Congratulations to all the winners from Saturday night's Annual Dinner - here's a quick summary of who won and why.
Reg Day and Glyn Heath Club Member of the Year
The club has grown a lot, and so has the work it takes to run it. So for the first time this award has two recipients:
- Matt Tibbits: whenever a boat, fitting or piece of gear breaks, Matt quietly gets it fixed, and often comes back on Monday to finish the job. Most of us never see it - we just find the boat ready to go.
- Alec Monger: our volunteer whisperer. At every regatta and event the right number of volunteers turn up and know what they're doing. He does this on top of being club secretary, coaching the Dev Squad and helping run our regattas, catering included.
Points awards
These go to the member with the most points across the season's Rowing WA regattas (Masters, Pennants, All Schools, Head Races and Beach Sprints).
- Geoff Hale Rower of the Year: Spencer LeCoultre (runner-up Sofia Lozyk)
- Alex Murphy Junior Rower of the Year: Spencer LeCoultre (runner-up Sofia Lozyk). Spencer put his hand up for every seat going, and at States he, Aidan, Alex and Marco (coxed by Bella) took third in the quad final by 0.07 of a second.
- Brian Tonkin Coxswain of the Year: Kay Jansen (runner-up Courtney Brennan)
- Masters Rower of the Year: Mary Cameron (runner-up Sophie Pilot)
Coaches' awards
- Novice Rower of the Year: Jindalae Skerman - two novice medals at Masters States, three more novice wins in the lead-up regattas, and part of the winning State Indoor Rowing Championship relay team.
- Most Improved Rower of the Year: Alex Ward - he only learnt to sweep in January and now sits in the 7 seat of the junior boys' eight.
Junior scholarships (Junior Boys and Girls)
- Alex Ward: for three years he's done Phil's singles sessions on top of his junior training, and this season he earned his seat in the eight.
- Bella Melbin: a regular volunteer cox for John Walters' Saturday sweep sessions (one of our eights rated her one of the best coxes they've had), and she's completed her Level 1 coaching course.
If you see them around the shed, give them a quick "congratulations" - they've earned it.