Sporting excellence
Awards for Sporting Achievements
The City of Randwick is renowned for producing sporting champions. The list of Olympic legends is long and distinguished, as is the list of those who have represented both NSW and Australia through sports such as rugby league, rugby union, netball, surfing and surf life saving.
There are three Award categories:
- Bradley Matthews Memorial Award for Sporting Excellence (for 13-18 year olds)
- Randwick City Junior Sports Award (for 5-12 year olds)
- Randwick City Hall of Sporting Champions (acknowledges local sporting legends)
We encourage you to nominate and help us recognise the sporting talent that is an important part of our City's existing sporting history.
Nominations closed Monday 17 July 2017. Winners will be announced at a reception hosted by the Mayor on Thursday 26 October 2017.
2016 Winners
Bradley Matthews Memorial Award for Sporting Excellence
Since 1979, Randwick Council has acknowledged our finest young athletes with the Bradley Matthews Memorial Award for Sporting Excellence.
This award is open to high school students aged 13 to 18 years who live, attend school or are strongly affiliated with a sporting club within the City of Randwick.
2016 Winner: William Harrison - Rugby Union and Surf Life Saving
Runner-up entrants:
- Danielle Rutstein
- Tiana Goutzas
- Ryan Koenig,
- Lycee Condorcet School
- JIJ Team, Kiera Gazzard
- Senna Gulden
- Tyzac Jordan
- Hayden Pomare
- Ellara Yeoh
Winner, William Harrison, Carol Matthews with Randwick Mayor, Cr Noel D'Souza
Juniors Sports Award
The Randwick City Junior Sporting Award recognises our young sportsmen and women and encourages their dedication and commitment to their chosen sport.
This award was created to acknowledge up and coming young sports stars aged 5 to 12 years.
2016 Male winner: Dylan Katz - Judo
Winner, Dylan Katz with Randwick Mayor, Cr Noel D'Souza and Sports Awards Judge Yvette Rutherford
Runner-up entrants:
- Toby Doyle
- Jake Girdwood-Reich
- Bailey Habler
- Riley Hassey
- Iakov Ivanets
- Malikye Kessie
- Will Punton
- Maximillian Tanner
- Lucas Walker
- Joseph Welling
- Billy Zevetsanos
2016 Female winner: Alexandra Spaska - Judo
Winner, Alexandra Spaska with Randwick Mayor, Cr Noel D'Souza and Sports Awards Judge Marianne McCormick
Runner-up entrants:
- Olivia Cernohorska
- Sophie Ferenczi
- Alice Norbury
- Charlotte Sork
Hall of Sporting Champions Inductees
Council's Hall of Sporting Champions acknowledges sporting legends who were born, or live, in Randwick or have represented Randwick City at state or national level.
Many of those acknowledged have been champions of decades gone by, right up to present day Olympians.
The Randwick City Hall of Sporting Champions board is on display in the foyer of Bowen Library, Maroubra.
Presented under the Seal of Council, these awards acknowledge our finest athletes who join a long list of high-profile winners, including:
- Olympians Jane Saville and Julie Speight
- League legend Jeff Orford
- Rugby legend David Campese
- Surf life saving champion Samantha O'Brien
- Cricketer Simon Katich
- Horse trainer Gai Waterhouse
- Rugby legend Ewan McKenzie
- Olympian Dennis Heussner OAM
Two new athletes were inducted into the Randwick Hall of Sporting Champions in 2016:
- Heather Hawkins – Marathon running
- Robert Dwyer AM – Rugby League
2015 Winners
Bradley Matthews Memorial Award for Sporting Excellence
Since 1979, Randwick Council has acknowledged our finest young athletes with the Bradley Matthews Memorial Award for Sporting Excellence.
This award is open to high school students aged 13 to 18 years who live, attend school or are strongly affiliated with a sporting club within the City of Randwick.
