PeterMontgomery
- Commentator
Peter Montgomery’s colourful and vibrant commentaries made him "the voice of New Zealand yachting". Through the 1980s and 1990s, Montgomery played a major part in the sport’s move to mass popularity downunder, and had a central role in radio and TV coverage of Team New Zealand’s campaigns to win the America’s Cup. On dry land, he made the Eden Park sideline his own over two decades of rugby coverage.
Screenography
Biography
Commentator Peter Montgomery revolutionised media coverage of yachting. Detractors accused him of never using one word where three would do, and of being able to find high drama in a tug tying up at a wharf. But possibly only his boyhood idol, rugby commentator Winston McCarthy, has had as much impact on the sport he covered.
Awards
2003 New Zealand Sports Journalists Association Awards
SPARC Lifetime Contribution to Journalism through Sport
1995 Member of the Order of the British Empire
For services to sports broadcasting
“...that Peter Montgomery enjoyed himself and had a bit of sun in his heart and his voice.”