Olympian Tara Rigney wins inaugural Rowing Australia Win Well Award
Olympian Tara Rigney wins inaugural Rowing Australia Win Well Award
Two-time Olympian Tara Rigney has won the inaugural Rowing Australia Win Well Award for balancing elite training and studies and being a shining role model on and off the water.
Rowing Australia celebrated the accomplishments of the athletes who represented Australia at the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as the achievements and contributions of the wider rowing family, at the gala event at QT Hotel on the Gold Coast on Saturday night.
Full list of winners:
Service to Rowing Award: Bob Alexander OAM and Wendy Alexander
Gina Rinehart AO Rowing Leadership Awards: Annabelle McIntyre OAM OLY, Jessica Morrison OAM OLY
Program of the Year: Mercantile Rowing Club's Guerin Program
High Performance Club of the Year: Sydney Rowing Club
Para Crew of the Year: Nikki Ayers PLY and Jed Altschwager PLY, PR3 Mixed Double Sculls
Female Crew of the Year: Annabelle McIntyre and Jessica Morrison, Women’s Pair
Male Crew of the Year: Erik Horrie OAM PLY,PR1 Men's Single Sculls
Coach of the Year: Christine MacLaren
Life Member Inductees: Craig James OAM, Megan Marcks OAM, Rob Scott OLY, Chris Noel OAM, Adair Ferguson OAM, ASM, Kate Allen OAM, Brian Richardson OAM, ASM
Volunteer of the Year: Sue Andrews
Official of the Year: Geoff Northam
Bont Club of the Year: Swan River Rowing Club
Bollé Pathways Crew of the Year: Under 19 Men's Coxed Four
Pathways Coach of the Year: Lachlan Carter
Commonwealth Games Australia Beach Sprint Crew of the Year: Astrid Thomas and Samuel Forbes, Coastal Under 19 Mixed Double Scull
Win Well Vocational and Educational Award: Tara Rigney OLY
776BC Rowers’ Rower of the Year: Alexander Purnell OAM
