Thank you everyone who attended prize giving on Friday, it was a great night and a fantastic way to celebrate a challenging but extremely rewarding season. Below are the nominees and prize winners. We also got to see for the first time our fantastic new trophy cabinet which was kindly funded by the WRC Alumni and Life Members.

Novice Women’s Cup for Most Promising Club Woman Novice

The criteria for the Most Promising Novice awards are rowers who, by their ability and attitude are likely, in the eyes of their coaches to progress a long way in rowing.

Winner: Jamie Balmer - Vic

Novice Men’s Cup for Most Promising Club Novice Man

The criteria for the Most Promising Novice awards are rowers who, by their ability and attitude are likely, in the eyes of their coaches to progress a long way in rowing.

Winner: Angel Lara-Dixon

Nominees: Max Jordan, Riley Barret

Vice Presidents’ Cup for Most Improved Rower Not in the Novice Grade

Awarded to the rower who is not a novice but who has shown the most improvement in rowing technique, ability and attitude during the season.

Winner: Kyla Day

Nominees: Jack Morris, Josh Palmer, Alison Faulls, Anna Dudley

Best Club Male Rower

The key criteria for Best Rower Awards are “boat movers” – rowers who through good rowing technique, attitude to training and racing can move a boat quickly.  They are a role model for their fellow crew members.

Winner: Max Newton

Nominees: Tom Bone

Best Club Woman Rower

The key criteria for Best Rower Awards are “boat movers” – rowers who through good rowing technique, attitude to training and racing can move a boat quickly.   They are a role model for their fellow crew members.

Winner: Anna Macquarrie

Nominees: Abi Watts 

The Wellington Rowing Club Masters Cup for Men

"The Masters Awards are awarded to rowers who have encompassed the "spirit" of Masters rowing through their passion for rowing, their support for the club, their attitude to training and their racing success during the season."

Winner: Mark Brown 

Nominees: Jason King, Allan Mills, Richard May

CJ O’Neill Memorial Trophy for Masters Women

"The Masters Awards are awarded to rowers who have encompassed the "spirit" of Masters rowing through their passion for rowing, their support for the club, their attitude to training and their racing success during the season."

Winner: Maria Chandler

Nominees: Jane Harding, Jillian Kennimore 

Victoria University Rowing Club Cup for Underdog of the Year

This award is aimed at those crews who are not necessarily expected to win/make progression on race day but pull a pearler out of the bag and do well regardless.

It is about recognising crews who are out there representing their club for the fun of it and who demonstrate a real passion for the sport regardless of success.

Winners: Grace Wala & Sophie Zhang (GU15 2x)

Onslow College Cup for Most Promising Schoolboy Novice

The criteria for the Most Promising Novice awards are rowers who, by their ability and attitude are likely, in the eyes of their coaches to progress a long way in rowing.

Winner: Oliver Florance 

Nominees: Lachlan McKeown, Matthew Butel 

St Mary’s Cup for Most Promising Schoolgirl Novice

The criteria for the Most Promising Novice awards are rowers who, by their ability and attitude are likely, in the eyes of their coaches to progress a long way in rowing.

Winner: Inano Araiti-Wilson

Nominees: Shontae Kairau-Mathie, Uga Muaiava

Samuel Marsden Collegiate Cup for Best Schoolgirl Rower

The key criteria for Best Rower Awards are “boat movers” – rowers who through good rowing technique, attitude to training and racing can move a boat quickly.   They are a role model for their fellow crew members.

Winner: Rose Holden 

Nominees: Amy Harvey-Green

St Patrick’s College Cup for Best Schoolboy Rower

The key criteria for Best Rower Awards are “boat movers” – rowers who through good rowing technique, attitude to training and racing can move a boat quickly.   They are a role model for their fellow crew members.

Winners: Josh and Ryan 

Peter Delany President’s Trophy for School Crew of the Year

Awarded to the crew who has impressed most during the season by the manner in which they have trained, the competitive standard they have reached and the role model they have provided their fellow rowing club members.

Winners: Onslow BU18 2x 

Nominees: Onslow BU15 4+, B U16 4x+, Int 2x – Kyla and Ciara

Secretary’s Cup for Most Dedicated School Rower 

Awarded to the school rower or coxswain who has shown dedication throughout the year, not only to rowing but also to the club and club activities (boat loading, etc.)

Winners: Josh Cassidy 

Nominees: Jacob Butel, Maia Wharakura

Best Coxswain

Awarded to the coxswain who worked with the crew and coach throughout the season, who could act as the coach of the crew at training and during a race, who could motivate a crew and who could be relied upon to steer a straight course.

Winner: Ella Greenslade 

Nominees: Ngaio Reid. Dylan Maynard

The Brent Hazelwood Memorial Trophy for Supporter of the Year 

Awarded to the supporter who has consistently contributed to the well-being and functioning of the club and its members throughout the season.

Winner: Anne Marie Cassidy 

Nominees: Dan O’Hagan

Hazelwood-Lawrence Trophy for Outstanding Devotion to Rowing 

This trophy is awarded to the rower or coxswain who, at this stage in his/her rowing career showed outstanding devotion and enthusiasm to the sport throughout the season, who was reliable in attending training sessions, who consistently put in the effort at training and racing, who showed support for his/her crew and coaches and to other crews, coaches and club officials.

Winner: Elizabeth Pittman  

Nominees: Isabella Sharp, Tom Bone, Allan Mills

Crew of the Year

Awarded to the crew who has impressed most during the season by the manner in which they have trained, the competitive standard they have reached and the role model they have provided their fellow rowing club members.

Winners: Women’s Senior 4- 

Nominees: Women’s Club 8+

Manning-Pritchard Trophy for Most Points

Tracey Bates

Article added: Wednesday 12 May 2021