Holroyd Youth Achievement Award, Young Citizen of the Year, Young Ambassadors & Faces of Holroyd
The inaugural Youth Achievement Award was presented by Australia Day Ambassador, Fiona Coote, at Ringrose Park, Wentworthville, during the Holroyd Youth Tattoo celebrations on Australia Day 1991.
The Youth Achievement Award was designed to promote a young achiever who may not have necessarily excelled academically or in a sporting capacity, but who worked as a silent achiever within the Holroyd community. Like the Citizen of the Year Award, recipients were presented with their award during the following years Australia Day celebrations.
The Youth Achievement Award had sought one overall winner, with two recipients, presented with their awards in 1991 and 1992. Council's Salute to Youth committee, reviewed the limitations of such a system, expanded the concept, and renamed the award Young Ambassadors. The 1992 Young Ambassadors included five categories of Sport; Academic achievement; Community services; and two Arts categories of Visual and Performing art.
Over the years, the Award categories have expanded to include Human rights and Environment, with a Special Bravery Award presented in 1996/7. Not every category has a recipient, while some categories have had joint recipients, depending on the nominations each year.
In 2001, Council proposed that in addition to choosing individuals as Young Ambassadors for each of the categories, they would accept all the nominees submitted as the Faces of Holroyd. Council suggested that the Holroyd Motto Holroyd Built around People would be further enhanced by the initiative, inviting the Faces of Holroyd to actively participate in local events throughout the year, giving them more public exposure and fulfilling community expectations of council working in partnership with the community. The Faces of Holroyd were first presented in 2002.
For the 2010 Citizen awards Holroyd City Council introduced a new category of Young Citizen of the Year to recognise the dedication and commitment of young people in Holroyd. Council asked residents to nominate young members of the community who had given up so much of their time to help others for the benefit of the Holroyd community. The inaugural Young Citizen of the Year award was presented on Australia Day 2011.
You can nominate someone for an award, see the Citizens of the Year, or contact Councils Local Studies Librarian on (02) 9840 9789 or e-mail stephen.coppins@holroyd.nsw.gov.au for more information on recipients of the Youth Achievement Award and Young Ambassador.
Achievement Award Winners
- 1990 - Rebecca James
- 1991 - David Ball
Young Citizens of the Year
- 2010 - Lauren Newcombe
Young Ambassadors - By Category
Please note; not every year had a winner.
Arts - Performing/Performing Art
- 1992 - Eva Spata
- 1993 - Paul O’Leary
- 1994 - Craig Taunton
- 1995 - Rosemarie Olk
- 1996 - Alison Younan
- 1998 - Clarissa Spata
- 1999 - Brea Fuller
- 2000 - Daniel Green
- 2001 - Michaela Cameron
- 2002 - Michael Dominish
- 2005 - Katrina Smith
- 2006 - Joseph Vuicakau
- 2007 - Daniel Pye
- 2008 - Belinda Smith
- 2010 - Natasha Eloise Andrade
Arts - Visual Arts
- 1992 - Dianne Meilak
- 1996 - Simon Meilak
- 1997 - Nicole Ponitka
- 1998 - Elizabeth Moll
- 2001 - Lauren Bugeja
- 2002 - Melissah Ceh
- 2003 - Jade Cantwell
- 2005 - Robert Graves
- 2006 - Margaret Lichaa
- 2007 - Petra Awad
- 2008 - Sara Kinchington
- 2009 - Kayla Anne Blanksby
- 2010 - Abulfazal Eftakhari
Community Service
- 1992 - Ruperto Lobo
- 1993 - Jamie Nielson
- 1994 - Brett Tyler
- 1995 - Michael Styles
- 1996 - Michelle Pearson
- 1997 - Amal Sahyoun
- 1998 - Jennifer Sahyoun
- 1999 - Douglas Calleja
- 2000 - Mark Buhagiar
- 2001 - Leanne Issa
