The Presidential Citation Lunch

Written by James Gadsby-Peet 7th May 2009

The Presidential Citation Lunch was hosted by Variety International President Graham Mapp at The Royal Lancaster Hotel on Sunday the 3rd of May. The Awards ceremony featured awards for a number of categories across the Variety specrum. The awards categoreis included three Sunshine Coach Awards, three Media Awards and the International Wheelchair Mobility Award.

The Awards lunch also featured performances from a number of Variety stars

The winners were as below:

Sunshine Coach Awards

Tent 41 Ireland

Tent 36 Great Britain

Tent 75 South Australia

Outstanding Website

Tent 36 Great Britain

Outstanding Publication

Tent 36 Great Britain

Outstanding Newsletter

Tent 58 Manitoba

Variety International Wheelchair Mobility Award

Tent 81 Eastern Tennessee

As well as these Tent Awards, Presidential Citations were also given to; Nancy Kranzberg (Tent 4 St Louis), Kenneth Pape (Tent 5 Detroit), Edward Devantier (Tent 7 Buffalo), Christine Fleming (Tent 13 Philadelphia), Soozie McBroom (Tent 15 Iowa), Sandy Rodriguez (Tent 25 Southern California), Vince Pagone (Tent 26 Illinois), Janet Armitage (Tent 36 Great Britain), Kay Crofton (Tent 41 Ireland), Bob Stewart (Tent 47 British Columbia), Jeanette Pinel (Tent 52 Jersey), Hugh Nossiter (Tent 56 New South Wales), Peter Pauls (Tent 58 Manitoba), Mary McCutcheon-Walker (Tent 68 New Zealand), Mark Whately (Tent 74 Western Australia), William Rawlins (Tent 75 South Australia), Warren Onley (Tent 76 Queensland), The Dewars (Tent 77 Victoria), Trevor Smith (Tent 82 Northern Territory)