Nesterczuk, Paul Adam

BORN JANUARY 6TH 1971 IN ADELAIDE SOUTH AUSTRALIA he became a winger with the local Falcons club coached by Rusty Smith and then the Blackhawks from 1993, coached by Peter Nixon. He was a state champion in the inaugural Under-13 President's Cup (now Ginsberg) coached by Orville Hildebrand and hosted in his hometown in 1983.

Four years later in 1987, he won the Falcons A-grade incentive award, and was among the club's top scorers by 1992. He went on to represent South Australia in numerous national tournaments including the 1990 Brown Trophy.

He won back-to-back Goodall Cups with the state team in 1990, 1991 and again in 1997. He debuted with the national senior team in the 1992 C-Pool Worlds in England, and represented Australia twice more in the 1993 and 1995 C-Pools in Slovenia and South Africa, respectively. He won Bronze in 1992 at Humberside Ice Arena in Hull, England, contributing to a rare defeat of Hungary by an Australian team, 8-1.

In 2007, at the age of 35, he played with Adelaide Vintage Reds including the Adelaide Olympiad. Today he is a Bridge Manager in Adelaide with the engineering company, UGL Limited.