LJ Hooker Reg Cowden Memorial Sports Star of the Year Awards – June 2019

The winners of the LJ Hooker Reg Cowden Memorial Sports Star of the Year Awards for the month of June 2019 have been announced by Lithgow City Council.

Mayor of Lithgow, Councillor Ray Thompson announced Kye Cameron (Rugby League) as the winner of the Junior Award for June 2019.

Kye was selected to play for the under 15’s combined NSW/ QLD Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders invitation side and was coached by former NRL Players Tom Leeroy Laars and Dean Widders. Kye competed in the Australian Schoolboys u/15 Championship held in June over 5 days in Redcliffe, Queensland.

Kye and the team were successful in making it into the final for the John Allen Trophy in which they beat the Victorian State Team 20 to 14. Kye was named man of the match and most valuable player for his team during the tournament.

The Senior Award for June 2019 was won by Shannon Legge (Women’s League Tag).

Shannon was selected for the Group 10 Women’s League Tag Team to compete in the Western Rams Representative Cluster held in Forbes.

Shannon and the team defeated both Castlereagh and Group 11 at the Cluster and gave the Group 10 side its 7th Western Rams Championship Trophy in a row.

 “Council extends its congratulations to Kye & Shannon on their achievements, and further encourages the community and local sporting organisations to submit nominations for these awards” concluded Mayor Cr Ray Thompson.

Nominations for outstanding sporting achievements in July 2019 will be accepted by Lithgow City Council until 13th August 2019. Nomination forms can be obtained by contacting Council’s Customer Service Department on (02) 6354 9999, or can be downloaded from council’s website http://council.lithgow.com/sports-star-awards/