- 2002 - Nooria Wazefadost
- 2003 - Matthew Thompson
- 2004 - Aaron Wardle
- 2005 – Lana White
- 2006 - Maryanne Truscott
- 2007 - Christopher Ohlsen
- 2008 - Mary-Anne Frangie
- 2009 - Grant Harris
- 2010 - Bradley Lawrence
Education/Academic Achievement
- 1992 - Shannon Francis
- 1993 - Alison Wheatley
- 1994 - Brett Lovegrove
- 1995 - Melissa Fai
- 1996 - Kristy Heathcote
- 1997 - Boyd Britton
- 1998 - Rebekah Earnshaw
- 1999 - Kerry Neville
- 2000 - Michael Duffy
- 2001 - Clare Rowan
- 2002 - Hayley Spence
- 2003 - Maris Cilia
- 2005 - Anna Sarlej
- 2006 - Sarah Barbara
- 2007 - Yog Chopra
- 2008 - Michelle Tat
- 2009 - Natalie Taylor
- 2010 - Ashley Creighton
Environment
- 2003 - Kimberly Moore
- 2005 - Susan Wahab
- 2009 - Mina Wahab
- 2010 - Scott De Quant
Human Rights
- 2003 - Susan Wahab
- 2004 - Debbie Curruthers
- 2005 - Nahid Karimi
- 2006 - Zahra Shafaq
- 2007 - Anna Youl
- 2008 - Emma Higgins
- 2009 - Sokaina Ahmadi
- 2010 - Nader Tabbaa
Personal Achievement
- 1993 - Chris Spanos
- 1994 - Lauren Bearman
- 1995 - Daniel Antyppas
- 1996 - Elizabeth Wright
- 1997 - Evan Miller
- 1998 - Adam Quick
- 1999 - Yarra Sader
- 2000 - Rose-Marie Miller
- 2001 - Riannon O’Donoghue
- 2002 - Bianca Coluccio
- 2003 - Tanya Di Francesco
- 2004 - Lorik Haliti
- 2005 - Samantha Ennis
- 2006 - Michael Notaras
- 2007 - Bathithi Selvananthan
- 2008 - Shannon Majurey
- 2009 - Jessica Wilson
- 2010 - Dhruv Kaushik
Sport
- 1992 - Leander Jamsek
- 1993 - Brad McGee
- 1994 - Megan Masters & Brie-Elizabeth McNab
- 1995 - Elizabeth Wright
- 1996 - Carol Baker
- 1997 - Bernadette McCabe
- 1998 - Leigh Marning
- 1999 - Claudia Fram
- 2000 - Andrew Burns
- 2001 - Anthony Karam
- 2002 - Rachel Love
- 2003 - Glenn Piper
- 2004 - Lauren Solman
- 2005 - Kate Hanson
- 2006 - Rebecca Fry
- 2007 - Julie Anne Bankowski
- 2008 - Jackson Ferguson
- 2009 - Hayden Smith
- 2010 - Tegan Ihnativ
Special Bravery Award
- 1996 - Shaun Baker
Faces of Holroyd - Alphabetical List
- Sylvia Abagi (2002)
- Mazen Amatoury (2007)
- Emily Anvia (2006)
- Stacey Argent (2007)
- Josette Barbara (2002)
- Jason Barbe (2006)
- Timothy Barton (2007)
- Lisa Bates (2006)
- Rebecca Cachia (2009)
- Kerriann Clark (2007)
- Daniel Clynes (2003)
- Sarah Cocco (2004)
- Yvette Cochrane (2007)
- Joshua Crump (2007)
- Laura Crump (2008)
- Christopher De Bono (2007)
- Phoenix Docker (2010)
- Susan Durani (2004)
- Alison Flood (2002 & 2003)
- Angel Fernandes (2008)
- Maryanne Frangie (2007)
- David Freakley (2006)
- Bradley Gale (2008)
- Marie Gerardis (2006)
- Lisa Grant (2002)
- Simon Grover (2005)
- Jeanette Hallab (2002)
- Jessica Harrison (2004)
- Larissa Haywood (2006)
- Kayte Hodgson (2003)
- Rachel Johnston (2003)
- Andrew Kelleher (2007 & 2009)
- Michael Kelleher (2004, 2006-2009)
- Joshua Kolo (2007)
- Jessica Komlos (2007)
- Julia Korolkova (2007)
- Adam Kuziow (2001)
- Karan Leung (2008)
- Tracy Lau (2010)
- Charlie Lichaa (2007)
- Mitchell Liddle (2002)
- Alexander Maresehi (2006)
- Lina Maroun (2007)
- Ashley Nair (2007)
- John Nakhoul (2007)
- Bethany Neaves (2008)
- Azeena Nuhumaan (2004)
- Mark Paterson-Hill (2010)
- Amanda Plescan (2003)
- Natalie Raffoul (2008)
- Adrian Roberts (2002 & 2003)
- Shane Roberts (2003)
- Ashleigh Rudder (2002)
- Joshua Said (2003)
- Shannon Said (2007)
- Jamie-Lee Samuels (2003)
- Jessie Shea (2003)
- Liam Simbolon (2010)
- Lauren Solman (2003)
- Bethany Stringer (2006)
- Louis Sultana (2001)
- Leia Supe (2008)
- Rayan Tabbaa (2009)
- Darshini Thurairatnam (2010)
- Alex Tinker (2007)
- Aaron Turner (2008)
- James Vilcek (2001)
- Mina Wahab (2006)
- Cale Wilson (2007)
- Youl Youl (2006)
- Corinne Younan (2002)
- Davor Zailic (2004)
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