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2019 ROWER OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Congratulations to all the Award Winners and Nominees

Recipients of the 2019 Rower of the Year Awards included:

  • Oarsman of the Year – Josh Hicks (Swan River Rowing Club)
  • Oarswoman of the Year – Annabelle McIntyre (Fremantle Rowing Club)
  • Age Oarsman of the Year – Hamish Henriques (West Australian Rowing Club)
  • Age Oarswoman of the Year – Giorgia Patten (West Australian Rowing Club)
  • Female Masters Rower of the Year - Kate Wall (University of WA Boat Club)
  • Male Masters Rower of the Year - Daniel Real (Curtin University Boat Club)
  • Coach of the Year – Jamie Hewlett (WAIS)
  • Club Coaches of the Year – Lachlan Chapman (Swan River Rowing Club) and Jo Boserio (Curtin University Boat Club)
  • Volunteer of the Year – Megan Franey (Curtin University Boat Club)
  • Official of the Year – Dean Steadman
  • Rowing WA Volunteer of the Year – Lynne Bayliss

Pennant Awards were won by:

  • Overall Premiership Pennant – University of WA Boat Club
  • Champion Club of the Year – University of WA Boat Club
  • A Grade Pennant – Swan River Rowing Club
  • B Grade Pennant – University of WA Boat Club
  • C Grade Pennant – University of WA Boat Club
  • Novice Pennant - University of WA Boat Club
  • Masters Pennant – University of WA Boat Club
  • Head Race Pennant – Swan River Rowing Club
  • Novice Sculling Award – Fremantle Rowing Club

 

CLUB VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

The Club Volunteer of the Year Award recognises the outstanding efforts of an individual who has contributed significantly to the benefit of a Rowing Club in Western Australia over the past 12 months

Nominees for 2019 Club Volunteer of the Year are:

  • Susan March, Perth Rowing Club
  • Tony Beech, ANA Rowing Club
  • Mario Lo Presti, Fremantle Rowing Club
  • Jann Boere, Swan River Rowing Club
  • Megan Franey, Curtin University Boat Club

This is always a really tough award to decide and although we acknowledge all of the nominees and other volunteers who make an invaluable contribution to our sport, the winner of this year’s 2019 Club Volunteer of the Year is:

Megan Franey from Curtin University Boat Club

A truly deserving recipient of this Award, Megan gives one hundred percent commitment to the Curtin University Boat Club. Megan is the clubs marketing and communications manager and was also on the social committee for CUBC’s 50th year celebration. Further to this she plays a large part in organising a range of club events and regattas, as well as coaching at the club 2-3 times a week!

On top of all of this Megan is also the club’s photographer at all regattas and does a fantastic job at providing quality images for the club, with her work shared by Rowing WA are many occasions.

 

 

CLUB COACH OF THE YEAR

This Award is for a coach who has the most outstanding performance demonstrated by the success of his/her crews and his/her contribution to rowing coaching at club level. Nominations are taken from Clubs and affiliated members within the rowing community.

Nominees for 2019 Club Coach of the Year are:

  • Catriona Walker, West Australian Rowing Club
  • Vanessa Grant, Perth Rowing Club
  • Jo Boserio, Curtin University Boat Club
  • Lachlan Chapman, Swan River Rowing Club
  • Tom Gatti, Fremantle Rowing Club
  • Nicholas Wynne, Curtin University Boat Club

For all those coaches nominated tonight and those that haven’t. Coaching is the backbone of this sport at all levels. You are the glue that holds everything together and we take our hat off to you all.  But the winner of the 2019 Club Coach of the Year is:

Lachlan Chapman from the Swan River Rowing Club

AND

Jo Boserio from the Curtin University Boat Club

For the first time ever we have a dual winner. The selection panel could not split Lachlan and Jo when deliberating and believed that both coaches deserved to be recognised for their outstanding efforts and commitment this season.

