Presentation Night 2023 - 2024 at BMYS Wednesday 18th September

22 September 2024

Award winners, partners, and guests enjoyed a great night at the Club’s annual Presentation Awards night on Wednesday 18th September.

The night is always an important calendar event, giving everyone in the room a great reason to celebrate all things good about BMYS and recognise the great milestones and wins members achieved over the past year. Guests also included some of the Club's major sponsors who participated in presenting various awards.

Awards and Presentations include:

• An award of a Club Life Membership to Brian Wright.

Brian Wright joined BMYS more than 20 years ago and he was encouraged by Club legends Ian Jones and Brian McNaughton to represent the club as the delegate for VRFISH the peak body for Victorian anglers. As a keen angler, he took up this post for many years and also served on the Victorian Fisheries Roundtable meetings which had a strong focus on the improvement of our fisheries. Brian was also a member of the BMYS Boating Committee before taking on his current role as the 'club curator' of lawns and our gardens. This is what happens when you have a long cricketing career including turf management!

• Wayne Paravicini was declared the 2024  winner of the JR Kerr Trophy with Tony Huxman and John Giuliano in 2nd and 3rd place respectively. Shown here receiving their awards.

Congratulations Brian, Wayne, Tony and John.

The award categories were:

• Boating and Fishing awards
• Membership awards
• JR Kerr Club Champion
• Club awards

Boating Awards

• Navrally Agg Skipper 1^st                                  Graeme Joynson                                            
• Navrally Agg Skipper 2^nd                                 Bill Joughin                                                     
• Navrally Agg Skipper 3^rd                                 Brian McNaughton                                        
• Navrally Agg Navigator 1^st                              Andrew Cropley                                                         
• Navrally Agg Navigator 2^nd                             Anthony Cooke                                                          
• Navrally Agg Navigator 3^rd                              Maria Paravicini                                                         
• Table Rock Trophy 1^st                         Bill Joughin & Andew Cropley                       
• Table Rock Trophy 2^nd                        Wayne Paravicini & Maria Paravicini            
• Table Rock Trophy 3rd                      Richard Crossland & Sophia Crossland

Fishing Awards:

• Heaviest Snapper                                Daniel Terjung                                               
• Heaviest Whiting                                Alby Thomas                                                  
• Heaviest Salmon                                 Mark Bell                                                        
• Heaviest Flathead                               John Giuliano                                                 
• Heaviest Squid                                    Alby Thomas                                                  
• Gummy / School Shark Award            Alby Thomas                                                  
• Most Unique Catch Award                 Geoff Hill   

Membership Awards:    

• 25-Year Members:            Peter Boyd, Jack Emmins, Matthew Jeffs, Paul Karamalis, Brendan O’Donoghue, James Taylor, and Pam Wragg
• 40-Year Members:            Val Zagami, Garnett Eastwood
• 50-Year Member:             Paul Ryan

JR Kerr Club Champion Awards

• Category B&C Winner:               Gary Tragardh
• Category A:

10.                                            Tav Ngo                                                           

9.                                              Brian Willis                                                      

8.                                              John Malempre                                                

7.                                              Mark Mackie                                                    

6.                                              Roger Hartley                                                   

5.                                              Brian McNaughton                                           

4.                                              Steve Lopes                                                     

3.                                              John Giuliano                                                   

2.                                              Anthony Huxham                                             

1.                                              Wayne Paravicini

Club Awards:

• Awards of Appreciation:  Lindsay Robinson, Dean Atkinson, and Brendan Hocking
• Respected Member:  Tony Huxham 
• Life Membership: Brian Wright

Many thanks to Club Manager Alex Henderson and staff for the great support provided to this event.

Pictures include award winners present at the Awards Night.