Awards

Sir George Bedbrook Award

  
    Year
    Past Recipient
  
    2018
    George Hucks
  
    2019
    Darryl Wingard

The Sir George Bedbrook Award was established in 2018 recoginising the contribution to disability sport by Sir George Bedbook OBE, the Australian surgeon who was the driving force in creating the Australian Paralympic Movement.

The award recognises and individual who makes a significant contribution over time to sport for people with a disability and who has been dedicated in delivering Disability Sports Australia’s epithet of Changing Lives Through Sport. The award recipient will have shown resilience, perseverance, humility, integrity and vision and may be awarded to an athlete, coach, official or administrator.

THE LORD’S TAVERNERS AWARD

  
    Year
    Past Recipient
  
    1985
    Kevin Bawden
  
    1987
    Yvonne Talbott
  
    1989
    Frank Ponta
  
    1991
    Sally Salotti
  
    1993
    Anne Marsh
  
    1995
    Laurie Salotti
  
    1997
    Anne Marsh
  
    1999
    Bernie Foley
  
    2001
    Yvonne Talbott
  
    2003
    Linda Ross
  
    2005
    Evan Bennett
  
    2007
    Marg Angel
  
    2009
    Wayne Robins
  
    2011
    Des Doherty & Darren Pickering
  
    2013
    Margaret Bennett
  
    2015
    Tim Chiu

The Lord’s Taverners Award was established in 1985 in recognition of individuals who make a significant contribution to national junior wheelchair sport in Australia. The Lord’s Taverners Award was first presented in Melbourne at the third National Junior Wheelchair Games by the then President Frank Tyson, a former fast bowler who represented England for many years. From 2013, Wheelchair Sports Australia has handed the administration of the award to DSA and the award is now open for contribution to national junior disability sport in Australia.

Nominations for the Award

Nominations are usually called for by the DSA Board on a biennial basis. Nominations for the award are called for from DSA Member Organisations following their Annual Award Presentations using the following criteria:

AAWD Member Organisation Volunteer of the Year Award Winner for 2012.
If the 2012 Volunteer of the Year Award Winner is not involved in junior sport, then the finalist involved with Junior Sport within the AAWD Member Organisation Volunteer of the Year Award will be nominated.

A nomination form must be completed detailing the nominees' involvement in junior disability sport, with supporting evidence if appropriate. DSA member organisations and the Board are asked to give strong consideration to the recognition of persons who have made a significant contribution to junior disability sports. Past recipients are eligible for nomination.

The Selection Panel

A selection panel consisting of three past recipients of the award plus one DSA Board Member is responsible for making a recommendation to the DSA Board.

Sir Ludwig Guttman AWARD

  
    Year
    Past Recipient
  
    1981
    Kevin Betts
  
    1984
    Frank Ponta
  
    1986
    Kevin Bawden
  
    1988
    Kevin Coombs
  
    1990
    George Dunstan
  
    1992
    Dr John Grant
  
    1994
    Richard Oliver
  
    1996
    Dr John Bourke
  
    1998
    Don Perriman
  
    2003
    Norma Beer
  
    2006
    Michael Godfrey-Roberts
  
    2008
    Max Kelleher
  
    2010
    Graeme Watts
  
    2012
    Darryl Wingard
  
    2014
    Liz Pollock & Craig Jarvis
  
    2016
    To be announced

The Sir Ludwig Guttman Award is awarded to an individual for “outstanding contribution to Australian wheelchair sports.” It is the premier award for Disability Sports Australia. The Sir Ludwig Guttman Award was established in 1981 by the then Australian Wheelchair Sports Federation, in recognition of the founder of wheelchair sport to provide a means of recognising individuals who make a significant contribution to wheelchair sport in Australia.

Nominations for the Award

Nominations are called for by the DSA Board usually on a biennial basis. Nominations for the award are called for from the following sources:

DSA Member Organisations
DSA Board of Directors

A nomination form must be completed detailing the nominees' involvement in wheelchair sport, with supporting evidence if appropriate.

The Selection Panel

A selection panel chaired by a DSA Board member and consisting of a CEO of a state member organisation, an athlete representative and a past recipient are responsible for making a recommendation to the DSA Board.

OTHER AWARDS

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