
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 1st - Graeme Joynson
Navrally Agg Skipper 2nd - Bill Joughin
Navrally Agg Skipper 3rd - Brian McNaughton
Navrally Agg Navigator 1st - Andrew Cropley
Navrally Agg Navigator 2nd - Anthony Cooke
Navrally Agg Navigator 3rd - Maria Paravicini
Table Rock Trophy 1st - Bill Joughin & Andew Cropley
Table Rock Trophy 2nd - 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.




























