The Lonsdale Cup is awarded annually by the New Zealand Olympic Committee (NZOC) to a New Zealand athlete (or team) who has demonstrated the most outstanding contribution to an Olympic or Commonwealth sport during the previous year.[1]

The Lonsdale Cup on display at the New Zealand Olympic Museum

The cup is a scale replica of the original Queen Anne cup of the same design presented by Lord Lonsdale during the 1911 Festival of Empire meeting. Originally won by Canada, it was subsequently given to the British Empire Games Federation to ensure its best use as an Empire Games trophy.

Due to its impractical size and the Federation deciding not to award such a trophy for the Games, the original was melted down in 1934, and smaller scale cups were given to the British Empire Games Associations in existence at the time.

It is on permanent display at the NZOC's New Zealand Olympic Museum, with athletes receiving a scale replica.

Recipients

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New Zealand's Lonsdale Cup has been awarded annually since 1961.[1]

Year Winner Sport
1961 Murray Halberg Athletics
1962 Peter Snell Athletics
1963 Bill Baillie Athletics
1964 Peter Snell Athletics
1965 Don Oliver Weightlifting
1966 Valerie Young Athletics
1967 Dave McKenzie Athletics
1968 Ian Ballinger Shooting
1969 Jeff Julian Athletics
1970 Harry Kent Cycling
1971 Les Mills Athletics
1972 Rod Dixon Athletics
1973 Jack Foster Athletics
1974 Dick Tayler Athletics
1975 John Walker Athletics
1976 Dick Quax Athletics
1978 Rebecca Perrott Swimming
1979 Ian Ferguson Canoeing
1980 Anthony Cuff Cycling
1981 David Barnes
Hamish Willcox
Yachting
1982 Neroli Fairhall Archery
1983 David Barnes
Hamish Willcox
Yachting
1984 Ian Ferguson Canoeing
1985 Ian Ferguson
Paul MacDonald
Canoeing
1986 Anthony Mosse Swimming
1987 Paul MacDonald Canoeing
1988 Bruce Kendall Yachting
1989 Anthony Mosse Swimming
1990 Gary Anderson Cycling
1991 Anna Simcic Swimming
1992 Danyon Loader Swimming
1993 Brenda Lawson Rowing
1994 Stephen Petterson Shooting
1995 Chris White Rowing
1996 Danyon Loader Swimming
1997 Beatrice Faumuina Athletics
1998 Rob Waddell Rowing
1999 Barbara Kendall Yachting
2000 Rob Waddell Rowing
2001 Blyth Tait Equestrian
2002 Sarah Ulmer Cycling
2003 Caroline Evers-Swindell
Georgina Evers-Swindell
Rowing
2004 Sarah Ulmer Cycling
2005 New Zealand rowing team Rowing
2006 Valerie Vili Athletics
2007 Valerie Vili Athletics
2008 Caroline Evers-Swindell
Georgina Evers-Swindell
Rowing
2009 Mahé Drysdale Rowing
2010 Silver Ferns[2][3] Netball
2011 Valerie Adams Athletics
2012 Hamish Bond
Eric Murray
Rowing
2013 Valerie Adams Athletics
2014 Valerie Adams[4] Athletics
2015 Lydia Ko Golf
2016 Lisa Carrington Canoeing
2017 Lisa Carrington[5] Canoeing
2018 Black Ferns sevens[6] Rugby sevens
2019 Silver Ferns[7] Netball
2020 Peter Burling
Blair Tuke[8]
Sailing
2021 Lisa Carrington[9] Canoeing
2022 Zoi Sadowski-Synnott[10] Snowboarding

References

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  1. ^ a b "Lonsdale Cup". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 2 February 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Silver Ferns win Lonsdale Cup". www.rnz.co.nz. 21 December 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Honour for Silver Ferns". www.smh.com.au. 22 December 2010. Retrieved 23 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Athletics: Val Adams wins Lonsdale Cup for a fifth time". The New Zealand Herald. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Lisa Carrington secures Lonsdale Cup for second successive year". Voxy.co.nz. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Black Ferns sevens wins New Zealand Olympic Committee's Lonsdale Cup". Stuff.co.nz. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Silver Ferns win Lonsdale Cup for Netball World Cup triumph". Stuff.co.nz. 5 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  8. ^ "2020 Lonsdale Cup awarded". NZ Olympic committee. NZ Olympic committee. Retrieved 31 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Dame Lisa Carrington wins Lonsdale Cup". RNZ News. 28 January 2022. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  10. ^ Caldwell, Olivia (21 December 2022). "Kiwi snowboarding sensation Zoi Sadowski-Synnott wins Lonsdale Cup". Stuff. Retrieved 21 December 2022.