Gippstar Awards

Gippstar Panel Chairman Darrell White, Annual Gippstar Award Recipients Aislin Jones (Open) and Ben Burchell (Junior), and Gippsland Sports Academy Deputy Chair Jackie Madden
Melina Bath MLC Member for Eastern Victoria Region, Gippstar Special Achiever of the Year Pat Kuhne, Gippstar Gippsland Champion Belinda Snell, and Danny O’Brien MP Member for Gippsland South
Gippstar Club of the Year – Traralgon City Soccer Club.
Gippstar Team of the Year - Traralgon Swimming Club 12 and Under State Team.

Current Junior Winners

Month Year Name Discipline
August 2019 Chloe Rees Basketball
July 2019 Ainsley Trotter Swimming

Current Open Winners

Month Year Name Discipline
August 2019 Chris Holt Weightlifting
July 2019 Alex Vuillermin Rowing

Junior Annual Gippstar Winners

Year Name Discipline
2018 Ruby Storm Swimming
2017 Ben Burchell Skeet (Clay Target Shooting)
2016 Darcie Morton Biathlon
2015 Emily Beecroft Swimming
2014 Maeve Coughlan Judo
2013 Aoife Coughlin Judo
2012 Damon Morton Biathlon
2011 Aoife Coughlin Judo
2010 Lisa Phillips Lawn Bowls
2010 Alex Sheedy Basketball

Open Annual Gippstar Winners

Year Name Discipline
2018 Aislin Jones Skeet (Clay Target Shooting)
2017 Aislin Jones Skeet (Clay Target Shooting)
2016 Emily Beecroft Swimming
2015 Samuel Beveridge Triathlon
2014 Eleanor Patterson Athletics
2013 Daniel McConnell Mountain Bike
2012 Clinton Jee Basketball
2011 Ashley Delaney Swimming
2010 Tom Siinma BMX

Gippstar Team of the Year Awards

Year Name Discipline
2018 MFNC Under 16s Football Team AFL
2017 Traralgon Swimming Club 12 & U State Team Swimming
2016 Lowanna College U15 Boys Basketball Team Basketball
2015 Gippsland Regional Croquet Association Croquet
2014 Morwell Football Netball Club Senior Team Football/Netball
2013 Alberton Football Netball Club Open Netball Team Football/Netball
2012 Traralgon Swim Club’s 14 & under 50 metre Freestyle Team Swimming
2011 Gippsland Knights under 17 Women’s Team Soccer
2010 Lakes Entrance Surf Life Saving Club & ‘Mad Mother’ Masters Maffra Junior Fire Team Surf Life Saving
2010 ‘Mad Mother’ Masters Maffra Junior Fire Team Fire Fighting

Gippstar Club Of The Year Awards

Year Name Discipline
2018 Bairnsdale Golf Club Golf
2017 Traralgon City Soccer Club Soccer
2016 Bairnsdale Field & Game Inc Skeet (Clay Target Shooting)
2016 Latrobe Valley Volleyball Inc Volleyball
2015 Traralgon Swimming Club Swimming
2014 Traralgon Harriers Running
2013 Traralgon Judo Club Judo
2012 Twin City Archers Archery
2011 Traralgon Swimming Club Swimming
2010 Gippsland Power Football/Netball

Gippstar Gippsland Champions Award

Year Name Discipline
2018 Jarryd Roughead AFL
2017 Belinda Snell Basketball
2015 Stephanie Barnett Tennis
2014 Charlotte McShane Triathlon
2012 Will Tomlinson Boxing
2011 Belinda Snell Basketball
2010 Scott Pendlebury AFL

Gippstar Special Achievers

Year Name Discipline
2018 Don Wight, Joseph Auciello
2017 Pat Kuhne
2015 John Morton & Elaine Hancock
2014 Bruce Salisbury, Tim Cavanagh, David McCoy
2013 Danny Anderson, Rick Gray, Daniel Sullivan
2012 Janis Mackay, Robert Thompson, Jean Nielsen, Graeme Rankin
2011 Stephanie O’Brien, Darrell White, Lorraine Steel
2010 Howard Williams, Jenny Mills, John Bryant

Gippstar Hall of Fame

Year Name Discipline
2018 Barry Switzer
2007 Kevin Hogan, Maureen Beha, Terry Hunter, Carolyne Boothman, David Drane
2000 Graeme Eddy
1997 Tony Osler