Amenah McDonald took out Ocean Grove Surf Lifesaving Club’s prestigious John Bishop Best Club Person Memorial Award at the club’s senior presentation night on June 14.
McDonald holds many roles within the club as Director of Life Saving/Club Captain, on the club board, is on the emergency response team and also competes and wins medals at local, state and national levels.
It is McDonald’s passion and commitment to the club in general that was celebrated where she regularly goes above and beyond in her support and mentoring to all member ages and stages and especially young people.
On the night, the club recognised the achievements across all areas including life saving patrols, training and assessment and sports, as well as celebrating some of the outstanding contributions of some members and the club as a whole.
Our major award winners were:
Fred Leiper Best Patrol Person: David MacGregor
Dave Renton Patrol Service: Jack Borthwick
Barry Renton Memorial Best Competitor: Grayson Hyde
Best Competition Team: Youth Men Board relay team of Grayson Hyde, Ryan Tolley, Kaelan McGee
Bob Millet Lifesaver Improvement: Zane Conners, Zoe Naughtin, Tyler Smith
Rookie of the Year: Sylvia Melville
Excellence in Training: Andrew Smith
Ray Johnson Nipper of the Year: Lilian Spolding
Junior Development award: Elise Hanks
Other achievements were those who were selected on state teams and competed and were successful at Australian Championships as well as club champions and coaches awards across all ages and sporting modalities (summer surf sport, IRB, pool and beach).
Others were acknowledged for their incredible voluntary hours and years of service, some with more than 200 hours in the one season.
