Basketballer Max de Geest won the main award at the Waitaki sports awards in Oamaru last night. De Geest won the junior sportsman of the year award for his efforts with the round ball and then went on to win the main award. De Geest was a member of the Junior Tall Blacks side which finished second at the Asian junior championships last year. Swimmer Tarona Taafaki won the award for female emerging talent award and karate exponent Camden Budge won the male emerging talent award. The official in sport award was given to Nick Webster, who made his rugby refereeing debut at Mitre 10 Cup level last year.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 18, 2019 15:33 UTC