Australian Sailing WA congratulates the following nominees who have been selected as finalists for the 2020 State Awards:

Sport Promotion Award

• Harry Fisher and Marc Ablett – Down Under Sail, nominated by Mounts Bay Sailing Club
• Lindsay Preece, nominated by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

Club of the Year Award               

• Mounts Bay Sailing Club
• Royal Perth Yacht Club
• Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

Volunteer of the Year Award                                                                  

• Doug Pianta, nominated by Maylands Yacht Club
• Scott Monro, nominated by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
• Rob Sweet, nominated by Hillarys Yacht Club

SheSails Award

• Swan River Sailing
• Chelsea Hall, nominated by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

Instructor of the Year Award

• Chelsea Bradford, nominated by Hillarys Yacht Club
• Hayden Hunt, nominated by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

Official of the Year Award

• John Porter, nominated by Hillarys Yacht Club
• John Taylor, nominated by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

Coach of the Year Award

• Grant Alderson, nominated by Sailability WA and Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club
• Ben Walkemeyer, nominated by South of Perth Yacht Club

Offshore Sailor of the Year Award

• Anthony Kirke and the Crew of Enterprise, nominated by Fremantle Sailing Club
• Chris Higham, nominated by South of Perth Yacht Club
• Kingsley Piesse, nominated by Offshore Racing Association of Western Australia

Para Sailor of the Year Award   

• Robert Crofts, nominated by Royal Perth Yacht Club
• Tracy Odiam, nominated by Hansa

Youth Sailor of the Year Award

• Axel Fleet and Kieran Bucktin nominated by South of Perth Yacht Club, Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club and WA 9ers
• Georgia Payne nominated by Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club, Narca 15-17 Association and South of Perth Yacht Club.
• Michael Compton, nominated by Fremantle Sailing Club
• Stefan Elliott-Shircore nominated by South of Perth Yacht Club

Male Sailor of the Year Award  

• Matt Wearn, nominated by Fremantle Sailing Club and WA Laser Association
• Zac Littlewood, nominated by Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club

Female Sailor of the Year Award

• Georgia Payne, nominated by Australian Narca 15-17 Association and Mandurah Offshore Fishing and Sailing Club
• Zoe Thomson, nominated by WA Laser Association
• Nia Jerwood and Monique DeVries nominated by, Fremantle Sailing Club

Congratulations again and thank you to all who nominated for the Australian Sailing WA Awards.

Winners will be announced on our State Facebook page from Monday 21 September - https://www.facebook.com/AustSailWA

State winners will go on to be nominees for the Australian Sailing Awards. Finalists for the 2020 Australian Sailing Awards will be announced on the Australian Sailing Facebook page and website from Monday 28 September - https://www.facebook.com/AustSail