Annual Awards Night 2025
Hobart Gymnastics Academy held it’s Annual Awards Night on Saturday, 29th November, taking this opportunity to celebrate athletes, coaches, officials and volunteers.
Congratulations to all our 2025 Awards Recipients! Your hard work, dedication, loyalty and determination are all commended and much appreciated by the Academy.
2025 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
Isla Evans | Isabelle Bray | Estella Burne | Trinity Brown | Lily Fennell | Hannah Nichols | Shayla-Ann Stevens
TRP/TUM Levels 3-10
Harriet Head | Frankie Whelan | Brooke Dolliver | Lacie Jelkic | Isabella Costa | Emily Whelan | Zara Jones | Poppy Cracknell | Kiera Shaw
2025 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
Violet Bradley | Aaliyah Costa | Bella Waterhouse | Sarah Cherney | Peyton Drinkwater
MAG Encouragement Award
Ari Youd | Joseph Riley
TUM Encouragement Award
Lucy August | Bronte Cate
TRP Encouragement Award
Lyla Donovan | Hannah Russell
GFA Encouragement Award
Ava Woods | Elijah Jones | Ava Nuttall | Emily Beams
2025 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
TUM (Tumbling Gymnastics) – Mia Donovan
MAG (Men’s Artistic Gymnastics) – Nicholas Wilson
TRP (Trampoline Gymnastics) – Sebastain Stevens
2025 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 – Janita Waller | Sam Whittle
Trainee Coach of the Year – Sophie Thompson
Judge of the Year – Nathaniel Young
Recreational Coach of the Year – Eleanor Medhurst
Competitive Coach of the Year – Hayley Desmond
Other Recognition Awards
Tumbling Achievement Award (Sponsored by Leanne Knibbs) – Zara Jones
GFA Most Improved Athlete – Charlie Beams
2025 Perpetual Trophy Recipients
MAG Most Improved Gymnast (Sponsored by the Maui Family) – Ethan Lennox
TRP Most Improved Gymnast (Sponsored by the Devlin-Spiers Family) – Zia McConnon-Cook
WAG Most Improved Gymnast (Sponsored by Kara Lawler) – Trinity Brown
TUM Most Improved Gymnast (Sponsored by Leanne Knibbs) – Brooke Dolliver
Most Valuable Team Member (Sponsored by Janita Waller) – Frankie Targett
Most Promising Gymnast (Sponsored by Phil Owen) – Isabelle Bray
HGA Quiet Achiever Ricky Rapana Maui Memorial Award (Sponsored by Hobart Gymnastics Academy) – Hannah Nichols
Janelle Chilcott Memorial Scholarship (Sponsored by Hobart Gymnastics Academy) – Lily Fennell
Most Inspirational Gymnast (Sponsored by the Chilcott Family) – Emily Whelan
Academy Spirit (Sponsored by Lisa Clarke) – Belinda Whelan
Academy Champion
2025 Academy Champion – Poppy Cracknell
A huge thank you to all our sponsors, the support from whom enables us to celebrate our athletes each year.
Farewell
We are saddened to farewell three valued members of our coaching team.
Taylah Chick has retired from coaching to pursue a new role that supports her future career goals. Lilly Stonehouse has also retired from coaching and is moving into a position that will further her career aspirations. Zoe Lau has returned to her hometown to continue her passion as a slalom canoe coach. We extend a heartfelt thank you to each of them for their dedication, hard work, and loyalty to the Academy. We wish Taylah, Lilly, and Zoe all the very best in their future endeavours.