Swimming Otago

Our Life Membership, Service, and Annual Awards provide the perfect opportunity to celebrate the achievements and contributions of our members. For our Annual Awards, there are a variety of different categories including Emerging Swimmer of the Year, Regional Swimmer of the Year, Coach of the Year, Club of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year.

The nomination period for Volunteer, Coach, Club, Emerging Swimmer and Swimmer of the Year is 1 July - 30 June, unless otherwise stated.

Nominations can be submitted by Member Clubs, Individuals, Awards Committee or the Swimming Otago Board.

Life Members

Service Award Recipients

Holders of Swimming Otago Service Awards

1961	A. McGuiness, J. Nelson, F. Godfrey, D. Kilpatrick
1963	C. Bragg, J. Connor, S. Olds, A. McIntosh, K. Gemmell, G. French, J. Wallace, G. Marks, M. Pipsen, J. Walker, P. McAllister
1965	A. Hall, R. Smith, H. Gillies, D. Mitchell, J. Swann, J. Roberts
1967	H. Morrison
1968	W. Robson, C. Sonntag, D. Marston
1969	A. Randall, R. Bell
1970	M. Bell, J. Nixon
1971	W. F. Thomson
1972	T. Winter, I. E. Thompson, E. Gunn, G. Allen, B. Boberg, J. Gunn, B. Norris
1973	J. Chambers, J. McConnochie, A. Williams
1975	J. Calder, V. Boyens, G. McKenzie
1976	S. Groves, T. V. Wall
1977	J. McCready, E. Landers*
1979	C. Webster
1980	M. R. McKenzie, R. A. Alexander
1981	F. Lansbury, T. Allington, R. Meinung, M. McIver, L. Conroy, L. Holmes
1982	T. Griffiths, R. F. Smith, L. Lawn, G. Low
1983	Graeme Collie, Mary McFarlane, Jane Smith
1985	A. Duncan
1987	Jeannetta McArthur*, Lynette Willocks
1988	Doug Smith*, Dorothy Johnston, P. Beattie
1989	Graham Price, Kate Price, Barbara Ballantyne
1990	Norman Duxbury*, R. Lamb
1991	Kieran Hurring, Doreen Ansell, Dorothy Johnston, Heather Third
1992	Allan McMorran*, John McMorran, Graeme Waide, Lynley Smith, Denise Smith, B. Culbert
1994	Tony Case, Brian Seymour, Jill Clarke, Daphne Loader, J. Campbell
1995	Ann Hanley
1996	Ruth van Welie, Lynda Hall
1997	Trish Purdie-Smith*
1998	Merv Aitchison, Jenny Carroll, Rick Clarke, Michael Dodds*, Phyll Esplin, Wendy Martin
1999	Peter Loader, Marie Smith
2000	Trish Quinn, Gary Marks
2001	Sharon Booth, Sharon Taylor
2002	Bill Caradus, Stephen Grant, Marg McMillan, Peter Ross, Debbie Ross
2003	Jill King
2004	Gary Marsh, Sheryll Ford, Sue Maclaurin
2005	Colin Walker, Susan Sawtell, Gael Gutschlag, Di Ferris, Debbie Davidson
2006	Christine Thompson
2007	Karen Ramsay, Peter Weekly
2008	Alan Hale, Christine Jopson, Frank Wylie, Mandy Grainger, Pam Lindwood
2009	Sue Barrett, Mac McDonald, Marie Roxburgh, Terry Wall, Pete Ross*
2010	Steve Sawtell, Susan Sawtell*
2011	Lynn Robertson, Debbie Tyrrell, Colin Walker*
2012	Sharon McKinnel*
2013	Kay Alexander, Gennadiy Labara, Alan Hale, Mandy Grainger
2014	Sharlene Gillespie, Sheryl-Anne Newman, Sue Maclaurin*
2015	Kerren Keach
2017	Leanne Lawrence, Taryn May, Alison English, Stefannie Gillespie
2018	Patricia McNaughton, Christine Thompson, Matthew Heaton
2020	Peter Deans, Steve Sawtell*
2023	Peter Deans*, Mark Familton

* denotes honours

2018	Neptune Swim Club
2019	Neptune Swim Club
2020	Kiwi ASC
2021	Alexandra Swimming Club
2022	Alexandra Swimming Club
2023	Neptune Swim Club

2019	Kurt Crosland (Swim Dunedin)
2020	Shane Allan (Alexandra)
2021	Cameron Stanley (Wanaka) and Lars Humer (Swim Dunedin)
2022	Kurt Crosland (Swim Dunedin)
2023	Shane Allan (Alexandra)

2018	Alan Hale (Taieri)
2019	Peter Deans (Otago Administration)
2020	Mary McFarlane (Kiwi)
2021	Tanisha Keach (Neptune)
2022	Nigel Ellett and Donna Ellett (Alexandra)
2023	Gillian Sugiyama (Kiwi)

	Male	Female
2018	-	Jessica Scott (Neptune)
2019	Connor Paton (Queenstown)	-
2020	Benjamin Silipo (Wanaka)	-
2021	-	Emma Bain (Taieri)
2022	Liam Rees (Alexandra)	Sophie Winter (Alexandra)
2023	Caleb Ludlow (Alexandra)	Heidi Winter (Alexandra)

2018	Erika Fairweather (Neptune)
2019	Erika Fairweather (Neptune)
2020	Erika Fairweather (Neptune)
2021	Erika Fairweather (Neptune)
2022	Caitlin Deans (Neptune)
2023	Luan Grobbelaar (Neptune)

LIFE MEMBERSHIP, SERVICE & ANNUAL AWARDS

Life Members

Service Award Recipients

Annual Award Recipients

Swimming New Zealand Life Members & Service Awards

Nomination forms

Ian Chadwick	Danyon Loader	Kate Price
Jill Clarke	Daphne Loader	Trish Purdie-Smith
Graeme Collie	Jeannetta McArthur	Terry Wall
Michael Dodds	Mary McFarlane	Susan Sawtell
S. Groves	J. L. McIndoe	E. A. Sydney
Alan Hale	Allan McMorran	I. E. Thompson
Lynda Hall	D. R. Pickard	Ruth van Welie
Matthew Heaton	Graham Price

1958	D P Mitchell
1962	A Thomas, C Ingram
1963	C W Ingram, M Collins
1973	Bernard Tremaine
1989	Eunice Landers
1990	Bob Smith*
1994	Graham Price*, Kate Price
1995	Jeannetta McArthur, Mary McFarlane
1998	Norman Duxbury, Doug Smith
2000	Jill Clarke, Lynda Hall, Daphne Loader, Allan McMorran, Trish Purdie-Smith, Heather Third
2002	Bill Caradus, Phyll Esplin, Ruth van Welie
2003	Michael Dodds
2011	Susan Sawtell, Colin Walker
2012	David Gerrard, Mary McFarlane
2013	Jill Clarke*
2015	Daphne Loader*
2016	Alan Hale