Awards

Each year our team presents annual awards at our Summer Barbecue. Below is listed our past recipients for each award.

Pluntke-Lutman Award

In memory of Kurt Pluntke and Ted Lutman, presented annually by the EOMAC Board of Directors for “outstanding competitive excellence” during the current year.

1993 - Sylvia Eisele
1994 - Charlie Lane
1995 - Lori O’Hara
1996 - Tony Jarvis
1997 - Andrea Godfrey
1998 - Andrea Godfrey, Kelly Allen, Sean Carver & Dawn Orr
1999 - Kalis Rasmussen
2000 - Sylvia Eisele
2001 - Cliff Barry
2002 - Claus Koch
2003 - Ron Armstrong
2004 - Kathy Renard
2005 - Cindy Bertelink / Yvonne Cattrall
2006 - Ron Armstrong
2007 - Sue Gustavison
2008 - Kat Telfer, Mark Forsyth, Al Statkevicius & Cindy Bertelink
2009 - Kalis Rasmussen
2010 - Cindy Bertelink
2011 - Cindy Bertelink
2012 - Cindy Bertelink / Ron Armstrong
2013 - Cindy Bertelink / Al Statkevicius
2014 - Kalis Rasmussen / Al Statkevicius
2015 - Brian Sheridan
2016 - Cindy Bertelink / Ron Armstrong
2017 - Emily Wong / Dave Freeman
2018 - Keira Rydeard / Charlie Lane
2019 - Kalis Rasmussen / Tom Naylor, Dave Freeman, Nick Foster, Michael Macpherson

2021 - Quebec City Nationals Champions Team

The Syd Fagan Award

Presented annually by the members to persons exemplifying the Masters motto of “Fun, Fitness, Friendship” and contributing to the well-being of EOMAC.

Syd Fagan was EOMAC’s original “people person”. Syd especially loved the road trips in the early days of EOMAC’s history to meets in Florida, California and particularly to Buffalo for those hot wings. Syd died at age 57 in 1984, and that year the award named in his honour was first presented.

1984 - Ken Senter
1985 - Charlie Lane
1986 - Louise McGonigal
1987 - Al Yarnell
1988 - Wendy Elliott
1989 - Bill Hallett
1990 - Beth Whittall
1991 - Mark Leighton
1992 - Keith Lobban
1993 - Jackie Mandziak
1994 - Frank Miles
1995 - Lori O’Hara
1996 - Ian Macdonald
1997 - John Brett
1998 - Charlie Lane
1999 - Barrie Malloch
2000 - Bryan Gaudet
2001 - Kim Lumsdon
2002 - Ron Armstrong
2003 - Dawn Babin
2004 - Charlie Lane
2005 - Ellen Newbold
2006 - Ryan VandeVooren
2007 - Bahman Minoo
2008 - Bud Seawright
2009 - Mark Cutajar
2010 - Dawn Orr
2011 - Carole Konstantinou
2012 - Mirko Petrov
2013 - Michelle Tapson / Mirko Petrov
2014 - Chris de Laat
2015 - Nick Foster / Bahman Minoo
2016 - Mirko Petrov / Rob Kent
2017 - Sue Boruvka
2018 - Rob Kent
2019 - Marijana Morawski / Dave Landry/Marcia Cossatis/Vanessa Wappel

2021 - Thomas Bazydlo

2022 - Naji Amini

2023 - Dave Freeman

The Charlie Lane Award

Presented annually to for loyalty and devotion to the sport, attendance and effort at workouts, participation in competition).

2013 - Ana Togias
2014 - Michael Macpherson
2015 - Bud Seawright
2016 - Carla Oliveira
2017 - Dieter Teschner
2018 - Jessica Skead
2019 - Marijana Morawski / Joanne Kent / Elizabeth Kamnik

2021 - Marcia Cossatis

2022 - Marcela de Laat

2023 - Charlie Lane

Wavelengths Award

Initiated by Beth Whittall, ex-publisher of Wave Lengths magazine, presented by the head coach to EOMAC’s “most improved swimmer of the year”.

1985 - Michelle Patterson
1986 - Anne Sepulis
1987 - Rudy Huber
1989 - Joe Regan
1990 - Barry Stemmler
1991 - Jackie Mandziak
1992 - Susan Robertson
1993 - John Stibrany
1994 - George Shrivell
1995 - Bob Cassidy
1996 - Millie Bishop
1997 - Michael Macpherson
1998 - Maggie Dodge
1999 - Jackie Balazsovits / Marenca Kherani
2000 - Graciela Conde
2001 - John Grootveld
2002 - Anita Billing
2003 - Steve Goodwin
2004 - Michael Macpherson
2005 - Michael Palmer
2006 - Zig Latosik
2007 - Julie Inglis
2008 - Simon Chang
2009 - Phil Dale
2010 - Chris Nagy
2011 - Louise Buxton
2012 - Michelle Tapson
2103 - Maria Cherry
2014 - Chris de Laat
2015 - Adrian Teisanu
2016 - Harold Henning
2017 - Sue Boruvka
2018 - Elizabeth Kamnik
2019 - Naji Amini/Dave Freeman/Vivien Xing