AGCSA Distinguished Service Award

The AGCSA Distinguished Service Award, presented in partnership with Scotts Australia, is bestowed by the AGCSA Board and recognises an individual who has made such a contribution to the Australian golf turf industry that they have left an indelible mark on the profession. Be it through their excellence in greenkeeping over a long period, their prowess at research, their contribution to education, or their strident representation of industry needs, the AGCSA Distinguished Service Award recognises someone who has made that extra effort and for whom the industry owes a great deal of gratitude.

Selection Criteria
Nominations will be accepted for this category from within the golf and greater turf industry. New nominees will be vetted by AGCSA staff and the AGCSA Board will then vote to have them added to the Distinguished Service Award register.

Requirements
In no less than 750 words explain 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 golf/turf industry.

Nominations
The AGCSA accepts nominations for the Distinguished Service Award all year round. Click here to download a Distinguished Service Award nomination form which can either be posted or faxed back to the AGCSA.

  

2009 AGCSA Distinguished Service Award
Winner: Peter Frewin (ex-Barwon Heads Golf Club)
2009 was a year of change for former AGCSA president Peter Frewin. Departing Barwon Heads Golf Club after 21 years as superintendent and taking on a new role within the trade, it was a time of great change and to top it all off at the 25th Australian Turfgrass Conference in Hobart he was bestowed the industry’s highest honour – the 2009 AGCSA Distinguished Service Award. Click here to read more...

AGCSA Distinguished Service Award Past Recipients
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