KYLE Higginbotham is the winner of the 2019 Merbein & District Community Bank, 97.9 Triple M Northern Mallee Sports Star of the Year for the month of July. 

Higginbotham, 20, was nominated by his home club of Ataru International Taekwondo.

Higginbotham attended the United ITF Open Victorian Championships in late July. 

He competed in both sparring and patterns where he won gold in...