For a list of the Historical Awards up to the end of 2025 click here

Barry Green and Marg Watson

2025 Award Winners

2022 Marg Watson and Barry Green 

2021 Pamela Walter

2013 Tricia Summerfield (also Honorary Life Member of the MSWA)

2004 Lynda Joachim (founder and initial President).

Life Members

AWARDS

Kevin Wren Award: Barry Green

Runner Up: Mike Haederle

The Kevin Wren Award is awarded to the champion male swimmer who achieves the most points during the year from any 3 Club Challenges (CCs), together with the State Swim calculated on the basis of 4, 3, 2, 1 (for first, second, third, and a completed swim respectively). For each CC a maximum of 3, and for the State swim, a maximum of 5 individual swims can be taken into account. The trophy was donated by Audrey Wren in memory of her late husband Kevin.

Cliffe Webb Award: Mike Haederle

Runner Up: Helen Austin

The Cliffe Webb Award is awarded to the champion swimmer who achieves the most points from the State Championships and our hosted ABCCC meet. Winners of the Kevin Wren and Lynda Joachim awards in the same year are not eligible for this award. Calculation is on the basis of 4, 3, 2, and 1 for first, second, third and a completed swim respectively. For the CC a maximum of 3, and for the State swim, a maximum of 5 individual swims can be taken into account. Inaugurated in 2002, the trophy was donated by Cliffe Webb, who joined the Club on a visit from the UK and who continues to enjoy his association with the club.

Lynda Joachim Award: Audrey Bullough

Runner Up: Pamela Walter

Lynda Joachim Award is awarded to the champion female swimmer who achieves the most points during the year from any 3 Club Challenges (CCs), together with the State Swim calculated on the basis of 4, 3, 2, 1 (for first, second, third, and a completed swim respectively). For each CC a maximum of 3, and for the State swim, a maximum of 5 individual swims can be taken into account. This award is named after Lynda Joachim, Snappers' first president and first life member.

Founder’s Award: Heather Rhebok

Runner Up: Natasha Kedgley

The Founders’ Award is presented to the swimmer, not in the first calendar year of club membership, who has not won any of the awards based on points achieved through swimming in the period of 5 years up to and including the year of the award, and whose swimming performance shows the most commitment and greatest improvement over the year. This shall be measured by allocating points for all timed pool swims, except inaugurals, as follows:

a. Personal best time (PB) – 3 pts

b. Improved personal age-group best (PAB) 1pt 

Beatie Norris Award: Cas Brown

Runner Up: Bill Woodhouse

The Beatie Norris Endurance Award is the latest addition to the Club’s array of annual awards. It is presented to the swimmer who achieves the highest number of points in the Endurance1000 program. Each swimmer gains 2 points for each e1000 swim they complete regardless of speed. They are then awarded bonus points for each swim increasing with age. Pamela Walter and her sisters donated the trophy for the Beatie Norris Endurance Award in honour of their mother who was a Club member for 18 years. Beatie died in 2014.

President’s Award: Natasha Kedgley

The President’s Award is selected by the President and awarded to a Club member who has made an outstanding contribution to the administration and/or development of the Club.

Participation Award: Helen Austin

The Participation Award is presented annually to the member who actively participates in the most training sessions, club swims and Act Belong Commit Club Challenges, either as a swimmer, official or helper. This award also recognizes the extra and special efforts contributed by the recipient in their own time to advance the club’s ideals.

Stadium Masters Endurance Star Awards

The Endurance Star Awards were inaugurated in 2000 to encourage more Club members to participate in and benefit from endurance swims, even though they may not be proficient in all strokes. A One Star Endurance Award is given to anyone who completes the 14 swims in the Vorgee Endurance 1000 program (five x 400 m, five x 800 m, and one each of 1500m, half hour, three quarter hour and one hour) in any one of the three major strokes, freestyle, backstroke or breaststroke. A Two Star Endurance Award is given for completing the 14 swims in two strokes and a Three Star Endurance Award for completion in three strokes. From 2007, Four and Five Star Awards are available for swimmers who also complete the endurance Individual Medley and Butterfly swims. Speed is not a factor and there is no element of competition. 

1 Star Award: 

2 Star Award: Audrey Bullough, Anne Edmondson, Pamela Walter (Freestyle and Backstroke)

Bill Woodhouse (Freestyle and Breastroke)

3 Star Award: Cas Brown (Freestyle, Backstroke and Breaststroke)

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