{"id":87800,"date":"2023-02-22T15:36:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T04:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=87800"},"modified":"2023-02-24T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T00:43:08","slug":"sens-honoured-award-named-for-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/sport\/sens-honoured-award-named-for-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sens honoured with award named for friend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">PARALYMPIC representative Noel Sens has received the Bendigo Sports Star\u2019s Faith Leech Achievement award in recognition of his storied career in cycling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sens who represented Australia in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games and won European Championship gold is now a junior coach in the Bendigo region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The award pays tribute to a sporting identity or group and recognises their achievements and service. It bears the name of local swimming legend, Faith Leech.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sens said he was shocked by the award win, but receiving it means even more than just recognition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt feels good, it\u2019s overwhelming,\u201d he said. \u201cThe lady that it\u2019s named after was my bloody friend you know.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cShe was friends with my dad and my wife and my brother-in-law, she was a real family friend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI am just completely honoured, I didn\u2019t think this was going to happen.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sens said he was happy to keep doing what he is doing, and he isn\u2019t fussed with receiving any more honours for his work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ll just keep coaching kids, Bendigo is a great growth development area and I just want to keep doing that,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI don\u2019t care about the fruit, I just like watching people come into the sport and loving it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhenever [up and coming cyclist] Blake Agnoletto wins an award, he thanks Noel Sens. I don\u2019t even want that, but it is fantastic and that\u2019s enough for me.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARALYMPIC representative Noel Sens has received the Bendigo Sports Star\u2019s Faith Leech Achievement award in recognition of his storied career in cycling. Sens who represented Australia in the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games and won European Championship gold is now a junior coach in the Bendigo region. 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