Otago Halberg Awards nominees (clockwise from top left) Alice Robinson, Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, Courtney Duncan and Erika Fairweather. Photos: SuppliedFemale athletes dominate the Halberg Award nominations which have been announced today. Women's motocross champion Courtney Duncan and Zoi Sadowski-Synnott, who produced New Zealand's first Snowboarding World Championships gold medal, have both been nominated for High Performance Sport New Zealand sportswoman of the year and are eligible for the Supreme Halberg Award. In the team of the year category, four of the five finalists are female teams with the Black Caps the only male team to earn a nomination. The Black Ferns Sevens, world series champions, the world champion Silver Ferns, the world champion women's rowing eight and the women's rowing double of Olivia Loe and Brooke Donoghue, also world champs, are all finalists for the team award.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 13, 2020 22:52 UTC