Over the weekend, Southport Yacht Club welcomed over 120 sailors, parents, Olympians and sporting greats to their Main Beach venue to enjoy a night of celebration and reflection.

In late 2017, Australian Sailing celebrated the inaugural Hall of Fame highlighting the exceptional performances and contributions of athletes that helped establish Australia’s current era of remarkable success. Following on from this, Australian Sailing launched a new initiative to formally recognise sailors by presenting them with a uniquely numbered alumni pin, named in honour of the boat which sailed to Australia’s first Olympic sailing gold medal. The Barranjoey Pin, in the tradition of cricket’s Baggy Green cap, is an embodiment of the great traditions and values of those who have competed and continue to compete at the highest level for Australia in sailing.  

The 2018 Queensland Sailing Awards Night commenced with the presentation of the Barranjoey Pins to those exceptional sailors in Queensland who achieved amazing Olympic success in sailing over the past 10 years. The Barranjoey Pin recipients for the evening were;

• Tom King
• Christine Bridge
• Lyndall Patterson
• Matthew Percy
• Daniel Fitzgibbon
• Ash Brunning
• Ashley Stoddart
• Ron Jenyns

The Queensland specific awards presentations followed with the Master of Ceremony, Ray McMahon, providing entertaining discourse through small interviews with the award winners.  The Queensland awards were presented to the winners by some of the renowned Barranjoey Pin recipients.

Congratulations was given to all nominees for 2018. A full list can be found here

The winners list for the 2018 Queensland Sailing Awards is shown below;