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Official of the Year
2025 Community Winner - Marlissa Howard, Netball
2025 Performance Winner - Michelle Woolf, Gymnastics
Marlissa Howard excelled as a top netball umpire, joining the NNZ National Umpire Squad in 2024, officiating ANZP and SHNL games, including the SHNL Grand Final as well as the Netball World Youth Cup Oceania Qualifiers. As an umpire coach, assessor, and Wellington Centre Umpire of the Year, she inspires and develops others nationally and internationally.
In 2024/25, Michelle Woolf judged at the Cairo and Osijek World Cups, and the Paris Olympic Games, served as Control Judge at NZ Nationals, and co-wrote the 2025–2028
NZ Code of Points. As Hutt Valley Gymnastics Director, she mentors nationwide, earning Official and Supreme Awards for her leadership and excellence.
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