July 4th, 2023Straight to the pool room …

A swim teacher with Macedon Ranges Shire Council has been recognised for her dedication to her students at this year’s Aquatics and Recreation Victoria Industry Gala Awards.
Held in recent days, the 2023 awards ceremony by the state’s peak industry body saw Marie
Noonan presented with the Swim Teacher Award For Persons with a Disability. This is her
second career award recognition, having been previously presented with the Teacher of Swimming
and Water Safety Award in 2014.
The annual awards recognise and reward outstanding achievement and commitment to the aquatics
and leisure industry. Council’s aquatics and leisure facilities and staff were well represented on the
night, with finalists across eight other award categories.
Mayor Annette Death said the shire’s facilities, services and staff have a great reputation within the
industry, demonstrated by Council’s previous success and growing number of ARV staff awards.
“This type of industry recognition is particularly pertinent, to emphasise the work of our aquatics and
leisure teams in providing important educational and recreational services for our shire,” she said.
“I’d like to congratulate Marie for her award on the night, and all of our finalists – our Council and our
community are lucky to have such dedicated and professional staff in this field.”
Council’s ARV Industry Gala Awards tally now sits at eight in total in the 10 years the awards have
been running in their current format. Staff have previously won awards in various categories, including
aquatic education and customer service.