Over the past season Lachlan has portrayed a huge commitment to the Swan River Rowing Club, consistently coaching 5 mornings per week. On top of this he attended all Pennant and All Schools regattas to not only organise his own crews but to assist the rest of the club in the boat park. His hard work paid off with 31 of 44 All Schools crews coached by Lachie reached A finals, winning 13 medals (6 golds, 2 silvers and 5 bronzes. At the State Champs 18 crews qualified for A finals winning 8 medals (2 gold, 2 silver and 4 bronzes). Lachie’s versatility as a coach was on display this year coaching learn to row programs at the club but also assisting a year 11 rower to selection in the State Pathway VIII.

Equally as impressive is Jo Boserio from the Curtin University Rowing Club. Jo committed over 300 hours of direct coaching in the past year attending all school, masters, pennant and head race regattas. On top of the being the Head Coach and Coordinator of the All Saints College rowing program she also coached the Curtin Uni Boat Club novice men’s squad who she developed from complete novices to dully competitive members. Jo also assisted with the coaching of the CUBC Masters Womens crew which saw her take the CUBC Women’s D8 crew to a second place finish at the 2018 Head of the Yarra. Jo’s love for coaching is continually on display through her passion to assist with the clubs learn to row programs.

 

ROWING WA VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

Similar to the last award, the Rowing WA Volunteer of the Year Award recognises the outstanding efforts of an individual who has contributed above and beyond to Rowing at Association/State level over the past 12 months

And although there are a few individuals extremely deserving of this award the winner of the 2019 Rowing WA Volunteer of the Year is:

Lynne Bayliss

The work Lynne has done this year assisting the RWA office in assisting with the regatta volunteer program has been invaluable. The success of this initiative has a lot to do with Lynnes work. As well as being responsible for the training and upskilling of Boat Race Officials Lynne also officiated at almost every regatta this season

 

COACH OF THE YEAR

This Award is for a coach who has the most outstanding performance demonstrated by the success of his/her crews and his/her contribution to rowing coaching in Western Australia generally for the period from the day following 2018 State Championships to the end of the 2019 State Championships.

Nominees for 2019 Coach of the Year are:

  • Rhett Ayliffe, Australian U23 Doubles (Women) Coach
  • Joe Tamigi, Australian U23 Fours (Women) Coach
  • Mark Beer, Australian U23 Pairs (Men) Coach
  • Jamie Hewlett, Australian Junior Doubles (Men) Coach
  • Stefano Balosso, Australian Junior Doubles (Women) Coach

The winner of the 2019 Coach of the Year is:

Jamie Hewlett from WAIS

Jamie oversees the WA pathways program, which incorporates going out on the water with school coaches and identifying future potential talent, organising selection, training & competition for the Pathway 8’s, with the men’s pathway eight winning in 2019. He coordinates the Talent ID program and has been one of the key drivers in many nation-wide pathway initiatives run by Rowing Australia. Jamie had a big part to play in WA having their largest number of underage athletes selected on national teams this year since 2001. Jamie also assisted with the consolidation of the pathway camp relationship with South Australia with WA athletes going to South Australia in late 2018 and South Australian and Tasmanian athletes being part of the return leg in Western Australia a few months ago.

Further to all of this he coached the Australian Junior Men’s Double to a Gold medal at the 2019 Junior World Rowing Championships.

 

Official of the Year

This award recognises those that specifically contribute their time and energy into being a Boat Race Official. As you can imagine there is no shortage of nominees for this award. However the Official of the Year shall be an individual who has attained a level of excellence in the field of technical officiating and whose performance is outstanding.

Nominees for 2019 Official of the Year are:

  • Lynne Bayliss
  • Dean Steadman
  • Jess Bosio
  • Laurie Anderson

And the winner of the 2019 Official of the Year is:

Dean Steadman

Dean has officiated at almost every regatta throughout 2019 despite having two knee reconstructions. Dean covered many roles this season but was the regular President of the Jury and excelled in this role as he provides a calm perspective to most matters. As a previous school coach he understand the younger athletes and has a very positive way of dealing with them on-water during events. In 2019 Dean also undertook extra commitment towards a level 3 BRO qualification.