Socceroos score big with fans
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Socceroos score big with fans
The Socceroos have taken out the hotly contested Team Performance of the Year award ahead of Geelong Cats, Melbourne Storm, Melbourne Vixens and Queensland's State of Origin team at the 2009 Sports Performer Awards which were held in Sydney.
The award caps off an outstanding year for the Socceroos after qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June, reaching 14th in the FIFA world rankings in September, their highest ever position, and holding the position of the top ranked team in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the past 12 months .
Socceroos head coach Pim Verbeek was been nominated in the Coach Performer of the Year category but lost out to champion horse trainer Bart Cummings, whilst Young Socceroo Ben Kantarovski was nominated in the Young Performer of the Year category which was eventually won by 18-year old West Australian gymnast Lauren Mitchell.
In the major accolade of the evening, triathlete Craig Alexander collected the Sports Performer of the Year Award after his historic back-to-back wins at the Hawaii Triathlon.
The winners of all categories were determined by an online public voting process, with close to 150,000 votes collected.
The award caps off an outstanding year for the Socceroos after qualifying for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in June, reaching 14th in the FIFA world rankings in September, their highest ever position, and holding the position of the top ranked team in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for the past 12 months .
Socceroos head coach Pim Verbeek was been nominated in the Coach Performer of the Year category but lost out to champion horse trainer Bart Cummings, whilst Young Socceroo Ben Kantarovski was nominated in the Young Performer of the Year category which was eventually won by 18-year old West Australian gymnast Lauren Mitchell.
In the major accolade of the evening, triathlete Craig Alexander collected the Sports Performer of the Year Award after his historic back-to-back wins at the Hawaii Triathlon.
The winners of all categories were determined by an online public voting process, with close to 150,000 votes collected.
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Re: Socceroos score big with fans
Got the most stupid nickname too.
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Lol, coming from a guy who calls himself 'Microwave Hamster"Microwave Hamster wrote:Got the most stupid nickname too.
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Firstly it's not a nickname and secondly I don't use it as a name for a national side.
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sorry didn't realise it was your 'real' name - must have been hard at schoolMicrowave Hamster wrote:Firstly it's not a nickname and secondly I don't use it as a name for a national side.
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I'm sorry to hear you had a hard time at school
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Microwave Hamster wrote:I'm sorry to hear you had a hard time at school
not a great comeback expected a bit more
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The wheel is turning but the hamster is pretty much dead
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