PHASA AWARDS AND DETAILS FOR NOMINATION

Wildlife Utilisation Award

1. The award recognises an individual committed to the wise utilization of South Africa’s wildlife resources.
2. The award is given in recognition of that person’s selfless commitment and contributions to the concept of proper wildlife utilisation.

3.    Any person who meets the criteria of this award may be nominated.

4.    The PHASA Executive will do the selection after receipt of motivation.

1. To be eligible, submit nominations to the PHASA offices no later than 31 October 2011.

Nature Conservation Officer/Department of the Year

1.    The award recognises the support and assistance received from the various nature conservation departments.

2.    In the event where an official is nominated one of the Nature Conservation Departments should currently employ that person.

3.    The PHASA Executive will do the selection after receipt of motivation.

4.    To be eligible, submit nominations to the PHASA offices no later than 31 October 2011.

Coenraad Vermaak Distinguished Service Award

1.  The award will go to an individual who has rendered distinguished services to PHASA and the hunting industry.

2.  Any person who has distinguished him-/herself by serving PHASA and its goals may be nominated.

3.  The PHASA Executive will do selection after receipt of motivation.

4.  To be eligible, submit nominations to the PHASA offices no later than 31 October 2011.

Previous Recipients

Wildlife Utilization Award:

1987   Dr John Geddes-Page

1988   Kobus Jooste

1989   Lampies Lambrecht

1990   Spud Ludbrook

1991   Roger Collinson

1992   Dr Anthony Hall-Martin

1993   Malcolm Fredrick Keeley

1994   Johann Roode

1995   John Jackson, III

1996   WP du Preez

1997   Coenraad Vermaak

1998   Nicky Oppenheimer for De Beers

1999   Gary Davies

Kobus Schoeman

Paul Ferreira

Stephen Boler

2000   Ronnie Rowland

2001   Bertie Guillaume

2002   Dieter Ochsenbein

2004   Gray Thornton

2006   Gerhard Damm

2007   Ian Player

2008   Jacques Malan

2009   Arthur Rudman

2010   Knott Family

2011   Johan & Nadien Bosch

Coenraad Vermaak Trophy:

2001      Don Lindsay

2002      Bill Daly

2003      Di Pieterse

2004      Basie Maartens

2005      Ronnie Rowland

2006      Ian Goss

2007      Gray Thornton

2008      Stewart Dorrington

2009      Dieter Ochsenbein

2010      Mel Du Plessis

2011      Peter Butland

Nature Conservation officer/department:

1999   Mark Anderson, Northern Cape

2001   Deon de Villiers, Eastern Cape

2002   Mike Fryer, Eastern Cape

2003

2004   Kas Hamman, Western Cape

2005   Wessel Jacobs, Northern Cape

2006   Jaap Pienaar, Eastern Cape

2007   Abraham Matsila, Limpopo

2008   David Moholo, Mpumalanga

2009   Jamie Physick, KZN

2010   Northern Cape Nature Conservation Department

2011   Thea Carroll