Sebastian Winston Kohlhase (born 22 August 1942) is a former

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er, and is now a prominent sports administrator and businessman in Samoa.Misa Telefon Retzlaff
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Education

Kohlhase attended St Paul's College in

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, New Zealand.

Cricket career

Kohlhase played first-class cricket in New Zealand in the 1960s. He represented

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and

as a

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bowler in nine matches, taking 13 wickets at an average of 32.30 and scoring 107 runs at an average of 9.72.

Sports administration

Kohlhase is president of the

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/ref> and the Samoan English Cricket Association. His work has been recognised by the

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in their annual Development Programme Awards. In the 2002 awards, he was named as volunteer of the year for the East Asia/Pacific region, and he was given the lifetime service award for the region in the 2006 awards. In 2008, he acted as ''Chef de Mission'' for the Samoan team at the Beijing Olympics.Westpac First To Answer Call Of 2008 Olympic Team
/ref> He is also a vice-president of Samoa Softball.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kohlhase, Sebastian 1942 births Living people Auckland cricketers Northern Districts cricketers Samoan cricket administrators People educated at St Paul's College, Auckland Samoan cricketers 21st-century Samoan businesspeople