2015 Winner: Lucy McJannett - Swimming
Winner, Lucy McJannett with Randwick Mayor, Cr Noel D'Souza
Runner-up entrants:
- Nora Campbell
- Cormac Guthrie
- Will Harrison
- Valentina Ivanov
- Akira Kelly
- Tamyka Laws
- Taliah Lummow
- Cameron Murray
- Corey Spiteri
- Ryan Teague
- Henry Thornton
Juniors Sports Award
The Randwick City Junior Sporting Award recognises our young sportsmen and women and encourages their dedication and commitment to their chosen sport.
This award was created to acknowledge up and coming young sports stars aged 5 to 12 years.
2015 Male winner: Malikye Kessie - Athletics/Soccer/Surf Lifesaving
Winner, Malikye Kessie with Randwick Mayor, Cr Noel D'Souza and Sports Awards judge Anthony Minichiello
Runner-up entrants:
- Oliver Argent
- Alfie Ashton
- Luka Dimopoulos
- Riley Hassey
- Zac McConnell
- Tom Pinaric
2015 Female winner: Tamsin Colley - Cross Country/Athletics
Winner, Tamsin Colley with Randwick Mayor, Cr Noel D'Souza and Sports Awards judge Cheryl McCormack
Runner-up entrants:
- Heidi Astridge
- Catherine Aulia
- Lily Finati
- Ruby Goto
- Maddison Neill
- Danielle Rutstein
- Lara Sciberras
Complete List of Hall of Sporting Champions Inductees
2015
- Alix Verge - Croquet
- Russell Fairfax - Rugby
2014
- Michael Cheika - Rugby Union
- Tom Denniss – Running
2013
- Sally Bennett - Fencing
- Jeffrey Hunt - Marathon/Distance Running
2012
- Richard Chee Quee - Cricket
- Neville Voigt - Horseracing
- Eric Simms - Rugby League
- Peter Tunks - Rugby League
- Gary Ella - Rugby Union
- Glen Ella - Rugby Union
2011
- Simon Katich - Cricket
- Richard French OAM - Cricket
- Chelsea Pitman – Netball
2010
- George Macris - Handball
2009
- Michael Renford - Distance Swimming
- Gai Waterhouse - Horse Training
2008
- Geoffrey Martin - Athletics/Surf Life Saving
- Mark Scott - Surf Life Saving
- Rick Pendleton - Swimming
2007
- Rohan Blizard - Golf
- Linda Meech - Jockey
- Ron Crawford OAM - Olympic Walk
- Sarah Stewart - Paralympic Basketballer
- Craig Wing - Rugby League
- Kane Heussner - Surf Life Saving
- John Rodgers - Swimming
2006
- Paul Roos - AFL
- Sylvia Donohoe - Golf
- Mark Delevski - Karate
- Brad Fittler - Rugby League
- Luke Ricketson - Rugby League
- Beau Champion - Rugby League
2005
- John Cann - Athletics
- John Russell - Athletics
- David Delevski - Karate
- Joanne Sutton - Netball
- Paul Sait - Rugby League
- Adam Freier - Rugby Union
- Michael Jonson - Touch Football
1998 - 2004
- Geoffrey Lawson - Cricket
- Wally Brown - Kayaking/Surf Life Saving
- Graham Johnson - Kayaking/Surf Life Saving
- Dennis McGuire - Kayaking/Surf Life Saving
- Barry Stuart - Kayaking/Surf Life Saving
- Darren Schott - Rugby League/Surf Life Saving
- Owen Finegan - Rugby Union
- Warwick Waugh - Rugby Union
- Chris Whitaker - Rugby Union
- Matthew Howard - Surfing/Surf Life Saving
- Brett Hawke - Swimming
- Malcolm Allen - Swimming/Surf Life Saving
- Jim Findlay - Swimming/Surf Life Saving
- Natalie Saville - Walking
- Jane Saville - Walking
