N  Nominee:     Gary Day

N  Nominated by:  Largs Bay Sailing Club

    2007/08 Achievements:

·         Gary has had a long association the Largs Bay Sailing Club.  He sails competitively in a Usual 6 each Saturday.

·         Gary spends Thursday with Greg Hampton refueling 5 rescue boats at 2 locations out of jerry cans

·         Gary is first at the Club  at 7.30 on a Saturday cleaning the balcony with his blower vac ready for Junior training and afternoon sailing.

·         Gary assists junior coaches with the launching and retrieval rescue boats .  After Saturday racing he is found washing down the Club tractor and locking it away.

·         Gary is always at the Club for Sunday racing assisting with boats or in rescue craft.

  Other Achievements:

·         Gary has assisted with the 3 large National titles held at Largs over the past 2 years by erecting security fencing, restocking fridges, recycling empties, boat storage, rescue boat refueling and driving boats up and down the beach with the tractor.

·         Gary has been battling a debilitating knee injury during the last 2 years resulting in a total knee replacement 4 week after the 0708 season, but this has not stopped him from volunteering a lot of his time to the Largs Bay Sailing Club.

N  Nominee:     Greg Hampton

N  Nominated by:  Largs Bay Sailing Club

2  2007/08 Achievements:

·         Greg has had a long association the Largs Bay Sailing Club.  He sails competitively in a Usual 6 each Saturday.

·         Greg spends Thursday with Greg Hampton refueling 5 rescue boats at 2 locations out of jerry cans.

·         Friday mornings are normally spent assisting his wife Issy with canteen duties before the weekend sailing.

·         Greg assists junior coaches with the launching and retrieval rescue boats .  After Saturday racing he is found washing down the Club tractor and locking it away.

·         Greg is always at the Club for Sunday racing assisting with boats or in rescue craft.

   Other Achievements:

• Greg has assisted with the 3 large National titles held at Largs over the past 2 years by erecting security fencing, restocking fridges, recycling empties, boat storage, rescue boat refueling and driving boats up and down the beach with the tractor.
• Greg has been battling ongoing back problems, which brought his retiring from work  forward a few years but this has not stopped him from volunteering a lot of his time to the Largs Bay Sailing Club.

  Nominee:  Les Harper

N   Nominated by:  Royal SA Yacht Squadron

«      Les Harper is the reassuring voice heard by SA yachtsmen on VHF Channel 80 - COAST GUARD OYSTER BAY, from his home in Stansbury on York Peninsular.

«      Les commenced his radio days with an experimental station in 1947 and has operated the Australian Volunteer Coastguard Radio Base Station since December 1983.

«      Les has monitored his marine radio station day and night for more than 40 years and maintained a log of all boating in Gulf St Vincent.  SA boaties have signed-on and signed-off with Les as they begin and end their diverse boating adventures in local waters.  He also provides regular updates on weather and sea conditions.

«      Les has been the reliable voice for sailors in South Australia’s offshore racing fleet including boats from the CYCSA, the RSAYS and other SA clubs.

«      He has given his ever watchful ear to monitor the safety of competitors in the annual Adelaide to Port Lincoln Blue Water Classic race and enabled the fleet to complete their compulsory radio schedules.

«      Les Harper is thoughtful, helpful, selfless and committed, Les is truly is a real character and an invaluable member of the SA boating community.

«      Despite his age approaching 90 years Les was available at all hours to operate the skeds both late at night and early in the morning, to take information on retirements or signoffs as vessels completed the race frequently spanning the night through to the early hours of the morning

«      Les was a foundation member of the CYCSA and a member of the RSAYS.

«      He has held a Master Class 5 qualification since 1998 and holds a 1st Class Radio Operators License.

«      Les was awarded an Australian War Service Medal (1939 - 1945), received a Medal of the Order of Australia in June 1089 and has received service medals from the Australian Volunteer Coastguard Service and the Country Fire Service

«      With 90 year old Les having finally hung up his microphone now for the last time, he has been acutely missed in the safety monitoring of our waters via the airways.  The service and reassurance that “COAST GUARD OYSTER BAY’ has happily given to SA boaties during his legendary career has set a benchmark in selfless dedicated performance and friendly desire to help attitude where almost no request was too difficult

N  Nominee:     David Tillett

N  Nominated by:  Board of Yachting SA

O  Olympics –

·         Member Olympic Jury - 1996 Atlanta, 2000 Sydney, Athens 2004

·         Chairman Olympic Jury – 2004 Athens, Beijing 2008

·        Chairman  Jury Pre-Olympics – Athens and  Beijing

L   Louis Vitton/Americas Cup –

·         Umpire – San Diego USA 1992 & 1995, Auckland NZ 2003, Velencia Spain 2004 - 2007

·         Jury Member 2003, 2004 - 2007

C  Chairman of Racing Rules Committee of the International Sailing Federation –ISAF – 2000 to present

E  Executive Committee Council Member of the International Sailing Federation Committee – ISAF – 1998 to present

M  Member of the ISAF Board of Review – appointed 2004

A  Awarded “Official of the Year” for 2004 by the Confederation of Australian Sports

A  Awarded Australian Sports Medal for Services to Yachting

  Sailing – International Cadet World Champion 1969/70