ASTMA Distinguished Service Award

Australian Sports Turf Managers Association 

Distinguished Service Award

  

 

 

The Australian Sports Turf Managers Association  Distinguished Service Award is bestowed by the Association Board and recognises an individual who has left an indelible mark on the Australian Sports Turf Management profession.

Be it through their excellence in greenkeeping / sportsfield curating over a long period, their prowess at research, their contribution to education, or their strident representation of industry needs, the Australian Sports Turf Managers Association Distinguished Service Award recognises someone who has made that extra effort and for whom the industry owes a great deal of gratitude.

Nominations will be accepted for this category from within any area of the Sports Turf Management industry.

New nominees will be reviewed by the ASTMA Board of Directors, who will then vote to bestow the Award and have the winner added to the list of Distinguished Service Award winners.

To nominate, fill in the below Award Nomination Form explaining how the nominee has left an indelible mark on the turf management industry. Please refer to the individual's area of expertise, detailing their contribution to the Australian Sports Turf Management industry.

 

Past Recipients 

    
2024 Garry Beehag (pictured)  
2023 Not Awarded  
2022 Not Awarded  
2021 David Warwick  
2020 Not Awarded  
2019 Not Awarded  
2018 Not Awarded  
2017 Not Awarded  
2016 Euan Laird   
2015 Not Awarded  
2014 John Neylan  
2013    
2012 John Odell  
2011 Frank Dempsey and Phil Ford  
2010 Les Burdett  
2009 Peter Frewin  
2008 Barry Cox    
2007 Reg McLaren    
2006 Norm Ashlin    
2005 Peter Brown    
2004 Ray Keane     
2004 Posthumous: Claude Crockford, George Rüb, Rupert ‘Rube’ Walkerden, Mick and Vernon Morcom    
2003 Dene Goldsack    
2002 Doug Robinson and Peter Sawyer    
2001 Peter Martin    
2000 Peter McMaugh    
1999 Neil Adams    
1998 Vince Church    
1997 Bill Powell    

 

 

Past Recipients

2024: Garry Beehag (pictured)

2023: Not Awarded

2022: Not Awarded

2021: David Warwick
2020: Not Awarded
2019: Not Awarded
2018: Not Awarded
2017: Not Awarded
2016: Euan Laird 
2015: Not Awarded
2014: John Neylan
2013: Not Awarded
2012: John Odell
2011: Frank Dempsey and Phil Ford
2010: Les Burdett
2009: Peter Frewin
2008: Barry Cox
2007: Reg McLaren
2006: Norm Ashlin
2005: Peter Brown
2004 Posthumous: Claude Crockford, George Rüb, Rupert ‘Rube’ Walkerden, Mick and Vernon Morcom
2004: Ray Keane
2003: Dene Goldsack
2002: Doug Robinson and Peter Sawyer
2001: Peter Martin
2000: Peter McMaugh
1999: Neil Adams
1998: Vince Church
1997: Bill Powell

 

 

Sports Turf Management Industry

Distinguished Service Award Nomination Form