Improves Like Fine Award Winners

Name / Month/Year / Achievement
June MAHER / 1996
Trudy VANDEWERDT / 1998
June HOUGH / 2002/03 / Trying hard and making real improvement.
‘Tricia’ SUMMERFIELD / 10/2002 / 4 PBs in aerobic swims in 4 days in 4 different strokes.
Margaret WATSON / 2003 / Achieving a PB in 1500 FR when she resumed distance swimming after a long break (since 1996); time given to organising social activities.
Merilyn BURBIDGE / 2003 / Open water swimming.
Beattie NORRIS / 2004 / Winning a gold medal in the New Zealand postal swim.
Ken BRUCE / 2004
William CURTIS / 2004 / Learning Butterfly.
Brian SOMES / 2006 / Completing first Open Water Swim (Coogee).
Joan YOUNGBERG / 2006 / Aerobic swims: extending distance; reducing times.
Robyn WILSON / 2007 / Achieving a State record at the State Swim: 50 Free.
Pat SUGARS / 08/2007 / Improving time for 200 Backstroke by 16 sec.
Gerry KRYGSMAN / 09/2007 / Achieving his own 40-60-80 challenge for an 80-plus year-old to swim 2 km in 60 minutes .
Elizabeth EDMONDSON / 10/2007 / Recognising the extra training put in for the Australasian Masters Games, resulting in 9 PBs just before, during and just after the Games.
Audrey BULLOUGH / 11/2007 / Continual improvement in BA and FR times and extension of distances swum in the Aerobic Program.
Merle LOUKES / 12/2007 / Overcoming her apprehension to swim in an interclub event performed very well at Somerset BACC .
Barry GREEN / 01/2008 / After his first 400 m OWS in December, Barry has now completed two more 1600 m OWSs.
Patrick COONEY / 02/2008 / First Club swim on 16/02; first OWS (400 at Leighton on 09/02); first BACC at Newman on 24/02.
Neil ROSS / 03/2008 / Increasing the distance he swims in each session and doing a much better job of keeping left!
Lillian HADLEY / 05/2008 / Making an early, strong start to the 2008 Aerobic Program, including a 1 hr swim in the Swimathon; stepping up and keeping up her training for the Worlds, resulting in 3 medals.
Peter WILLIAMS / 06/2008 / Steady achievement since joining the Club; participation in Club swims.
Laiene MAXTED / 07/2008 / Tackling swimming with renewed interest, vigour and desire to participate and improve.
Alan EARNSHAW / 10/2008 / Successful return to participation in interclub events.
Brian DOWNING / 02/2009 / On joining the Club last year, Brian couldn’t swim. Now he understands the importance of maintaining a good body position in the water and can manage a creditable distance in a session.
Beattie NORRIS / 04/2009 / After 6 months out of the pool in 2008, Beattie achieved 1200 m non-stop and now swims 1400m.
Theresa ELLIOTT / 06/2009 / Over the few months since she joined Snappers Theresa has shown dramatic improvement in all swimming strokes, resulting in significantly faster times being recorded at every swim.
Brendah TAMBERLIN / 12/2009 / Brendah learned to swim only recently, mostly from books and frequent practice (3-4 times per week).
Hazel SPONG / 02/2010 / First Club Swim in January.
Audrey BULLOUGH / 04/2010 / Represented the Club at Launceston Nationals and won 2 gold medals in Backstroke.
Dee STEPHENSON / 05/2010 / Represented the Club at Launceston Nationals and gained a State record in 400 FR as well as taking 30 sec off her PB.
Corrie LODDER / 07/2010 / At her first Club Challenge, although her goggles slipped, Corrie recorded a PB in 100 metres Breaststroke as well as in a subsequent event.
Hazel CHRISTIE / 09/2010 / Hazel was part of our winning 320+ relay team at the Golden Groper carnival and achieved three firsts at our Snappers BACC.
Zee MARSLAND / 10/2010 / Zee swam very well at Snappers’ Club Challenge (nearly as well as Hazel!) and was also a member of our winning 320+ relay team at the Golden Groper carnival.
Jackie EGAN / 01/2011 / Jackie swam a massive PB in 400 m Free recently and went on to swim several other long aerobic distances for the first time.
Patrick COONEY / 02/2011 / Patrick has worked hard at swimming lately and consistently swims 1500 metres in a session.
Cas BROWN / 06/2011 / For completing One Million Metres (over 9 years).
Rob SHAND / 07/2011 / For completing One Million Metres (over 11 years).
Theresa ELLIOTT / 08/2011 / For completing One Million Metres (over 2.5 years).
Elizabeth EDMONDSON / 10/2011 / For completing One Million Metres (over 5 years).
June MAHER / 11/2011 / For completing One Million Metres (over 16 years!)
Peter WILLIAMS / 01/2012 / Completing 5 x 400 FR and 5 x 400 BA aerobic swims in 2011.
Pat SUGARS / 03/2012 / Pat competed in the MSWA State Championships in Bunbury and accumulated the third highest individual points of Snappers members’ competing, and achieving Champion Female in her age group.
Cas BROWN / 06/2012 / For her outstanding performance at the recent State and National Championships.
Doris KIMBER / 08/2012 / Doris was out of the pool for 6 months, and lost a lot of weight, but now back in pool and putting on weight.
Hazel CHRISTIE / 10/2012 / Hazel entered 3 races and won all 3 events at Snappers Club Challenge in September.
Merilyn BURBIDGE / 11/2012 / For completing Three Million Metres (over 14 years) and swam 2 PB’s in Backstroke at Snappers Club Challenge in September.
Brian DOWNING / 05/2013 / For giving up “wine and women” and consequently improving his swimming.
Pamela WALTER / 06/2013 / For being an Age Group Winner at the States masters swim.

In September 2013, Committee members discussed having a new monthly award in the form of a certificate and this will replace the ILFW Award which has been running for some time. The certificate will encompass all our members and will be awarded each month, as appropriate, to a member who has achieved an above average result in swimming in the previous month.

This new award is to be known as the Supersnapper Award.