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Dale Begg-Smith is the Ski and Snowboard Australia Snowsports Athlete of the Year 2004/05. The annual awards were announced at a gala dinner at the Hotel Sofitel, Melbourne, Saturday 30 April.
The competition for the award of the evening was very tight, with Begg-Smith and aerials skier Lydia Ierodiaconou – both rated number two in the world – the main contenders.
At the end of the award was 20 years old, Begg-Smith, as well as finishing runner up in the last World Cup season also claimed a bronze medal at the world championships.
He had started the season ranked 18 in the world, with only 13 World Cup events under his belt, so his rise to world number two has been one of the fastest in the history of sport.
Ierodiaconou won the Best Achievement award of the year for back to back gold medals at Mt Buller in September.
Halfpipe snowboarding star Torah Bright won the Junior Athlete of the Year, while Begg-Smith to coach Steve Desovich was named Coach of the Year.
Media Award in the category, Herald Sun photographer Trevor Pinder won the Best Cinematography the Year for his action shots of Mt Buller in Ierodiaconou.
The Electronic Media Award went to the Seven Network for its coverage of the Mt Buller World Cup.and the print media award was picked up by Daily Telegraph journalist Arthur Stanley.
The event's keynote speaker was the Hon Rod Kemp, Minister for the Arts and Sport. The awards were presented by Mark Adams, Mark Adams Real Estate, Sharry Leanne T-Board Australia, Olympic Committee Secretary General Australian Craig Phillips, president of the OWI Geoff Henke and Ian Johnson Seven Network.
The total prize details:
Snow Sports Athlete of the Year
Snowboard Athlete of the Year – Torah Bright
Freestyle Athlete of the Year – Dale Begg-Smith
Cross Country Athlete of the Year – Paul Murray
Alpine Athlete of the Year – Deane Lucas
Snow Sports Athlete of the Year – Dale Begg-Smith
Junior Athlete of the Year (Sponsored by Australia T-Board)
Freestyle Junior Athlete of the Year – Ramone Cooper
Junior Athlete Cross Country of the Year – Ben Sim
Alpine Junior Sportswoman of the Year – Cream Katya
Snowboard Junior Athlete of the Year – Torah Bright
Junior Athlete of the Year – Torah Bright.
Coach of the Year
Ben Snowboard Nomination Wordsworth
Freestyle Steve Desovich Nomination
Cross Country Nomination Finn Marsland
Appointment of Michael Power Alpes
Coach of the Year – Steve Desovich
Outstanding Achievement of the Year
Andrew Burton Snowboard Nomination
Lydia Nomiration lerodiaconou Freestyle
Appointment of Paul Cross Country Murray
Appointment of the Alps Luke Deane
Outstanding Achievement of the Year – Lydia Ierodiaconou
Club of the Year (Sponsored by Mark Adams Real Estate)
Club de Campo de la Cruz of the Year – Birkebeiner Nordic Ski Club
Snowboard Club of the Year – Perisher Snowboard Squad
Freestyle Club of the Year – Buller team
Alpine Club of the Year – Mount Buller Race Club
Snowsports School Club of the Year (Sponsored by Mark Adams Real Estate)
Victorian Finalist – Bright P-12 College
Finalist NSW – SCECGS Redlands
Snowsports School Club of the Year – Bright P-12
Media Awards
Print the contribution of the media – Arthur Stanley, Daily Telegraph
Best Cinematography of the Year – Trevor Pinder, Herald Sun
Electronic media contribution – Seven Network
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