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Awards & Honour Board

Tasmanian Awards

ADMINISTRATOR/SPORTS PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR
2014: Greg Rowlings
2015: Michael Denney
2016: Nick Hutton
2017: Greg Rowlings
2018: William 'Bill' Brown
2019: Oliver Burnell
2021: Michael Vincent
2022: Amy Potter
2023: Peter Watson

CLUB OF THE YEAR - CATEGORY A
Derwent Sailing Squadron

CLUB OF THE YEAR - CATEGORY B
Sandy Bay Sailing Club

CLUB OF THE YEAR
2014: Wynyard Yacht Club and Sandy Bay Sailing Club
2015: Wynyard Yacht Club
2016: Sandy Bay Sailing Club
2017: Midway Point Yacht Club
2018: Port Dalrymple Yacht Club
2019: Wynyard Yacht Club
2020: Wynyard Yacht Club
2021: Bellerive Yacht Club
2022: Wynyard Yacht Club

COACH OF THE YEAR
2016: Rohan Langford
2017: Richard Scarr
2018: Elliott Noye
2019: Michael Darby
2020: Lizzi Rountree 
2021: Rohan Langford
2023: Rohan Langford

FEMALE SAILOR OF THE YEAR
2010: Lucy Shephard and Amelia Catt
2012: Team Archie (Colleen Darcey, Caroline Walker, Sally Rattle, Heather McCallum, Lauren Davison, Sarah Baldwin and Michelle Edwards)
2013: Jessie Atherton and Katherine Maher
2014: Amelia Catt
2015: Amelia Catt
2016: Jasmin Galbraith and Chloe Fisher
2017: Alice Buchanan
2018: Joanna Breen, Jasmin Galbraith and Chloe Fisher (joint winners)
2019: Jessie Andrewartha
2020: Claire Cunningham 
2021: Kirsty Salter
2022: Amelia Catt
2023: Dervla Duggan

INSTRUCTOR OF THE YEAR
2016: Oliver Burnell
2017: Jeremy Parker
2018: Josh Ragg and Mike Darby (joint winners)
2019: Gregory Rowsell
2020: Joshua Ragg
2021: Oliver Hugo
2022: Magnus McIndoe
2023: Lucy Rees

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
2020: Robert ‘Biddy’ Badenach AM
2021: Gilbert Leitch
2022: Peter Read
2023: Don Calvert

MALE SAILOR OF THE YEAR
2010: Alec Bailey
2012: Robbie Gough
2013: Matthew Bugg
2014: Andrew Hunn
2015: Matthew Bugg
2016: Matthew Bugg
2017: Matthew Bugg
2018: Michael Cooper
2019: Sam Tiedemann
2020: Brett Cooper
2021: Chris Symonds
2022: Chris Symonds
2023: Will Sargent

OFFICIAL OF THE YEAR
2019: Ian Ross
2020: Ian Ross
2021: Murray Jones
2023: Peter Maree

TEAM OF THE YEAR
2023: SB20 Ares Racing Team

OFFSHORE SAILOR OF THE YEAR (The Bennetto Medal) 
2013: Sean Langman
2014: Stewart Geeves
2015: Duncan Hine and Phillip Turner
2016: Paul Einoder
2017: Richard Grant and David Graney (joint winners)
2018: Joanna Breen and Peter Brooks
2020: Greg Prescott
2021: Duncan Hine
2022: Rob Gough & John Saul

PARA SAILOR OF THE YEAR
2010: Craig Escott
2012: Matthew Bugg
2013: Robert Eadie
2014: Matthew Bugg
2015: Chris Symonds
2016: Matthew Bugg
2017: Chris Symonds
2018: Chris Symonds
2019: Chris Symonds
2020: Chris Symonds
2021: Chris Symonds
2022: Chris Symonds
2023: Chris Symonds

SHESAILS AWARD
2019: Alison Viner
2020: Felicity Allison & Jill Abel
2021: Combined Clubs Womens Keelboat Regatta Working Group (Coleen Darcey, Clare Brown, Jill Abel, Claire Cunningham, Jacinta Cooper, Sandy McManus and Kate Legg).
2022: Wynyard Yacht Club - Manuela Klinger, Jessie Andrewartha, Penny Tassicker & Mia Lomas
2023: Bellerive Yacht Club SheSails

SPORTS PROMOTION AWARD
2019: Darren Flanagan
2020: Tasmanian Sharpies Association 
2021: Jane Austin
2022: Chris Symonds
2023: Derwent Sailing Squadron Media and Promotion Team

SUSTAINABILITY AWARD
2019: Sophie Ciszek

VOLUNTEER AWARD
2010: Chris Sheehan
2012: Brian Freeman and Scott Price
2013: Phillipa Calvert and William “Bill” Brown AM
2014: Mick Purdon
2015: Michael Vincent, Mike Darby, Tom Bain
2016: Stuart Hamilton
2017: Michelle Edwards (Denney) and Michael Gluskie (joint winners)
2018: Paul Gray, Ken Gourlay, Jane Austin and WYC Sailability Volunteers. (joint winners)
2019: Scott Ragg
2020: Manuela Klinger
2021: Stephen Pink
2022: Jennifer Potter
2023: Manuela Klinger

YACHTING PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
2012: Matthew Bugg
2013: Greg Prescott
2014: Lloyd Clark
2015: Greg Rowlings
2016: Hughie Lewis
2017: Graeme Wood and Anna Cerneaz
2018: Stephen Catchpool

YOUTH SAILOR OF THE YEAR
2010: Christopher Jones, Rohan Langford and Elliott Noye
2012: Anna Vaughan
2013: Sam Tiedemann and Hugo Allison
2014: Sam King
2015: Jock Calvert
2016: Sam Abel and Hugo Allison
2017: Brendan Crisp and Daniel Maree
2018: Jasmin Galbraith and Chloe Fisher
2019: William Sargent
2020: Ethan Galbraith & Charlie Zeeman
2021: Nick Jones
2022: Adelaide O'Donoghue
2023: Faye Read