WRC Prize Giving: Nominees and Winners


CJ O’Neill Memorial Trophy for Masters Women: Winner Jo-Anne Stokes

On Friday 3rd July we finally got the chance to celebrate the success of our 2019-2020 season by recognising our prize winners and nominees. Thank you to everyone who could attend at such short notice, and who helped organise the frivolities that followed. We hope everyone enjoyed themselves! Below is a list of the nominees and winners. Congratulations. 

 

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Nominees and Winners

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 Minna Wilson

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 Daniel Hallam-Eames

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.

Sean O’Connor

Barbara McCallum

Ethan Wildash-Chan

Arie Magasiva

Safi Saini

Ana Dudley

Morgan Smart

Harriet Mills

Winner Sean O’Connor

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.

Sean O’Connor

Finn Pethers-Boak

Oliver Fahey

Max Newton

 

Winner Oliver Fahey

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.

Tracey Bates

Anna Macquarrie

Sarah Wootton

 

Winner Anna Macquarrie

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 John Verstappen

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 Jo-Anne Stokes

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.

Oliver Fahey

Daniel Hallam-Eames and Cameron Shotter

St Pats U16 2X

 

Winner St Pats U16 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.

Jackson Burgess

Jack Jordan

 

Winner Jack Jordan

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.

Charlotte White

Tessa Thomson

Grace Wala

 

Winner Charlotte White

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.

 

Cara McAree

Madison Taylor

Rose Holden

Amy Harvey- Green

 

Winner Rose Holden

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.

Patrick Topp

Arie Magasiva

Josh Clark

Ethan Wildash-Chan

Ryan Calvert

 

Winner Ethan Wildash-Chan

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.

St Mary’s U17 2x 

St Patrick’s U18 4x

Onslow Girls U16 2x

Onslow Boys U17 2x

Onslow Novice 4+

 

Winner St Patricks U18 4X+

 

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.)

Ngaio Reid

Patrick Topp

Zac Woods

Isabella Sharp 

 

Winner Patrick Topp

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.

Ngaio Reid

Angela Holgate

Daniel Chadwick

Rosie Marsh

 

Winner Ngaio Reid

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.

Stevan Magasiva & Meccedes

Maria Chandler

Jason King

 

Winner Stevan & Meccedes Magasiva

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.

Tracey Bates

Max Newton

Bella Gauld

Rosie Marsh

 

 

Winner Rosie Marsh

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.

 

Womens inty 8+

Mens Club 4+

St Pats U18 4X+

 

Winner Womens Intermediate 8+

 

Manning-Pritchard Trophy for Most Points

Sean O’Connor

 

 


Article added: Thursday 09 July 2020

 

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