Awards

• Australia Day Cup
• MPC Character Award

Australia Day Cup

The Australia Day Perpetual Trophy was presented to the City of Manningham by the Victorian Australia Day Committee in 2000. The City of Manningham then delegated the task of selecting a group which demonstrated character traits worthy of such an award to the Manningham Promoting Character Committee.

In past years recipients have included the CFA, SES, Special Kids Basketball Group and the Rotary Club of Doncaster Sunrise, to name a few. Another worthy recipient will be announced on Australia Day 2011.

The awardee of the 2010-2011 Australia Day Cup was the Onemda, for 'continuing dedicated service to needy individuals'.

President of the Onemda Board, Geoff Kidd, accepts the
2011 Australia Day Cup from MPC President, Lionel Allemand.

Previous winners are listed below:

• 2009-2010 - Rotary Club of Doncaster Sunrise
• 2008-2009 - Doncaster SES

MPC Character Award

Nominations for the MPC Character Award are received from community organisations and MPC members.

The recipients for 2011 were:

Margot Roth
Margot has been the Editor of the Manningham University of The Third Age (U3A) Newsletter for the past 12 years. Her character qualities include Dependability, Generosity, Integrity, Loyalty, Responsibility and Truthfulness.

Gerhard Hinz
Gerhard has been involved in Auditing the MPC Financial Statements for many years. His diligence in performing this task is exemplary.

Onemda's Steel Dragon Band
Onemda's Steel Dragon Band of seven musicians (Isaac Loo, Allie Lefever, Andrew Van Gorp, Jackson Lehmann, Robert Cody, Jin Tjia and Jaymes Chiron-Smith) and two Band Managers (Peter de Weijer and Angus Shirriffs) have been working together for almost three years. The band has played at several functions in Manningham, including the recent Spring Festival, the Warrandyte Festival earlier in the year and YMCA Discos etc. They plan to continue playing in the area and have recently started writing their own music and songs.