Cardiac Challenge founder top citizen

our to present him with the award for Citizen of the Year.”

For the first time, this year’s accolades included two Lifetime Achievement awards, recognising people who have gone above and beyond in their service to Cairns.

The awards were won by Peter Digweed and Clive Gordon for their long-standing work with the scouting movement and equestrian sports respectively.

“We’re very pleased to present Lifetime Achievement awards to Peter Digweed and Clive Gordon,” Cr Manning said.

Founder of the Agile Wallaby Project Shai Ager won Young Citizen of the Year for her conservation work.

“It’s really nice to get a little bit of recognition for the hard work that myself and the other Agile Project volunteers have put into the projects,” she said.

Rounding out the awards recipients were Volunteer of the Year Sarah Grainer, Sportsperson Portia Louise Eden, Junior Sportsperson Braden Plath, Cultural Award winner Jan O’Donnell and Junior Cultural Award winner Amber Farnan.