2024 Annual Awards
Hobart Gymnastics Academy held it’s Annual Awards Night on Saturday, 14 December, taking this opportunity to celebrate athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers.
Congratulations to all our 2024 Awards Recipients! Your hard work, dedication, loyalty and determination are all commended and much appreciated by the Academy.
2024 Performance Excellence
Sponsored this year by Aviso TAS Insurance Brokers, our Performance Excellence Awards are presented to who have consistently scored well in competition throughout the year.
WAG Levels 3-10
Frankie Targett | Hailee McIntyre | Lily Fennell | Millie Birchall | Peyton Drinkwater | Sasha RobertsTRP/TUM Levels 3-10
Brooke Dolliver | Frankie Whelan | Lyla Donovan | Emily Whelan | Kiera Shaw | Leni Vagg
2024 Encouragement Awards
Our Encouragement Awards, sponsored this year by Aviso TAS Insurance Brokers, were initiated as a way to reward gymnasts who put in the effort, have a good training ethic and keep persevering even though they might not bring home medals.
WAG Encouragement Award
Peyton Drinkwater | Gracie Carnes | Sarah Cherney
MAG Encouragement Award
Alexander Riley
TUM Encouragement Award
Catherine Bell | Lyla Donovan | Hayley Bukowiecki
TRP Encouragement Award
Kane Elliott
GFA Encouragement Award
Eleanor Medhurst | Krystie Foxall
2024 Rising Star Awards
These awards are sponsored by Luke Martin and are designed to encourage younger gymnasts who demonstrate the potential to be a valued member of their chosen discipline.
WAG (Women’s Artistic Gymnastics) - Isla Evans | Aaliyah Costa
TUM (Tumbling Gymnastics) - Miley Byers
MAG (Men’s Artistic Gymnastics) - David Foxall
2024 Recognition Awards
Our Recognition Awards are sponsored this year by Aviso TAS Insurance Brokers. These are voted by peers and awarded to the most deserving nominee.
Volunteer of the Year - Belinda Whelan
Trainee Coach of the Year - Eleanor Medhurst
Judge of the Year - Hayley Desmond
Recreational Coach of the Year - Connor Beament
Competitive Coach of the Year - Claire Elliott
Other Recognition Awards
Tumbling Achievement Award (Sponsored by Leanne Knibbs) - Harriet Head
GFA Most Improved Athlete - Sebastian Stevens
2024 Perpetual Trophy Recipients
MAG Most Improved Gymnast (Sponsored by the Maui Family) - Nicholas Wilson
TRP Most Improved Gymnast (Sponsored by the Devlin-Spiers Family) - Isabella Costa
WAG Most Improved Gymnast (Sponsored by Kara Lawler) - Lily Fennell
TUM Most Improved Gymnast (Sponsored by Leanne Knibbs) - Lucy August
Most Valuable Team Member (Sponsored by Janita Waller) - Emily Whelan
Most Promising Gymnast (Sponsored by Phil Owen) - Christopher Foxall
HGA Quiet Achiever Ricky Rapana Maui Memorial Award (Sponsored by Hobart Gymnastics Academy) - Nathaniel Young
Janelle Chilcott Memorial Scholarship (Sponsored by Hobart Gymnastics Academy) - Shayla-Ann Stevens
Most Inspirational Gymnast (Sponsored by the Chilcott Family) - Amber Piggin
Academy Spirit (Sponsored by Lisa Clarke) - Nicky Ristrom
Academy Champion
2024 Academy Champion - Emily Whelan
A huge thank you to all our sponsors, the support from whom enables us to celebrate our athletes each year.
Farewell
We are sad to say goodbye to four members of our team. Leanne Knibbs who has left our admin team but is still heading up our TRP/TUM coaching team. Corinne Knibbs has retired from coaching but can still be seen training, Nicky Rostrom made the tough decision to move on, and Gabi Hartill is committing to her work after slowly reducing her coaching hours. A huge thank you to all of these team members for their dedication and loyalty to the Academy! We wish you all the very best for the future.