Thursday, 31 July 2025

Victoria Day Awards

Kim WELLS (Rowville) (09:55): This statement celebrates the profound strength, kindness and resilience of volunteers within my local Rowville electorate community. On 1 July my colleague from the other place Nick McGowan and I had the privilege of co-hosting the annual 2025 Knox community Victoria Day Awards. We gathered to honour those who are truly the heartbeat of our community and highlight the often unseen efforts of our local heroes. These are the individuals who generously give up their time delivering meals, organising events, supporting clubs, caring for the vulnerable and simply lending a hand without seeking recognition.

While I do not have sufficient time to name each award winner individually, we are delighted to congratulate the remarkable group of winners representing their nominating organisations: Lysterfield junior footy club; Scoresby footy netball club; Rowville Netball Club; Knox Churches Soccer; Feed One, Feed All; the Rowville Lions Club; the Polish Association; Knox Chinese elderly citizens; Knox off-road remote-control car club; Share Space; the Polish seniors club; Rowville Cricket Club; Ferntree Gully Tennis Club; Knox Obedience; Sant Nirankari Mission; Rowville Men’s Club; the Knox School; the Rotary Club of Rowville; the Rowville–Lysterfield Community News; and Karoo Primary School, where the principal Courtney is a committed Demons supporter. I wonder if she is still in that position after the flogging that they received last Sunday by the mighty Saints.