Honour Board

Club Award Winners

The annual awards are presented each year at the annual Christmas party and acknowledge outstanding achievements and contributions to the club.

Click here if you want to find out more information about the awards or to see how the awards are decided.

Year	OWS Award	Swimmer of the Year	Most Improved	Coach's Award	Outstanding Contribution
2003	Kelli Van de Water
2004	Ebony Ebenwaldner
2005	Allison Devine
2006	Dale Kendall
2007	Ann Hutchings
2008	Mal Winder
2009	Ann Hutchings	Narelle McIntyre	Sonia Halsvik	Steve Thompson	Sonia Halsvik
2010	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Kirilee Chaplin	Jen Rees	David Scott	Peter Ebenwaldner
2011	Sarah Byron	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Raelene Warren	David Scott	Shane Quirk
2012	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Victoria Greenhan	David Scott	Mal Winder
2013	Greg Chaplin	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Eric Van Toor	Jan Gooey	Greg Chaplin
2014	Sarah Byron	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Manisha Brown	Brendan Gray	Jen Veres & Jan Gooey
2015	Aurel Wachter	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Daniel Gould	Oliver Hutt
2016	Aurel Wachter	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Tracey Gottliebsen	David Scott	Manisha Brown
2017	Aurel Wachter	Molly Thwaites	John Barton & Rod Stone	Julian Prendergast
2018	Molly Thwaites	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Scott Beesley	Greg Chaplin
2019	Molly Thwaites	Ebony Ebenwaldner	John Barton	Julian Prendergast
2020	Aurel Wachter	(not awarded due to COVID stopping training & events this year)
2021	Ebony Ebenwaldner
2022	Greg Chaplin
2023	Greg Chaplin
2024	Greg Chaplin

Previous Executive Committees & Coaches

Year	President	Vice-Pres.	Secretary	Treasurer	Registrar	Coach
2001	Greg Bailey	(vacant)	Jan Williams	Greg Chaplin	Lee Chaplin	Nigel Krieger
2002	Kelli Van de Water	Jan Williams	Tania Graham	Greg Chaplin	Lee Chaplin	Nigel Krieger
2003	Jan Williams	Sandra Jackson	Jan Gooey	Megan Gooey	Andrew Hollas	Nigel Krieger, Stewart Nicoll
2004	Dale Kendall	Sandra Jackson	Jan Williams	Megan Gooey	Andrew Hollas	Stewart Nicoll
2005	Sandra Jackson	Dale Kendall, Peter Ebenwaldner	Greg Chaplin	Narelle McIntyre	Greg Chaplin	Stewart Nicoll, Ebony Ebenwaldner
2006	Sandra Jackson	Peter Ebenwaldner	Ann Hutchings	Narelle McIntyre	Greg Chaplin	Ebony Ebenwaldner
2007	Peter Ebenwaldner	Ann Hutchings	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Narelle McIntyre	Greg Chaplin	Ann Hutchings
2008	Peter Ebenwaldner	Ann Hutchings	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Narelle McIntyre	Greg Chaplin	Gloria Hardy, Ebony Ebenwaldner
2009	Peter Ebenwaldner	Ann Hutchings	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Sonia Halsvik	Greg Chaplin	Ebony Ebenwaldner
2010	Greg Chaplin	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Peter Ebenwaldner	Sonia Halsvik	Susan Kempson	Ebony Ebenwaldner
2011	Mal Winder	Ebony Ebenwaldner	Greg Chaplin	David Scott	Susan Kempson	Ebony Ebenwaldner
2012	Mal Winder	Peter Ebenwaldner	Greg Chaplin	David Scott	Susan Kempson	Frank Haas
2013	Mal Winder	Jen Veres	Greg Chaplin	David Scott	Susan Kempson	Frank Haas, Jen Veres
2014	Mal Winder	Jen Veres	Greg Chaplin	David Scott	Susan Kempson	Frank Haas, Jen Veres
2015	Oliver Hutt	Jen Veres	Greg Chaplin	David Scott	Susan Kempson	Jen Veres, Sean Chaplin
2016	Oliver Hutt	Jen Veres	Greg Chaplin	David Scott	Susan Kempson	Jen Veres, Sean Chaplin
2017	Oliver Hutt	Jen Veres	Ryan Impey	Greg Chaplin	Susan Kempson	Jen Veres, Sean Chaplin
2018	Manisha Brown	Jen Veres	Yolande van Oosten	Greg Chaplin	Susan Kempson	Jen Veres, Sean Chaplin Stewart Nicoll
2019	Manisha Brown	Jen Veres	Yolande van Oosten	Greg Chaplin	Susan Kempson	Stewart Nicoll, Sean Chaplin, Jen Veres
2020	Jen Veres	(vacant)	Yolande van Oosten	Greg Chaplin	Susan Kempson	Jen Veres, Lee Chaplin
2021	Jen Veres	(vacant)	Yolande van Oosten	Greg Chaplin	Susan Kempson	Lee Chaplin
2022	Jen Veres	Kathryn Marmara-Stewart	Olivia Nicholson	Greg Chaplin	Lee Chaplin	Lee Chaplin
2023	Jen Veres	Kathryn Marmara-Stewart	Olivia Nicholson	Greg Chaplin	Lee Chaplin	Lee Chaplin, Karly Webb, Nichola Thamel
2024	Jen Veres	Kathryn Marmara-Stewart	Olivia Nicholson	Greg Chaplin	Lee Chaplin	Fletcher Kainz, Greg Chaplin

