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Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Participants
What is RYLA?
The Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) is a week-long residential personal development program for young people aged 18 to 25, which focuses on yourself, leadership and community. RYLA aims to:
RYLA is a premier youth leadership development program designed to promote proactivity, personal and professional development of Australian youth who have already been identified with exceptional leadership potential.
RYLA recruits only the highest calibre young people and offers this group the chance to access some of Australia's most influential and motivational speakers and experts in a variety of fields.
RYLA is hosted by Rotary, a reputable not for profit organisation whose mission is to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and build goodwill and peace in the world.
One of Rotary International's key commitments is to helping young people prepare for the future and to build the next generation of leaders.
RYLA emphasizes leadership, citizenship, and personal growth, and aims to:
- Demonstrate Rotary's respect and concern for youth
- Provide an effective training experience for selected youth and potential leaders
- Encourage leadership of youth by youth
- Recognize publicly young people who are rendering service to their communities
"RYLA was such an eye opening experience. The friends gained and lessons learnt will stay with me forever"
"Within 24 hours, I knew I was in for a fantastic week"
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Participants
Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Drummoyne
Please note:
This list of participants is not complete.
We invite former Rylarians and all others to come forward with relevant information.
1969 - 1970 | Ronald A. Pelley |
1971 - 1972 | Phillip Newman and David Hoare |
1972 - 1973 | Patricia Rushton and Jonathon Murphy |
1973 - 1974 | Michael Dennis |
1974 - 1975 | Helen Bryan and Alex Lakajev |
1975 - 1976 | Two Rylarians - names are not yet identified |
1976 - 1977 | John Buchanan |
1977 - 1978 | Maryanne Tevardi and Peter Kaye |
1978 - 1979 | Neil Lumsden and Erica Jankovitch |
1979 - 1980 | Marianne Tevardi |
1991 - 1992 | Fiona Turnbull |
1992 - 1993 | Andrew Nichols |
2004 - 2005 | Jacqui Conners |
2006 - 2007 | Nicola Varnier |
2008 - 2009 | Rachel Wilkins |
2012 - 2013 | Katherine Hristoforidis |
2015 - 2016 | Taylah Plataniotis |