Margaret Hutchinson Award Winners

2024Helen Jackson Helen has been involved in artistic skating since the 1980s, and has represented the state in figures and dance (both couples and solo) numerous times. Since bringing her skating skills back to the club in the early 2000s, she has contributed to Western Australian skating through management of the music used in skaters' routines, acting as announcer and helping with the setting up of the sound and computer systems at competitions.
2023Norman O'Rourke Norman started skating here over 15 years ago. He did dance classes with his family, then was off around the world (Vietnam and UK) for 3 years. He returned in 2016 and began competing, making the state team on multiple occasions. He gained a national title in 2019, amongst many medals through the last few years. He served as team manager and all-round right hand man to Ozzy and Pam Young for the 2022 National Championships. Norman has represented Australia at the Oceania Championships, and is gaining officials' qualifications as he contributes to all aspects of the skating community.
2020Diane Palmer Diane has given long service to skating in WA as a copetition calculator, taking over the position of chief calculator during the period of changeover to the Rollart scoring system.
2019Allan Wehlow Allan was brought to WA by the Milletts in 1981 to enhance the standard of coaching, and was Morley's principal artistic coach until 2005. He competed in dance and figures in the 1980s, returning to dance competition for a time in the late 1990s. He also became a top-level judge, and continues to serve Australian skating in both judging and coaching roles. He is both a Morley and Skate Australia life member
2018Barbara Rye Barbara has competed in figures and dance since the early 1990s, and was club secretary for 16 years from 2004 to 2020.
2017Barry Andrews Barry has been active within the WA and Australian skating communities since the 1980s. Primarily a dance skater (currently partnered by wife Haley), he is an active silver- and gold-level judge, and one of the state's top coaches. Barry was the source of a number of developments in the equipment used in competition judging. He is a life member of Skate Australia, reflecting many of these achievements.
2016Peter Rye Peter has contributed to skating within Morley and Western Australia in many ways. He has skated completitively in figures and dance, held figures, dance and freeskating judging commissions since 2002, been club president and artistic representative (twice), created and maintained the club and SkateWA web sites, maintained the music system used by artistic skaters at the Morley Rollerdrome, and assisted with star classes since 1994.
2015Bill Foster Bill has contributed to skating at Morley and within WA since the 1980s. He competed in figures and dance, holds held figures and dance judging commissions, as well as an internediate coaching commission. He has been chair of both the judges' and coaches' committees.