Vanessa Paulsen Wins the Bev and Brian James Trophy as the 2019 National Volunteer of the Year

Last night at the second TTA National Volunteer Awards Ceremony in Adelaide, 14 outstanding contributors to our great game were presented with awards in front of a packed house. A summary of all award winners is:

- 2019 Bev and Brian James Trophy for the Australian Volunteer of the Year: Vanessa Paulsen (Wynnum TTA and Table Tennis Queensland)
- 2019 Fran Keyhoe Official of the Year Award: Graeme Ireland (Croydon & Districts TTA, Table Tennis Victoria, Table Tennis Australia, ITTF-Oceania and ITTF)
- 2019 Young Official of the Year Award: Kameron Chan (Albert Park Table Tennis, Table Tennis Victoria)
- 2019 Club/Association of the Year Award: Wynnum Table Tennis Association (Queensland)
- 2019 Administrator of the Year (Joint Winners): Vanessa Paulsen (Wynnum TTA and Table Tennis Queensland) and Christine Hooper (Southern Tasmanian TTA)
- 25 Years of Service to Table Tennis Awards: Gary Warnest (Bendigo & Districts TTA, Joe Gerada (LOOPS Table Tennis), Maurice Quinn (Southern TTA, South Australia), Paul Zhao (PCYC Hornsby Kuringai, Table Tennis NSW)
- 50 Years of Service to Table Tennis Awards: Barry Hancock (Port Lincoln TTA, Table Tennis South Australia), Jim Montgomery (Ballarat TTA, Albert Park Table Tennis, Table Tennis Victoria, Table Tennis Australia), Nancy Pattinson (Wonthaggi TTA), Neville Newitt (Bundaberg & District TTA), Peter Dunphy (Northern Tasmanian TTA), Rhonda Miller (Townsville TTA, Table Tennis Queensland).

Upon receiving their awards, all award winners shared their stories, clearly demonstrating how much volunteering for the game we all love means to them.

The TTA National Volunteer Awards is of the highest importance to TTA. Although our volunteers undertake their roles because they love contributing to the sport and they don’t seek recognition, we wanted to ensure that we say thank you, and show our volunteers how much we appreciate them. Engaging, retaining and recognising our volunteers is also a crucial part of the 2019-2022 TTA Strategic Plan.

Thank you also to TTA Board Members Marie Pinkewich and Anthony Jeffress for being on hand to present awards.

Congratulations to all award winners, you are all most worthy recipients. 

To view the full bio’s of all award winners, please click on their names above.