Award winners and partners together with guests enjoyed a great night at the Club’s annual Presentation Awards night.
Congratulations to the 2023 award winners which are:
Boating
Skipper’s Award: John Giuliano
Navigator’s Award: Anita Giuliano
Fishing:
Heaviest Snapper: John Tsirigos
Heaviest Whiting: John Malempre
Heaviest Salmon: Mark Norris
Heaviest Flathead: Tony Huxham
Heaviest Squid: John Malempre
Heaviest Gummy /
School shark: Mason Verginis
Most unique catch: Herb Lonsing
Game Fishing Award: Toni Hawkens
Ladies Award: Anita Giuliano
Membership
25 Year Members: Peter Currey, John Firth, Marty Jay, John Heron, Noel McNicol, Peter Quinton, Geoffrey Sanguinetti, Christopher Scerri
40 Year Members: Brian Andrews, Kenneth Benson, Graham Burns, Kenneth Caldecott, Richard Coburn, Michael Hale, Daryl Sheilds
50 Year Member: Rob Ungar
JR Kerr Awards
B&C Winner: Gary Tragardh
10th: Wayne Paravicini 9th: Eddie Zahra Equal 7th: Mark Hyland, Brian Willis
6th: Tony Huxham 5th: Steve Lopes 4th: Mark Mackie
3rd: John Giuliano 2nd: Brian McNaughton 1st: Les Sabo
Club Awards
Award of Appreciation: Nick Conidi, Ben Fletcher, Greg Fitz, John Bacon
Respected Member: Roger Hartley
Honorary Life Member: Brian Willis
The night is always an important calendar event, giving all in the room a great reason to celebrate all things good about BMYS and to recognize the great milestones and wins members were able to achieve over the past year.
Guests at this year’s awards included several of the Club’s major sponsors who participated in presenting various awards.
Many thanks to Club Manager Alex Henderson and staff for the great support provided to this event.
Pictures included here are for various award winners and present at the Awards Night. Absent winners will have their awards made available later.
Cover picture – Les Sabo feeling extra good about being presented with the J.R. Kerr Trophy for 2023 by Commodore Michael Busuttil (with 2nd and 3rd placegetters, John Giuliano(left) and Brian McNaughton (right).
