New Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame inductees

Tasmania has a rich and honoured tradition of producing some of Australia’s finest athletes despite our small population.

It is my absolute pleasure today, on behalf of the Premier Will Hodgman, to induct seven outstanding athletes into the Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame.

The induction ceremony is being held on the North-West Coast for the first time with four of the seven inductees coming from this fanatical sporting region.

The Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame continues the tradition of recognising Tasmanian sportspeople who have typically represented Australia with a medal-winning or equivalent outstanding performance in their sport.

These seven individuals will add to the over 110 sportspeople already in the Hall of Fame, each reflecting Tasmania’s tradition of sporting passion and success from our sports-mad population.

Some have been trailblazers and enabled others to follow while others have broken down barriers and shown what can be achieved with talent, determination, persistence and dedication.

All have excelled in their sports and were nominated by sports organisations and the community and have satisfied the criteria by being retired from top level competition for a minimum of four years.

Today’s inductees are also inspiring individuals who have represented Tasmania with great honour on the biggest sporting stages and are great role models for Tasmanian youth.

Congratulations on behalf of all Tasmanians.

The seven inductees are:

• Matthew Richardson: former Richmond AFL best and fairest, 13 times Richmond leading goal kicker, 800 career goals and three-time All Australian. Holds the record for the most goals kicked at the MCG.
• Geoffrey ‘Paddy’ Martin: an Australian football icon who played in eight premierships, 312 games, represented Tasmania 1951 to 1953, NWFU captain and or coach 1959-1966.
• Bev Buckingham: a trailblazing jockey, the first woman in the world to win a State Jockey Premiership, and rode 906 winners during her 18-year career.
• Dominic Monypenny: who won Paralympic gold in the Rowing World Championships at Gifu, Japan, in 2005, and again in London in 2006.
• Craig Walton: who won 6 World Cup triathlon events, 7 Noosa Triathlons, represented Australia in Sydney in 2000 when triathlon debuted as an Olympic sport and coached Emma Snowsill to an Olympic Gold in Beijing.
• Urszula Stanny (Kay): a Commonwealth Games gold medallist rower who was a pioneer in rowing. Urszula was among the first women’s intake into the Australian Institute of Sport.
• Dean Lampkin: a Commonwealth Games silver medallist in judo who held the Australian National Judo Champion title for three years.

The Tasmanian Sporting Hall of Fame is on display at the Silverdome in Launceston and profiles of all inductees may be viewed online at http://www.dpac.tas.gov.au/divisions/csr/sportrec/hall_of_fame
Adam Brooks, Parliamentary Secretary for Small Business and Trade