NATIONAL YOUTH SCIENCE FORUM
NYSF is unique in Australia.
Students during year 11 are selected to attend the NYSF the following year. They learn how to make informed decisions about courses and careers in the sciences and gain a professional skill set to help them realise their potential.
Walkerston Rotary sponsored Kym Krobath & Manahil Khan to attend NYSF 2013
Walkerston Rotary sponsored Muhammed Khan to attend NYSF 2015
Walkerston Rotary is sponsoring Ashley Gall from St Patrick's Catholic College to attend NYSF 2018
pictured wit Club Youth Director 2017-2018 Frank Perna
pictured wit Club Youth Director 2017-2018 Frank Perna
2018 & 2019 Ashley Gall & Marita Bolic with Bente McDonald
2019 - Marita Bolic From St Patrick's Catholic College
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2021 - Pushti Shah from Mackay State High School
2019 - Marita Bolic From St Patrick's Catholic College
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2020 - Grace Alexander from North Mackay State High School
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Rotary Youth Exchange Program
Youth Exchange Program 2014
Imogen returned to Australia in January 2015, after having spent a year in Denmark.
Nadja returned to Austria after a year in Oz, in July 2015.
For more RYEP information, click on this Link: Rotary's Youth Exchange Program
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Sports Award | Community Award | Vocational Award
2012 recipient Logan Powell with 2012/13 Club President John Lemura
2013 recipient Triathlete Jack Simpson with 2013/14 President Joan McNeill
Rebekah Stanley (Table Tennis), with 2015-16 Club Secretary Kimberly Doyle
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June 2023 - Recipients of the Cliff Andersen Memorial Sports Award
Aiden & Noah Porter (Athletics) nominated by Rita Ferris
Presentation made by Club President Joan McNeill
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2007 - Max Adams Memorial Vocational Award recipient Joan McNeill
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Community & Vocational Awards/ Recognition
with Rotarian Greg Plath and Carol Adams
with President Bente McDonald
2010 Community Service Award - Glenn Christensen with President Steve Fordyce
2014 Community Service Award recipient Suzanne Kavanagh 
2015 Community Service Award recipient Ailsa Hall (Legacy)
with nominator Anne Lutz and Neil Kavanagh
2015 Community Service Award recipient Ailsa Hall (Legacy)
with Club President Bente McDonald
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2016 Recipient of the Community Award - Mick Baker with President Carol Hughes
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2016 Recipient of the Community Award - Mick Baker with President Carol Hughes2017 Community Service Award Recipient Leanne Tickle
Local Ambulance and Fire Brigade
2018 Max Adams Memorial Vocational Award Recipient Troy Gaston
Rhys Jess
2007 Matthew Gakowski - with Andrew Barfield & Bente McDonald
2011 James Toomer
2013
2014 Will Riches with Kimberly Doyle
2018 Jessica
2020
2021
2022 Miley Weller with Stephen Abela & Bente McDonald
with Club President Ray Borg
2018 Community Service Award recipient Darryl Dhu (Walkerston Firies)
with Club President Ray Borg
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Joan McNeill Bente McDonald Anne Lutz Col Baldock
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June 2023
President Joan McNeill presented the club's Community Service Award to Carmel Baretta - a highly accomplished and very well known local identity, especially in the Italian and Maltese circles.___________________________________________________________________
Dux presentations at Walkerston's two primary schools -
Walkerston State School and St John's Catholis Primary School
2008
2012
2014
2015
2017 - Jake Rickards with Club President Ray Borg
(to watch, and listen to President's speech at presentation - Click HERE)
(to watch, and listen to President's speech at presentation - Click HERE)
2018
2019
2020
2021
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2022
Walkerston State School’s Sophie Vassallo and St John’s Catholic School’s Harrison Freiberg & Nathan Salter - with Rotarians Bente McDonald and Ray Borg_________________________________________________________________________
Pioneer Valley Primary Schools Public Speaking Competition
2008 (w Bruce Torrens & Andrew Barfield)
2009 (w Joan McNeill)
2017 (w Frank Perna)
2019
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