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AGCSA Award for Academic Achievement

Recognising a gap in the annual awards programme, the AGCSA Award for Academic Achievement, presented in association with PGG Wrightson Seeds, aims to recognise individuals for their commitment to persue further turf management studies.  It is first bestowed at the 2010 Australian Turfgrass Conference on the Golf Coast and is presented to an individual who has completed and excelled in the Diploma of Sports Turf Management course.

Selection Criteria and Nominations
Nominees must be currently employed in the Australian turf industry and have completed the Diploma of Sports Turf Management in the year immediately preceeding the year in which the award would be presented. Finalist nominations will only be accepted from institutions that offer the AHC51010 Diploma of Sports Turf Management  and must be accompanied by a 500 word letter of recommendation. All valid nominations will be judged individually by members of the award subcommittee who will consider the following criteria:

  • Why the nominee considers on-going education to be important;
  • How their organisation benefits from them undertaking additional education;
  • What their future ambitions in the turf industry are and why; and
  • The calibre of one piece of project work conducted during their studies.

2011 AGCSA Award for Academic Achievement

Winner: Tim Fankhauser (Chisholm TAFE, VIC)
For the second year running Chisholm Institute of TAFE on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula can lay claim to producing the winner of the AGCSA Award for Academic Achievement, presented in partnership with PGG Wrightson Seeds. Recognising an individual for their commitment to pursue further turf management studies by undertaking the Diploma of Sports Turf Management, Tim Fankhauser was bestowed the 2011 award at the recent 27th Australian Turfgrass Conference in Adelaide, making it two from two for the institute after fellow Chisholm diploma graduate Steven Johannessen picked up the inaugural award in 2010.
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Past Recipients

2010: Steven Johannessen (Chisholm TAFE, VIC)

 
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