Committee Service Honour Board

The service awards acknowledge the contribution these people have made to the club by serving on the committee.

	5 years	10 years	15 years	20 years	Life Member
Greg Chaplin	2005	2010	2015	2020	2014
Jan Williams	2005	2010	2015		2014
Jan Gooey	2005	2010	2015	2020	2015
David Scott	2012	2017
Susan Kempson	2014	2019
Jen Veres	2017	2022
Kathryn Marmara-Stewart	2018	2023
Tania Graham	2006
Sandra Jackson	2006
Narelle McIntyre	2007
Ann Gibbs	2008
Ebony Ebenwaldner	2010
Peter Ebenwaldner	2011
Mal Winder	2012
Manisha Brown	2019
Andy Coppa	2021
Lee Chaplin	2024

How the awards are decided

OWS Award

The Casey Seals Open Water Swimming Award is a perpetual crystal trophy awarded to the member who has got the most points from their open water swimming races over the last year, from 1 May to 30 April the following year.

To see how the points are calculated (and to see the fantastic trophy), go to the Open Water Swimming Award page.

Swimmer Of The Year

The Casey Seals Swimmer Of The Year is based on the FINA points system. FINA points are calculated using a formula which compares your time to the world record for that event for your age.

FINA Points = 1000 x ( World Record / Time Swum ) ^ 3

For events that are not recognised by FINA (and therefore do not have a world record) but which have a Masters Swimming Australia national record (eg. 800m backstroke), we plug the time into our FINA points calculator using the national record adjusted by the average difference between all world and national records. This way the long distance form-stroke swimmers are not disadvantaged.

Each member's points are tallied and the average is taken for their top 3 swims for the calendar year.

The Swimmer Of The Year is the person who has the highest average points.

Most Improved

This is awarded by the coaches to the person that they consider has shown the greatest improvement in their swimming over the last year.

Coach's Award

Like the Most Improved, this is selected by the coaches but unlike that award, this one has no specific criteria. It is meant to recognise a number of factors mostly based around training sessions, including attitude, effort, encouragement of other swimmers, etc, but these are just loose guidelines and the choice is totally up to the coaches.

Outstanding Contribution

This is presented to someone who has made an outstanding contribution to the club in the last year. This could be for one single act, or a maybe for a continuous effort over the entire year. Note that a committee member who has done their job well over the year does not merit getting this - it would only be if they have gone far beyond what is expected of their position.

It is awarded only if someone has made an outstanding contribution, so it will not necessarily be presented each year.