October edition - The Police Association Victoria

SPORTS AWARDS
Above: Police Association Senior Vice-President John Laird makes the presentation to Leading Senior Constable Chris Dixon, president of the police basketball club.
Good sports cop
well‐earned recognition
Basketball was the star of the show at last month’s
Sports Awards night for the Victoria Police Amateur
Sports and Welfare Society.
Above: Melbourne Renegades coach Simon Helmot.
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The Police Amateur Basketball
Association won the award for most
outstanding team or club of the
past year. The award is sponsored
by The Police Association.
The club’s Detective Sergeant, Cherie Arnell, won
the prize for the most outstanding individual
police sporting or welfare achievement.
She was also nominated as sports or welfare
administrator of the year, an award won by
Steve Rainey of the Victoria Police Cricket Club.
The basketball club was congratulated for its
support of the Blue Ribbon Foundation. It has
the ribbon logo embroidered on its uniforms and
the idea was taken up this year for the uniforms
of all participants from each of the sporting
codes at the World Police and Fire Games.
The Sports and Welfare Society supports
35 clubs covering a range of sports from
fishing to rugby, with the aim of encouraging
police involvement in sport and recreation
and enhancing the image of Victoria Police.
As a shining example, look no further than
Sergeant Adam Vohmann. When he’s not at
the Heidelberg Crime Desk, he’s competing
in ironman triathlons. He trains every day,
often starting at 5am and returning to his
rigorous workout when he finishes work.
He was presented with the $1000 Athlete
Scholarship Award.
He has qualified for the ironman world
championships in Hawaii following his
completion of the Korean ironman event
earlier this year in nine hours and 38 minutes.
Fifty-one years after he died, Jack Evans was
named the 2011 inductee into the Victoria