Sports Star Awards

Since 1996, the City of Rockingham Sports Star Awards have marked an annual celebration of outstanding achievements within the Rockingham sporting community. We take great pride in recognising and rewarding the achievements of local sporting individuals and teams.

2023 Sports Star Awards 

The value of sport and recreation to the Rockingham community cannot be over emphasised. This is why the City of Rockingham continues to recognise the achievements of local sportspeople and volunteers.

This year, the City’s Sports Star Awards will celebrate 26 years of recognising and rewarding the achievements of local sporting individuals, clubs and teams participating in international, national, state, regional and local competition levels.

The 2023 Sports Star Awards Ceremony will be held on Wednesday 20 September 2023 at the Gary Holland Community Centre.

2023 Sport Star Award Categories: 

Categories and prize money:

• Junior Sports Star of the Year - $300
• Senior Sports Star of the Year - $400
• Masters Sports Star of the Year - $400 *new category*
• Keren Kim Ugle (Senior) Indigenous Sports Star of the Year - $400 *new category*
• Sports Person of the Year with Disability - $400
• Junior Volunteer of the Year - $300 *new category*
• Volunteer of the Year - $400
• Team of the Year - $800
• Champion Club of the Year - $1,200
• Club Governance Award - $800 *new category*
• John Brown Lifetime Achievement Memorial Award - $500
• Inclusion Program or Event of the Year - $400 *new category*

2023 Sport Star Award Finalists

Congratulations to the finalists, who have been invited to the awards ceremony on Wednesday 20 September at the Gary Holland Community Centre.

Club Governance Award

• Rockingham Basketball and Recreation Association
• Rockingham Swimming Club
• Waikiki Dragons Little Athletics Club
• Warnbro Strikers

Club of the Year

• Rockingham Swimming Club

• Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan

• Waikiki Dragons Little Athletics Club

• White Knights Baldivis Cricket Club

Inclusion Event or Program of the Year

• Football for All iLeague (Baldivis Districts Football Club)
• Integrated Cricket/Autism in Cricket Program
• No Limits - Netball
• Walking Soccer - Port Kennedy Soccer Club

Keren Kim Ugle (Senior) Indigenous Sports Star of the Year

• Allan David Redpath (Martial Arts - Karate)
• Kylah Hansen (Netball)

John Brown Lifetime Achievement Memorial Award

• Alan Mills (Rockingham District Hockey Club)
• Kevin Duggan (Warnbro Strikers Soccer Club)
• Peter Ritchie (Shoalwater Bay Cricket Club)
• Warren Boucaut (Rockingham Basketball and Recreation Association)

Junior Sports Star of the Year

• April Horton (Singleton Sharks Little Athletics Club)
• Ava Dolan (Taekwondo Oh Do Kwan)
• Jack Wicks (Rockingham Swimming Club)
• Jamiee Traeger (Secret Harbour Surf Life Saving Club)
• Romeo Zver (Rockingham Swimming Club)

Junior Volunteer of the Year

• Alex Popovic-Manu (Port Kennedy Soccer Club)
• Megan Love (Baldivis Districts Football Club)
• Tayla Flowers (Shoalwater Bay Cricket Club)
• Tiarna Popovic-Manu (Port Kennedy Soccer Club)

Masters Sports Star of the Year

• Adrian McKenzie (Athletics)
• Peter Traeger (Surf Life Saving)

Senior Sports Star of the Year

• Bryony Soden (Muaythai/Thai Kickboxing)
• Fiona Cullinane (Swimming)
• Luke Travers (Basketball)

Sports Star of the Year with a Disability

• Imogen Peterson (Netball)
• Nathan Searle (Cricket)
• Tamati Waaka (Softball)

Team of the Year

• Port Kennedy U14 Division1 Boys Team - Metro League
• Rockingham Flames NBL1 Mens team
• Secret Harbour Pool Rescue Team
• U12 Secret Harbour Pirates State Representative Team

Volunteer of the Year

• Bryony Soden (Three Lions Gym Port Kennedy)
• Leanne Andrews (Rockingham Swimming Club)
• Radmila Popovic (Port Kennedy Soccer Club)
• Tony Bryant (Warnbro Swans Cricket Club and Warnbro Football Club)

Previous Sports Star Award Winners