In some ways it was hard to get the number down to 10.
Black Caps captain Brendon McCullum claimed the top honour at the Otago Sports Awards at the Dunedin Town Hall last night.
An Otago champion was on top of New Zealand sport last night - but not the one you probably expected.
Some familiar faces and some rising stars feature among the finalists for the Otago Sports Awards.
Olympians, not surprisingly, dominate the nominees for the Halberg Awards and Otago athletes feature in the individual, team and promising athletes categories.
The Otago Goldrush's prospects of retaining the title it won last season have been dealt a serious blow with a raft of leading players unavailable.
The Otago Secondary School Sports Association has been recognised for its work in establishing sports councils in Otago secondary schools.
As results go it was hardly unexpected.
It is shaping as one of the most predictable Halberg Award functions in recent memory. The All Blacks will sweep the floor, won't they? Hayden Meikle looks at the contenders for the top gongs.
Track and field athletes were awarded top honours at the University of Otago blues awards ceremony last night.
World champion Hamish Bond was last night rewarded for his unbeaten international record by being named the Otago sportsperson of the year for a second time.
From the Olympic Games in Beijing to the tennis courts of Auckland, items will go under the hammer in a special auction at the Otago Sports Awards on Friday night.
Five world champions, a flying golden girl, a brother-sister combination, a father-son combination and the king of the bowling green. They are among the finalists for the Otago Sports Awards on May 27.
Paralympic gold medal-winning skier Adam Hall and world champion freeskier Jossi Wells were named joint winners of the Central Otago sportsperson of the year award at a ceremony in Wanaka last night.
Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall is well placed to add the Central Otago sportsperson of the year title to his list of sporting awards, when the region's top athletes gather in Wanaka tomorrow night.
Ricki Herbert and his World Cup All Whites football team scored a memorable hat trick at the Halberg Awards in Auckland last night.
Winston Reid's last-minute header for the All Whites against Slovakia at the Fifa World Cup has been voted New Zealand's favourite sporting moment for 2010.
The All Whites shape as the early favourites to sweep the top prizes at the 2010 Halberg Awards.
Maori sportswoman Dayna Turnbull has capped off a tremendous year with a major award.
Support was the real prize on offer at the Prime Minister's Scholarship awards function at the Dunedin Museum last night.