccabi and competing at the 2017 Maccabiah.
In 2019, Adam took control of the Mixed Social Touch Footy competition, helping to revive player numbers & run the Winter & Summer competitions.
Adam also joined the Maccabi NSW board and took on the challenge of reviving a national mixed sports competition for young adults. Planning was underway when COVID-19 changed everyone’s plans, but Adam maintains this event will run and there is great interest in the event given it has been many years since Senior Carnival last ran.
Australian Jewish News Award – Club of the Year
Golf Club
The Maccabi Golf Club has an engaged & active leadership committee that meets regularly. Over the last 2 years, club membership has been revived to over 150 members. The club offers a full suite of events throughout year, including national & interstate events.
The revived Women’s Golf activities offer stand-alone tournaments (local & interstate) and as a result, women’s membership has increased significantly.
The club has engaged a younger adult demographic and has attracted sponsors & increased club revenue. Maccabi Golf had strong representation at Maccabiah 2017 and plans even more at the next Maccabiah Games.
The York Family Award – Team of the Year
Hakoah Youth Boys U16
The U16 Hakoah Team competed in the NPL1 (state league) Premiership.
They won their regular season Minor Premiership – a significant achievement and the first time the club has achieved this, however, were knocked out in the week 1 of the finals.
Coach: Luka Hrzina Manager: Geoff Ziman
Maccabi Volunteer Awards
Recognising the efforts & commitment of some of our many amazing volunteers with 5+ Years’ Service
Clive Sher – Basketball
o 7 years as a team manager
o Committeememberlast2years
Leanne Michaelson – Netball
o JoinedCommitteein2014
o Coached numerous teams from 9 years old to seniors o RNA Club Secretary 2015 – 2017
o PresidentNov2016-Nov2019
Kirsten Miller – Netball
o Held roles of both Umpire and Coaching Coordinators, often spending the entire day mentoring Junior Umpires
o Fantastic contributor to the Maccabiah Junior team, assisting with fundraising, organising schedules, training etc
Athol Chiert – Junior Soccer
o Vice President of the Junior Football Club
o CFO of the Junior Football Club
o Age Coordinator Under 6 through the Under 13
Salina Jamani – Junior Soccer
o Under6and7AgeCoordinator
o Committee member
o FemaleAllAgeCoordinator(promoting female participation)
Outstanding Contribution
Emily Koltai – All Abilities Program
o Admin support, communications & running all abilities events
Maccabi Volunteer Awards with 10+ Years’ Service
Ed Wayne – Basketball
o Committeemember o President for 8 years
Lifetime Contribution
Howard Silver – Tenpin
o TenpinClubPresidentsince2013
o Been associated with Maccabi Ten Pin on and off for over 25 years o Grown club membership to current 22 teams (44 players) in 2019 – a 40% growth from over last two years
Ronnie Lang – Tenpin
o Been involved with Tenpin club on & off since 1986
o Assistant Team Manager at 5 Senior Carnivals & Sport Convenor at previous Junior Carnivals
o MaccabiTenpinTournamentorganiser1992-1995
o Committee Member for Tenpin Bowling Club for past 3 years
Myer Zamek – Tenpin
o Member of Maccabi Tenpin Bowling Club for 48 years
o Servedonthecommitteeforover25years
o CurrentlyVP&activemember
o Previously President for 4 years & held various other roles
Dave Myers – Rugby
o Involved for decades as a club man – helping field set-up, organizing touch games
o Currently manages Maccabi Rugby Team in the Maccabi Touch Football Competition