1998
- Frank Misson - Cricket
- Bill Cook - Horseracing
- Darren Beadman - Horseracing
- John Sattler - Rugby League
- John O'Neill - Rugby League
- Samantha O'Brien - Surf Life Saving
- Celina Hardy - Swimming
- Trevor Cracknell - Swimming/Surf Life Saving
1997
- "Snowy" Baker - All Rounder
- Ewen McKenzie - Rugby Union
- Bob Outterside - Rugby Union
- Simon Poidevin - Rugby Union
- Cyril Towers - Rugby Union
- Mike Cleary - Rugby Union/Rugby League
- Denis Heussner - Surf Life Saving
- Mina Wylie - Swimming
- Jon Donohoe - Swimming/Surf Life Saving
- Ronald McKeon - Swimming/Surf Life Saving
- Greg Rogers - Swimming/Surf Life Saving
- Neil Rogers - Swimming/Surf Life Saving
- Ron Rogers - Swimming/Surf Life Saving
- Jim Gilchrist - Tennis
1996
- Vivienne Ramsey - Dance Sport
- Isabel French - Lawn Bowls
- Marcia Ella-Duncan - Netball
- Leslie Cowie OAM - Rugby League
- John Graves - Rugby League
- Harold Horder - Rugby League
- Albert Treweek - Rugby League
- Benny Wearing - Rugby League
- David Knox - Rugby Union
- Kenneth Catchpole - Rugby Union
- John Le Marseny - Surf Life Saving
- Mark Scott - Surfing/Touch football
- Keith Little - Swimming
- Mary Reitano - Tennis
1995
- Donald Campbell - Athletics
- Alan Cripps - Cricket
- Alec Marks - Cricket
- Dennise Hutton - Golf
- Wayne Harris - Horseracing
- J.W Thompson - Horseracing
- Terese Kennedy - Netball
- Cheryl McCormack - Netball
- Len Holt - Professional Wrestling
- Mervyn Wood LVO MBE QPM - Rowing
- Howard Hallett Snr - Rugby League
- Arthur Hennessy - Rugby League
- Ron Coote - Rugby League
- Jeffrey Sayle - Rugby Union
- Jack Garrett - Squash
- Christopher Gately - Surf Life Saving
- Michael Porra - Surf Life Saving
- Pat Manning - Surf Life Saving
- Tony Seddon - Surfing/Surf life
- Des Renford MBE OHC - Swimming
- Alan Langford - Swimming
- Christopher Harrison - Water Polo
1994
- George Campbell - Athletics
- Sue Mahony - Athletics
- Jack Chegwyn - Cricket
- Lionel Cox - Cycling
- Julie Speight - Cycling
- Harry Berwick MBE - Golf
- Sharon (Gilligan) Jack-Carlin - Gymnastics
- Kevin Moses - Horseracing
- Dennis Green - Kayaking
- Myra Hammond - Lawn Bowls
- Nicole Cusack - Netball
- Sharon Finnan OAM - Netball
- Clive Churchill - Rugby League
- Bob McCarthy MBE - Rugby League
- David Campese - Rugby Union
- Colin Windon - Rugby Union
- John Kosmina - Soccer
- Barry Rodgers - Surf Life Saving
- Syd Ball - Tennis
- Lesley Bowrey - Tennis
1993
- Michael Whitney - Cricket
- Alan Turner - Cricket
- Dan Cullen Snr - Golf
- Noel Bartell - Golf
- Paul Fallon - Handball
- Ron Quinton - Horseracing
- Andrew Noel Scott - Lawn Bowls
- Dorrie Macdonald - Lawn Bowls
- Keeley Devery - Netball
- Susan Kenny - Netball
- A.D Watson - Rifle Shooting
- Gary Stevens - Rugby League
- Nicholas Shehadie - Rugby Union
- Mark Ella - Rugby Union
- Wally Meagher - Rugby Union
- Jack Cannot - Surf Life Saving
- Leigh Habler - Swimming
- Max Metzker - Swimming
- Thelma (Coyne) Long - Tennis
- Wal Spicer - Water Skiiing